# ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-17

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20150021
- **title:** ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-17
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2015-02-15
- **effective on:** 2015-01-17
- **summary:** 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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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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