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PHMSA Report 20040030
WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-02-26
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in SAN JUAN County, NM. Reported cause: 23. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $20,000 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: 20040030.
Operator ID: 30826.
Reported incident date: 2/26/2004.
Cause detail: INCORRECT OPERATION
Cause detail: EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN A 12-INCH PIG LAUNCHER AT THE THOMPSON COMPRESSOR STATION WITHOUT FIRST RELIEVING THE PRESSURE. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO JAWBONE, RIBS, AND MULTIPLE LACERATIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL AND TREATED AND RELEASED AFTER 1-1/2 DAYS.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.
PHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — OTHER INCORRECT OPERATION.
PHMSA indexed costs: $20,000 reported total cost, $12,442.712 in 1984 dollars, $30,642.57 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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