# COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2000-01-11

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20000023
- **title:** COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2000-01-11
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2000-02-08
- **effective on:** 2000-01-11
- **summary:** 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. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
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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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