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PHMSA Report 20150021
ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-17
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in RIVERDALE, CLAYTON County, GA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 245 NATURAL GAS released, $312,794 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: 20150021.
Operator ID: 792.
Reported incident date: 1/17/2015 10:50.
Location detail: 640 GA HWY 13
Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE
Cause detail: A LEAK CALL WAS RECEIVED AT THE COMPANY'S CALL CENTER WHERE UPON INVESTIGATION A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN A 30-INCH WELD-OVER FITTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE THE FITTING IS WELDED TO THE PIPE. APPARENT CAUSE IS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION G6.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $322,077 reported total cost, $163,909.135 in 1984 dollars, $397,378.658 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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