PHMSA Report 20120069
PHMSA Report 20120069
Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, CAMERON PARISH County, LA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 994 NATURAL GAS released, $25,000 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: 20120069.
Operator ID: 19270.
Reported incident date: 6/7/2012 8:46.
Location detail: 6+3720
Cause detail: ROUTINE OR NORMAL FISHING OR OTHER MARITIME ACTIVITY NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION
Cause detail: TWO 2 IN. X 3 IN. SCRAPES APPROXIMATELY 18" APART WERE DISCOVERED AT NEAR THE 12 :00 POSITION ON THE PIPE. ONE WAS LEAKING. REPAIR WAS MADE BY INSTALLING PLIDCO CLAMPS OVER BOTH AREAS. ADDITIONALLY, THREE BUOYS WERE INSTALLED OVER THE PIPELINE IN THE AREA TO ACT AS A DETERRENT TO BOAT TRAFFIC. 7-24-15 REVISED TO ADD PIPE SPECIFICATION AS REQUESTED BY PHMSA. THE PORTAL REQUIRED ADDITIONAL DATA TO BE POPULATED AS WELL.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — FISHING OR MARITIME ACTIVITY.
PHMSA indexed costs: $28,475 reported total cost, $15,761.06 in 1984 dollars, $36,262.391 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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