{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20140064","title":"TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-05-16","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2014-06-11","effective_on":"2014-05-16","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in CARMICHAEL, GREENE County, PA. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $180,137 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: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-cbb7f80ffbef6fc5d10f04b5.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-cbb7f80ffbef6fc5d10f04b5.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-cbb7f80ffbef6fc5d10f04b5","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 CARMICHAEL, GREENE County, PA. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $180,137 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: 20140064.\n\nOperator ID: 19235.\n\nReported incident date: 5/16/2014 11:15.\n\nLocation detail: 751.61\n\nCause detail: DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR NOT RELATED TO EXCAVATION AND NOT DUE TO MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT DAMAGE\n\nCause detail: A SPECTRA ENERGY WELDER WAS REMOVING A PORTION OF ROAD CASING ENCIRCLING THE 30-INCH CARRIER PIPE USING A HOT CUT METHOD WHEN A PIN HOLE LEAK OCCURRED DUE TO THE TORCH COMING IN CONTACT WITH TH CARRIER PIPE. NATURAL GAS WAS RELEASED THROUGH THE PIN HOLE.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $324,003 reported total cost, $189,765.381 in 1984 dollars, $349,821.183 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":1360}