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PHMSA Report 20020035
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRANSMISSION CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2002-03-19
Current as of 2002-03-19 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in FORT HILL, ASHLEY County, AR. Reported cause: 5. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $159,000 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.
Report number: 20020035.
Operator ID: 12576.
Reported incident date: 3/19/2002.
Cause detail: HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS
Cause detail: THE PIPE PULLED APART IN THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL CREEK CROSSING. FROM THE INITIAL EVALUATION IT APPEARS THAT HIGH WATER DUE TO HEAVY RAINS CAUSED THE PIPELINE TO FLOAT AND SEPARATE AT A DRESSER COUPLING.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS.
PHMSA indexed costs: $159,000 reported total cost, $123,991.757 in 1984 dollars, $226,032.785 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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