{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20010035","title":"ALABAMA GAS CORP (EX. MARENGO CORP PROPERTY) — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-01-09","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2001-02-02","effective_on":"2001-01-09","summary":"Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/OPERATING ERROR. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $83,000 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-e8a540624c7ab3b34f1785e4.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-e8a540624c7ab3b34f1785e4.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-e8a540624c7ab3b34f1785e4","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/7ccf83c5-a778-4c51-ba2d-a9a84e221c7b?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20mid%201984%20to%20February%202004.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/OPERATING ERROR. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $83,000 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: 20010035.\n\nOperator ID: 180.\n\nReported incident date: 20010109.\n\nLocation detail: NO DATA\n\nCause detail: WHILE INSTALLING A MAIN BY DIRECTIONALLY BORING, A CONTRACTOR DAMAGED TWO WATER LINES AND A LOW PRESSURE CAST IRON GAS MAIN. WATER FILLED PORTIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THUS CAUSING THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO 209 HOUSES.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED MATERIAL/WELD FAILURE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $83,000 reported total cost, $54,761.493 in 1984 dollars, $134,860.704 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":1153}