KEYSPAN ENERGY CORP — Gas distribution — incident on 2000-05-19

Gas distribution incident in KINGS POINT, NASSAU County, NY. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $400,000 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: 20000115.

Operator ID: 11720.

Reported incident date: 20000519.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: S.I. INDUSTRIES HIT 3/4 H.P. STEEL SERIVCE. THIS CAUSED HOUSE TO FILL UP WITH GAS AND EXPLODE. THEY WERE DIGGING TO MAKE AN EXTENSION FOR THE HOUSE. IT WAS MARKED OUT CORRECTLY CASE #1360017. ONE PERSON INJURIED BY FLYING DEBRIS AND TAKEN TO THE NORTH SHORE HOSP FOR MINOR INJURIES. GCM&S SHUT ONE VALVE TO MAKE SAFE CAUSING 5 HOUSES TO BE SHUT DOWN. REPAIR & RELITE COMPLETED BY 15:20.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $400,000 reported total cost, $270,310.495 in 1984 dollars, $665,691.558 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.