# PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-12-19

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20180014
- **title:** PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-12-19
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2018-01-16
- **effective on:** 2017-12-19
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND County, NC. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 9970.92 NATURAL GAS released, $178,634 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in FAYETTEVILLE, CUMBERLAND County, NC. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 9970.92 NATURAL GAS released, $178,634 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: 20180014.

Operator ID: 15518.

Reported incident date: 12/19/2017 9:13.

Location detail: 65474

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: A DRIVER TRAVELING EAST OF SHAW MILL ROAD EXPERIENCED A MEDICAL CONDITION. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING A REGULATOR STATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE VEHICLE AND REGULATOR STATION. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN A FIRE AND A RELEASE OF GAS. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF A PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION AND NOT DUE TO A RELEASE OF GAS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.

PHMSA indexed costs: $231,311 reported total cost, $126,849.215 in 1984 dollars, $277,318.51 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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