# FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-12-13

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20130003
- **title:** FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-12-13
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2013-01-11
- **effective on:** 2012-12-13
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAKE WORTH, PALM BEACH COUNTY County, FL. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 6004 NATURAL GAS released, $483,900 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.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAKE WORTH, PALM BEACH COUNTY County, FL. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 6004 NATURAL GAS released, $483,900 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: 20130003.

Operator ID: 5304.

Reported incident date: 12/13/2012 9:38.

Location detail: 3156+59

Cause detail: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE

Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL HAS UPDATED THE SECTION G4 - CAUSE. DURING A LEAK SURVEY A POSSIBLE LEAK WAS SUSPECTED ON 12/12/2012. AFTER INVESTIGATING, A LEAK WAS CONFIRMED AT 9:38 AM ON 12/13/2012. NOTE THE REASON THERE ARE REPETITIVE (09:38, 12/13/12) DATE ENTRY FOR SECTIONS : A (15.A), A (19.A), A (19.B) IS BECAUSE THE PORTAL DOES NOT ALLOW A DATE PRIOR TO THE "DATE OF THE INCIDENT" TO BE ENTERED. LISTED BELOW ARE THE ACTUAL TIMES AND DATES FOR THESE SECTIONS MENTIONED ABOVE: A (15.A) LOCAL TIME AND DATE OF SHUTDOWN (17:15, 12/12/12) A (19.A) LOCAL TIME OPERATOR IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL INCIDENT (11:30, 12/12/12) A (19.B) LOCAL TIME OPERATOR RESOURCES ARRIVED ON SITE (12:00, 12/12/12)

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $589,541 reported total cost, $326,437.078 in 1984 dollars, $750,661.221 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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