{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20120035","title":"STANDARD PACIFIC GAS LINE INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-03-08","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-04-05","effective_on":"2012-03-08","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in MARTINEZ, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5 NATURAL GAS released, $60,000 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: not significant, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-acdb9f056cc89f65cf29d7e2.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-acdb9f056cc89f65cf29d7e2.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-acdb9f056cc89f65cf29d7e2","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in MARTINEZ, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5 NATURAL GAS released, $60,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20120035.\n\nOperator ID: 18608.\n\nReported incident date: 3/8/2012 11:45.\n\nLocation detail: 181.42\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR (FIRST PARTY)\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE\n\nCause detail: AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS ON MARCH 8, 2012, A GENERAL CONSTRUCTION (GC) GAS CREW, STRUCK A 3/4-INCH STEEL GAUGE LINE ON SP3 AT MP 181.42 WHILE EXCAVATING TO EXPOSE AND REPAIR A VALVE RESULTING IN A RELEASE OF GAS. THE EXCAVATION WAS INSIDE A STATION. THE FLOW OF GAS WAS STOPPED AT 0030 HOURS ON 3/9/12. THE 24-INCH MAIN WAS MARKED AND LOCATED (USA # 056229) BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTED THE JOB. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES, NO IGNITION AND NO MEDIA PRESENT. THIS BECAME REPORTABLE AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HOURS ON MARCH 9, 2012 WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WILL BE IN EXCESS OF $50K. ONE CUSTOMER LOST SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $63,200 reported total cost, $34,274.304 in 1984 dollars, $81,107.184 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1784}