{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20230003","title":"PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2022-12-13","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2023-01-11","effective_on":"2022-12-13","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in OAKBORO, STANLY County, NC. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2923 NATURAL GAS released, $656,018 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-466db4904ffa634f52adb8e2.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-466db4904ffa634f52adb8e2.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-466db4904ffa634f52adb8e2","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in OAKBORO, STANLY County, NC. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2923 NATURAL GAS released, $656,018 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: 20230003.\n\nOperator ID: 15518.\n\nReported incident date: 12/13/2022 17:20.\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: IMPROPER BACKFILLING PRACTICES\n\nCause detail: A CONTRACTOR INSTALLING A LARGE DIAMETER WATER LINE STRUCK A 6\" HIGH PRESSURE TRANSMISSION GAS LINE WITH A BACKHOE. THE DAMAGE RESULTED IN 3,229 CUSTOMER OUTAGES. THE USE OF MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT IN THE TOLERANCE ZONE & EXCAVATOR FAILED TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT FACILITIES.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $699,047 reported total cost, $304,724.368 in 1984 dollars, $735,915.221 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":1325}