{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20140107","title":"LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-17","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2014-10-17","effective_on":"2014-09-17","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in PROSPECT, OLDHAM COUNTY County, KY. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, 7000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-588ee30dd251612904cc477c.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-588ee30dd251612904cc477c.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-588ee30dd251612904cc477c","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 PROSPECT, OLDHAM COUNTY County, KY. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, 7000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20140107.\n\nOperator ID: 11824.\n\nReported incident date: 9/17/2014 16:51.\n\nLocation detail: 69,872\n\nCause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE\n\nCause detail: THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED SO MODIFICATIONS COULD BE MADE TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF IN LINE INSPECTION TOOLS. WITHIN THE EXCAVATION, A MECHANICAL COUPLING WAS EXPOSED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PIPELINE SEPARATED FROM THE MECHANICAL COUPLING, WHICH RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF GAS. NO IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OCCURRED. REPAIRS WERE MADE PROMPTLY AND THE PIPELINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2014.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $1,354,709 reported total cost, $693,065.109 in 1984 dollars, $1,680,573.615 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":1415}