{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 19930130","title":"TRANSCO GAS PIPELINE CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 1993-07-30","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"1993-08-24","effective_on":"1993-07-30","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in OFFSHORE SOUTH PASS, LA. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/MATERIAL DEFECT. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $350,000 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-427954553c6994da10662933.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-427954553c6994da10662933.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-427954553c6994da10662933","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/bea0164f-672a-475e-986b-8e45e9634dbf?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20mid%201984%20to%202001.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in OFFSHORE SOUTH PASS, LA. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/MATERIAL DEFECT. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $350,000 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.\n\nReport number: 19930130.\n\nOperator ID: 19570.\n\nReported incident date: 19930730.\n\nCause detail: THE CHECK VALVE DID NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY WHEN MECHANICAL SLIP JOINT DISENGAGED, ALLOWING THE RELEASE OF GAS PRESSURE.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED MATERIAL/WELD FAILURE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $350,000 reported total cost, $267,787.623 in 1984 dollars, $659,478.501 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1033}