# ALABAMA GAS CORP (EX. MARENGO CORP PROPERTY) — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-01-09

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- **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.
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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.

Report number: 20010035.

Operator ID: 180.

Reported incident date: 20010109.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause 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.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED MATERIAL/WELD FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $83,000 reported total cost, $54,761.493 in 1984 dollars, $134,860.704 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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