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PHMSA Report 20000023
COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2000-01-11
Current as of 2000-01-11 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in BETHLEHEM, HUNTERDON County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $70,000 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: 20000023.
Operator ID: 2616.
Reported incident date: 20000111.
Cause detail: WHILE DRIVING A PIECE OF PIPE IN THE GROUND TO ANCHOR A DRILLING MACHINE, A CONTRACTOR PUNCTURED THE PIPELINE.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $70,000 reported total cost, $47,304.337 in 1984 dollars, $116,496.023 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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