PHMSA Report 20120043
PHMSA Report 20120043
Gas transmission and gathering incident in PEARSALL, FRIO County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5000 NATURAL GAS released, $42,790 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: 20120043.
Operator ID: 31618.
Reported incident date: 4/5/2012 13:30.
Location detail: 52.3
Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY
Cause detail: LOCATING ISSUE
Cause detail: FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR
Cause detail: LINE 287-1 DIMMIT COUNTY MAINLINE WAS STRUCK BY A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR. ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC DID NOT MARK THE PIPELINE. THE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR DID NOT MAKE A FOUR HOUR FOLLOWUP NOTIFICATION. SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL- REPAIR COSTS HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $57,790 reported total cost, $35,063.92 in 1984 dollars, $70,883.459 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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