PHMSA Report 20050053
PHMSA Report 20050053
Gas transmission and gathering incident in WARREN, WARREN County, MS. Reported cause: 14. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $1,000,000 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: 20050053.
Operator ID: 31880.
Reported incident date: 4/18/2005.
Cause detail: BODY OF PIPE
Cause detail: AREA GROUND SHIFT DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FORCES CAUSING PIPELINE TO WRINKLE AND BEND WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL CRACK TO THE PIPE (APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OPENING). UPDATED BY PHMSA ON 12/4/2015 PER OPERATOR'S MARK UP (PART C, QUESTION 5 - YEAR THE PIPE OR COMPONENT WHICH FAILED WAS INSTALLED).
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — BODY OF PIPE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $1,000,000 reported total cost, $455,594.002 in 1984 dollars, $559,400.231 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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