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PHMSA Report 20030053
GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-05-08
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in LAFITTE, JEFFERSON County, LA. Reported cause: 11. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $268,428 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: 20030053.
Operator ID: 31728.
Reported incident date: 5/8/2003.
Cause detail: CAR, TRUCK OR OTHER VEHICLE NOT RELATED TO EXCAVATION ACTIVITY
Cause detail: THE DAMAGE TO THE PIPELINE AND THE RESULTING LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A 3RD PARTY. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CAUSED THIS INCIDENT TO OCCUR.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.
PHMSA indexed costs: $268,428 reported total cost, $176,734.686 in 1984 dollars, $310,760.908 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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