# NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-01-14

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20010028
- **title:** NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-01-14
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2001-02-06
- **effective on:** 2001-01-14
- **summary:** Gas distribution incident in STONE PARK, COOK County, IL. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $5,000 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: significant incident, serious incident.
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Gas distribution incident in STONE PARK, COOK County, IL. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $5,000 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.

Report number: 20010028.

Operator ID: 13710.

Reported incident date: 20010114.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: OUTSIDE METER SET WAS DAMAGED FROM FALLING ICE. CUSTOMER WAS INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGES WHEN THE GAS IGNITED. (CAUSE UNKNOWN) CUSTOMER RECEIVED BURNS TO THE FACE AND HANDS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — EARTH MOVEMENT.

PHMSA indexed costs: $5,000 reported total cost, $3,298.885 in 1984 dollars, $8,124.139 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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