PHMSA Report 20150398
PHMSA Report 20150398
Hazardous liquid incident in DIBOLL, ANGELINA County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.6 CRUDE OIL released, $5,000 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: 20150398.
Operator ID: 18718.
Reported incident date: 10/13/2015 10:00.
Location detail: 5233+12.4
Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)
Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE
Cause detail: IMPROPER BACKFILLING PRACTICES
Cause detail: DURING EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES AT DIBOLL STATION ON 10/13/2015, A 1/2" DRAIN LINE WAS DAMAGED AT A THREADED CONNECTION RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY 25 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL BEING RELEASED. THE PIPING AND CONNECTIONS WERE REPLACED AND THE CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMEDIATED ONSITE. THE RELEASE WAS TELEPHONICALLY REPORTED TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION AT 13:35 ON 10/13/2015, ID NO: 1253.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $5,026 reported total cost, $2,521.377 in 1984 dollars, $6,209.377 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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