PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NORTH CAROLINA — Gas distribution — incident on 1995-02-06

Gas distribution incident in CARY, NC. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 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: 19950036.

Operator ID: 15938.

Reported incident date: 19950206.

Cause detail: 107 CHATSWORTH WAS MARKED. SERVICE LINE TO 105 SPLIT FROM 107 AND WAS NOTMARKED. 105 CHATSWORTH HAD BEEN MARKED ON PREVIOUS LOCATE CALL. MARKS HAD BEENBY RAIN. J & L SERVICES CALLED PUBLIC SERVICE DISPATCHER AND REPORTEDA DAMAGED SERVICE AT 114 CHANCELLORS RIDGE CT WHEN PUBLIC SERVICE PERSONNELARRIVED AT THIS ADDRESS THERE WAS NO DAMAGED LINE. THE FIRE DEPT RESPONDEDALSO. THE DISPATCHER PAGED THE CONTRACTOR AND GOT THE CORRECT ADDRESS. THECORRECT ADDRESS WAS 105 CHATSWORTH ST. UPON ARRIVAL, THE PUBLIC SERVICE TEAMFOUND THE SERVICE HAD BEEN DOUBLED BACK AND TAPED BY THE CONTRACTOR. J & LSERVICES WAS INSTALLING TELEPHONE DROP WIRE AT 107 CHATSWORTH ST AND CUT THESERVICE TO 105 CHATSWORTH ST SERVICE TO 105 CHATSWORTH ST. THE SERVICE AT 107CHATSWORTH ST WAS MARKED WITH YELLOW PAINT. THE SERVICE AT 105 CHATSWORTH STWAS NOT MARKED. PUBLIC SERVICE PERSONNEL SQUEEZED THE SERVICE OFF WITH THEAPPROPRIATE TOOL. THEN THE FIRE DEPT ON THE SCENE INFORMED OUR PERSONNEL THATTHERE WAS ANOTHER LINE BREAK, THIS TIME WITH A FIRE. THIS WAS ACROSS W.CHATHAM ST AT 208 RED FIELD STREET. PUBLIC SERVICE RESPONDED TO THE LINE BREAKON RED FIELD ST. MADE IT SAFE, THEN RETURNED TO CHATSWORTH ST. AND REPAIREDTHE LINE THERE. THE FOLLOWING DAY LEWIS MCLAMB WITH J & L SERVICES CALLED TOLET US KNOW THAT DOUG GAINEY HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE WESTERN WAKE HOSPITAL.

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.