PHMSA Report 20020001 - BUCKEYE PIPELINE CO LP — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2001-11-08 | Regulus

Hazardous liquid incident in HAMPDEN County, MA. Reported cause: OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 47 FUEL OIL released, $215,000 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: 20020001.

Operator ID: 1845.

Reported incident date: 20011108.

Location detail: SEE ATTACHED DRAWING NUMBER 11901-A

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY OTHERS

Cause detail: ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2001, A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR PUNCTURED BUCKEYE PIPE LINE COMPANYS PIPELINE WHILE PERFORMING EXCAVATION ACTIVITY. AFTER RECEIVING A ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION A BUCKEYE PIPELINE COMPANY EMPLOYEE LOCATED THE PIPELINE AND PLACED TEMPORARY MARKINGS AT THE EXCAVATION SITE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR SUPERVISOR AND BUCKEYE PIPE LINE COMPANY ESTABLISHED A MEETING TIME OF 0900 ON NOVEMBER 8, 2001, AND THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR WAS ADVISED NOT TO PERFORM ANY EXCAVATION WORK IN THE VICINITY OF THE PIPELINE UNTIL A BUCKEYE PIPE LINE COMPANY EMPLOYEE WAS ON SITE. HOWEVER, THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS TRACK HOE OPERATOR STARTED EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES PRIOR TO THE 0900 MEETING AND WITHOUT A BUCKEYE PIPELINE COMPANY EMPLOYEE ON-SITE. TEMPORARY MARKERS AND A PERMANENT CASING VENT WITH MARKER WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE AT THE EXCAVATION SITE. THE THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR HAS ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBILTY FOR THIS INCIDENT. ALL APPLICABLE REGULATORY AGENCIES WERE NOTIFIED. RECOVERY AND CLEANUP ACTIVITIES WERE PERFORMED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $215,000 reported total cost, $141,852.061 in 1984 dollars, $349,337.968 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.