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PHMSA Report 20030073
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO - GAS SVCS — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-07-24
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in MALJAMAR, LEA County, NM. Reported cause: 4. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $72,338 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: 20030073.
Operator ID: 6141.
Reported incident date: 7/24/2003.
Cause detail: LIGHTNING
Cause detail: AN APPARANT LIGHTNING STRIKE HIT THE GROUND IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF AN 8 INCH ABOVE GROUND VALVE SET CAUSING GAS TO ESCAPE AND CATCH FIRE.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — LIGHTNING.
PHMSA indexed costs: $72,338 reported total cost, $47,698.01 in 1984 dollars, $82,373.232 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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