# TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCT PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1989-11-10

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 19890135
- **title:** TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCT PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1989-11-10
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1989-11-10
- **effective on:** 1989-11-10
- **summary:** Hazardous liquid incident in UNION County, AR. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4 GASOLINE released, $9,700 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.
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Hazardous liquid incident in UNION County, AR. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4 GASOLINE released, $9,700 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: 19890135.

Operator ID: 19237.

Reported incident date: 19891110.

Location detail: HIGHWAY 167 NORTH EL DORADO TERMINAL NO. 2, UNION COUNTY ARKANSAS.

Cause detail: BOOSTER PUMP MOTOR FAILED

Cause detail: WHILE PUMPING PRODUCT FROM TANKAGE TO AN OUTGOING PIPELINE, A 100 H.P. BOOSTER PUMP MOTOR BEARING FAILED, HEATED UP AND CAUSED THE PUMP SEAL TO FAIL. LEAKING PRODUCT WAS IMMEDIATELY IGNITED. THE PUMP WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN, ISOLATED, AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. REPAIRS ARE PRESENTLY UNDERWAY TO REPLACE THE MOTOR AND EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED ON NOVEMBE 16, 1989.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $9,700 reported total cost, $8,358.95 in 1984 dollars, $20,585.52 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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