PHMSA Report 20040239
PHMSA Report 20040239
Hazardous liquid incident in EMPIRE, PLAQUEMINES County, LA. Reported cause: 24. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL released, $75,000 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.
Report number: 20040239.
Operator ID: 4906.
Reported incident date: 8/4/2004.
Cause detail: MISCELLANEOUS
Cause detail: A CLAMP THAT WAS INSTALLED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR BEGAN TO LEAK. CLAMP WAS REPLACED.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.
PHMSA indexed costs: $75,000 reported total cost, $46,660.17 in 1984 dollars, $114,909.639 in current-year dollars.
PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.
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