{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20180087","title":"NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2018-08-02","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2018-09-04","effective_on":"2018-08-02","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, RICE County, KS. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 17020 NATURAL GAS released, $600 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, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-663690e1df70f8cc519cfa1e.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-663690e1df70f8cc519cfa1e.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-663690e1df70f8cc519cfa1e","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 Not Within a Municipality, RICE County, KS. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 17020 NATURAL GAS released, $600 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: 20180087.\n\nOperator ID: 13750.\n\nReported incident date: 8/2/2018 15:17.\n\nLocation detail: WELL 35-08\n\nCause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION\n\nCause detail: ON AUGUST 2, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:17 A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY MOVED A FORK LIFT STYLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TOO CLOSE TO WELL 35-08 AND BROKE OFF A 1-INCH VALVE AND NIPPLE ATTACHED TO THE CASING BELOW THE MASTER VALVE. THE ESCAPING GAS BLEW HORIZONTALLY ABOUT 1-FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. A WELL CONTROL SPECIALIST WAS CALLED IN AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PUMP WATER INTO A 2-INCH VALVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WELL TO ESSENTIALLY \"KILL\" IT. THE VALVE AND NIPPLE WAS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE KILL.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $115,639 reported total cost, $78,063.131 in 1984 dollars, $134,545.242 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":1643}