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PHMSA Report 20140071
WTG GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-06-01
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in MIDLAND, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $1,400 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: 20140071.
Operator ID: 31968.
Reported incident date: 6/1/2014 19:45.
Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE
Cause detail: WTG GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DE-PRESSURING COMPRESSOR UNIT #7 TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE UNIT. AN EMPLOYEE BEGAN OPENING THE 2' BLOW-DOWN, RELEASING GAS TO THE ATMOSPHERE. DURING THE VENTING PROCESS, A SCREWED FITTING SEPARATED, WITH A PART OF THE LOOSE VENT PIPING FATALLY STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE. THE VENT VALVE WAS CLOSED SECURING THE RELEASE.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.
PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $7,970 reported total cost, $4,886.605 in 1984 dollars, $8,130.389 in current-year dollars.
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