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PHMSA Report 19980109
COASTAL STATES CRUDE GATHERING CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1998-07-14
Current as of 1998-07-14 Government source
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Hazardous liquid incident in JACKSON County, TX. Reported cause: OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1000 NATURAL GAS LIQUID released, $24,000 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: 19980109.
Operator ID: 26023.
Reported incident date: 19980714.
Location detail: 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF VANDERBILT, TEXAS ALONG HIGHWAY 234 AND 1000 YARDS WEST OF HIGHWAY 234 IN A CULTIVATED FIELD.
Cause detail: OTHER
Cause detail: LOADER CLEANING OUT OF A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWESTERNSTAKES. IT APPEARS THE OPERATOR STRUCK THE 8" LPG PIPELINE WITH A STEEL TOOTHON THE BUCKET OF THE FRONT END LOADER. THERE WAS A RELEASE OF LPG. PATEAND PATE AGAIN FAILED TO NOTIFY COASTAL STATES CRUDE GATHERING COMPANYCONCERNING THE SCOPE OF WORK BEING CONDUCTED NEAR THE 8" LPG PIPELINE ON JULY14, 1998.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — UNSPECIFIED EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $24,000 reported total cost, $16,762.764 in 1984 dollars, $41,281.528 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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