{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20110032","title":"NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP — Gas distribution — incident on 2011-01-26","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-02-22","effective_on":"2011-01-26","summary":"Gas distribution incident in HORSEHEADS, CHEMUNG County, NY. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 2 injuries, 3 NATURAL GAS released, $500 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, not fire-first.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-5e9fff826f18d8b3d6a0e90f.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-5e9fff826f18d8b3d6a0e90f.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-5e9fff826f18d8b3d6a0e90f","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/fba42a19-f78d-44c9-9a76-4bacfc15fba0?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in HORSEHEADS, CHEMUNG County, NY. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 2 injuries, 3 NATURAL GAS released, $500 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: 20110032.\n\nOperator ID: 13420.\n\nReported incident date: 1/26/2011 9:18.\n\nLocation detail: 198 JOSEPH STREET\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: IMPROPER BACKFILLING PRACTICES\n\nCause detail: THE COMPANY RECEIVED A REPORT OF A HOUSE EXPLOSION AND RESPONDED TO ASSIST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE INCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THIRD PARTY DAMAGE TO THE SERVICE LINE PIPING.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident, not fire-first.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $225,600 reported total cost, $121,018.072 in 1984 dollars, $297,943.63 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":1285}