{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20130085","title":"TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-08-16","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-09-11","effective_on":"2013-08-16","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 576 NATURAL GAS released, $347,000 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: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-e32d149319bbcbe2a5518704.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-e32d149319bbcbe2a5518704.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-e32d149319bbcbe2a5518704","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 576 NATURAL GAS released, $347,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20130085.\n\nOperator ID: 19160.\n\nReported incident date: 8/16/2013 12:05.\n\nCause detail: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE\n\nCause detail: ON AUGUST 16, 2013, CONTRACTED DIVERS PERFORMING WORK IN THE VICINITY OF A CHECK VALVE IN TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE (TGP) COMPANY'S 26\" 507K-100 PIPELINE (ON THE OCS) INADVERTANTLY STRUCK A 1/2 INCH POWER GAS SUPPLY VALVE. THE 1/2 INCH VALVE BROKE OFF THE CHECK VALVE, RELEASING NATURAL GAS AT A WATER DEPTH OF ABOUT 50 FEET. THE LEAK WAS ISOLATED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE WITH THE PIPELINE BEING PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AUGUST 28, 2013.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $369,952 reported total cost, $198,058.359 in 1984 dollars, $464,815.91 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1385}