{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20130041","title":"ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-04-17","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-05-15","effective_on":"2013-04-17","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in DECATUR, DEKALB County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 365 NATURAL GAS released, $44,000 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-c3f8ba4b3a9dacddbd8e6e71.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c3f8ba4b3a9dacddbd8e6e71.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c3f8ba4b3a9dacddbd8e6e71","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 DECATUR, DEKALB County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 365 NATURAL GAS released, $44,000 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: 20130041.\n\nOperator ID: 792.\n\nReported incident date: 4/17/2013 10:50.\n\nLocation detail: INTERSECTION\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE AFTER VERIFYING MARKS\n\nCause detail: OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF 24-INCH STEEL PIPE VIA CONVENTIONAL JACK & BORE WHERE IT APPEARS THE AUGER STRUCK A ROCK ABOUT 30-FEET INTO THE BORE AND VEERED APPROXIMATELY 3-FEET OFF THE BORE PATH STRIKING THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING 16-INCH HIGH PRESSURE STEEL TRANSMISSION PIPELINE CAUSING A LEAK. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE VERTICAL PIPE WHERE THE 16-INCH TRANSMISSION PIPELINE MADE A DEPTH CHANGE FROM 5-FEET TO 10-FEET DEEP.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $66,696 reported total cost, $34,993.036 in 1984 dollars, $84,481.901 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":1605}