CHASE TRANSPORTATION CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1996-05-24

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Hazardous liquid incident in RENO County, KS. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 52 GASOLINE released, $125,000 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: 19960099.

Operator ID: 2271.

Reported incident date: 19960524.

Location detail: FROM PRETTY PRAIRIE, KANSAS, 3 MILES NORTH AND 1 MILE WEST ON S.E. CORNER OF INTERSECTION. LEGAL DESCRIPTION- NW NW 1/4 SECTION 1 26S 7W RENO COUNTY, KS

Cause detail: FAILED TUBING CONNECTION

Cause detail: AT CHASE'S PRETTY PRAIRIE PUMP STATION ON PUMP #3 THE PUMP SEAL COOLING LINE 1/2" STAINLESS STEEL TUBING COUPLING CONNECTION FAILED (CAME OFF) CAUSING PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $125,000 reported total cost, $89,966.521 in 1984 dollars, $221,559.852 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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