{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 19960136","title":"PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1996-08-28","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"1996-09-10","effective_on":"1996-08-28","summary":"Gas distribution incident in LONG HILL, MORRIS County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $0 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, serious incident.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-4603ec6ab25c3c2fe4256c46.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-4603ec6ab25c3c2fe4256c46.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-4603ec6ab25c3c2fe4256c46","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/7ccf83c5-a778-4c51-ba2d-a9a84e221c7b?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20mid%201984%20to%20February%202004.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in LONG HILL, MORRIS County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $0 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: 19960136.\n\nOperator ID: 15952.\n\nReported incident date: 19960828.\n\nCause detail: WHILE USING AN OXYACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT METAL GRATING, A LONG HILL TOWNSHIPBOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEE BURNED A HOLE IN A 1 1/4\" PLASTIC 60 PSI DESIGN GAS SERVICE WHICH CAUSED AN IGNITION. THE INDIVIDUAL SUSTAINED SERIOUS BURNS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. BARNABAS HOSPITAL, LIVINGTON, NJ WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $0 reported total cost, $0 in 1984 dollars, $0 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":1173}