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PHMSA Report 20030041
ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2003-02-25
Current as of 2003-02-25 Government source
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Gas distribution incident in ALPHARETTA, FULTON County, GA. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $62,277 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: 20030041.
Operator ID: 792.
Reported incident date: 20030225.
Location detail: NO DATA
Cause detail: AN EXCAVATOR RUPTURED A 6" HP STEEL NATURAL GAS MAIN WITH A TRACK HOE WHILE CLEANING OUT A RETENTION POND. THE ESCAPING GAS DID NOT IGNITE.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $62,277 reported total cost, $39,691.791 in 1984 dollars, $97,748.665 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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