# ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA GAS CORP — Gas distribution — incident on 2002-09-08

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20020093
- **title:** ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA GAS CORP — Gas distribution — incident on 2002-09-08
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2002-09-19
- **effective on:** 2002-09-08
- **summary:** Gas distribution incident in FORT SMITH, SEBASTIAN County, AR. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries, $0 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, serious incident.
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Gas distribution incident in FORT SMITH, SEBASTIAN County, AR. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries, $0 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: 20020093.

Operator ID: 621.

Reported incident date: 20020908.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: AN AUTO RAN OFF BURNHAM ROAD, JUMPED THE DITCH, EJECTING A PASSENGER AND CAUSING HER DEATH. THE CAR CONTINUED ON, RUNNING THROUGH A FENCE, HITTING A GAS METER SET, SEVERING THE METER SET ABOVE THE SHUT-OFF VALVE, AND CAUSING A RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS. THE RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE DEATH. HOWEVER, THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED SINCE THERE WAS A DEATH AS A RESULT OF THE AUTO ACCIDENT AND A RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $0 reported total cost, $0 in 1984 dollars, $0 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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