PHMSA Report 20020052
PHMSA Report 20020052
Gas transmission and gathering incident in POUGHKEEPSIE, DUTCHESS County, NY. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $162,000 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: 20020052.
Operator ID: 2196.
Reported incident date: 5/29/2002.
Cause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE
Cause detail: BUFFALO DRILLING USING A 36" AUGER, DRILLED TO A DEPTH OF THIRTEEN FEET AND STRUCK THE 12" MP GAS TRANSMISSION LINE. BUFFALO DRILLING WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL A CONCRETE PILE TO SUPPORT A WATER PLANT SLUDGE DEWATERING TANK. NO CALL FOR A MARK OUT WAS MADE.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $162,000 reported total cost, $108,933.637 in 1984 dollars, $254,063.321 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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