# ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1994-02-14

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 19940072
- **title:** ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1994-02-14
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1994-03-08
- **effective on:** 1994-02-14
- **summary:** Gas distribution incident in EDISON, MIDDLESEX County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $300,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas distribution incident in EDISON, MIDDLESEX County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $300,000 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: 19940072.

Operator ID: 4350.

Reported incident date: 19940214.

Cause detail: LEAKING GAS FROM CRACKED MAIN, APPARENTLY CAUSED BY THE WEATHER.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $300,000 reported total cost, $224,637.475 in 1984 dollars, $553,212.966 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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