PHMSA Report 20130007
PHMSA Report 20130007
Gas transmission and gathering incident in MELBOURNE, BREVARD County, FL. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 293976 NATURAL GAS released, $132,077 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: 20130007.
Operator ID: 5304.
Reported incident date: 12/26/2012 5:55.
Location detail: 1613+22
Cause detail: ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING-RELATED (NOT GIRTH WELD OR OTHER WELDS FORMED IN THE FIELD)
Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL BEING SUBMITTED, IS TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION IN SECTION G5 - CAUSE.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — MANUFACTURING-RELATED.
PHMSA indexed costs: $1,168,231 reported total cost, $930,534.591 in 1984 dollars, $1,237,562.502 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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