# CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2002-05-29

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20020052
- **title:** CENTRAL HUDSON GAS & ELECTRIC CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2002-05-29
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2002-07-01
- **effective on:** 2002-05-29
- **summary:** 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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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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