Table 2-21: Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Incidents: 2008 and 2009
Table 2-21: Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Incidents: 2008 and 2009
| State | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of incidents | Number of fatalities | Number of injuries | Property damage (dollars) | Number of incidents | Number of fatalities | Number of injuries | Property damage (dollars) | |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alaska | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,405,900 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1,459,440 |
| Arizona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 518,336 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2,191,324 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 548,956 |
| California | 27 | 1 | 6 | 2,430,169 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2,612,888 |
| Colorado | 5 | 1 | 7 | 638,850 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 502,050 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200,100 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 202,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 149,850 |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 391,903 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 197,359 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 482,000 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 504,010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1,092,512 |
| Illinois | 3 | 0 | 1 | 442,500 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2,135,407 |
| Indiana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 583,644 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161,506 |
| Iowa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 200,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 127,646 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139,600 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 703,740 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 408,567 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60,357 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69,116 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 118,684 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4,246,915 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3,281,801 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 232,449 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 750,000 |
| Michigan | 6 | 1 | 5 | 847,678 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 423,692 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,301,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 142,500 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 305,600 |
| Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126,754 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 218,000 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2,500,000 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0 | 2 | 544,229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 300,200 |
| Nevada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 191,436 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94,399 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1,151,504 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 418,114 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 0 | 2 | 385,300 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 65,892 |
| New York | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2,135,206 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1,000,000 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 2 | 185,775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0 | 4 | 757,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2,209,147 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1,428,963 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128,388 |
| Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 701,500 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 372,200 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2,428,710 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160,123 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26,293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65,200 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 505,575 |
| Texas | 7 | 1 | 3 | 561,860 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2,344,390 |
| Utah | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4,165,390 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 882,207 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 10 | 0 | 3 | 25,583,918 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1,939,989 |
| Washington | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200,307 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 464,467 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 527,921 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 429,420 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 629,440 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100,762 |
| United States, total | 151 | 6 | 58 | 57,377,214 | 157 | 10 | 50 | 31,100,501 |
NOTES: Incidents are reported on Form RSPA F 7100.1. Incident means any of the following events:
I. An event that involves a release of gas from a pipeline or a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and a) a death or personal injury necessitating in-patient hospitalization or b) estimated property damage, including cost of gas lost, of the operator or others, or both, of $50,000 or more.
II. An event that results in an emergency shutdown of an LNG facility.
III. An event that is significant, in the judgment of the operator, even though it did not meet the criteria of I or II.
Historical totals may change as the Office of Pipeline Safety receives supplemental information on incidents.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, personal communication, Apr. 21, 2010.