{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20040073","title":"AQUILA SOUTHWEST (EX. CLAJON GAS CO) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2001-11-07","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2002-02-15","effective_on":"2001-11-07","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in INDEPENDENCE, TX. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $63,342 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-cf24bec3ee10378d55d70f74.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-cf24bec3ee10378d55d70f74.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-cf24bec3ee10378d55d70f74","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/3f48859a-5658-4f64-acf0-e33e632af625?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in INDEPENDENCE, TX. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $63,342 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: 20040073.\n\nOperator ID: 2436.\n\nReported incident date: 11/7/2001.\n\nCause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE\n\nCause detail: LANDOWNER WAS USING A BACKHOE TO DIG DITCHES AND A HOLE FOR A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM ON HIS PROPERTY. UPON HITTING AQUILA'S 24\" PIPELINE, LANDOWNER MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION, DETERMINED THAT THE PIPE WAS NOT DAMAGED JUST HAD SOME COATING SCRAPED OFF. LANDOWNER DECIDED TO COVER HOLE AND DITCHES BACK UP UNTIL A LATER DATE. AQUILA EMPLOYEE NOTICED DIGGING ON 1-15-02 WHILE MAKING HIS ROUNDS. THIS EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATED THE DIG SITE AND DISCOVERED LANDOWNER MAY HAVE HIT AQUILA'S 24\" PIPELINE. WENT BACK 1-21-02 WITH DIGGING EQUIPMENT DISCOVERED 24\" PIPELINE HAD BEEN HIT. (LANDOWNER STATED THAT THE PIPE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN HIT ON 11-7-2001). REPAIR BEGAN ON 1-22-02, COMPLETED ON 1-23-02.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $63,342 reported total cost, $43,111.238 in 1984 dollars, $69,613.037 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":1584}