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Table 2-21: Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Incidents: 2012 and 2013

Friday, September 12, 2014

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State 2012 2013
Number of incidents Number of fatalities Number of injuries Damages ($1,000) Number of incidents Number of fatalities Number of injuries Damages ($1,000)
Alabama 1 0 0 20 2 1 4 554
Alaska 1 0 0 255 0 0 0 0
Arizona 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 13
Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
California 14 3 1 2,328 14 0 0 3,491
Colorado 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 969
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 938
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 2 0 1 363 0 0 0 0
Florida 1 0 1 44 1 0 0 66
Georgia 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 686
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 210
Idaho 2 0 0 270 0 0 0 0
Illinois 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 585
Indiana 1 0 0 96 2 0 0 110
Iowa 1 0 0 101 0 0 0 0
Kansas 6 1 4 1,217 2 0 0 353
Kentucky 1 0 0 202 2 1 1 391
Louisiana 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 75
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 3 0 0 1,092 1 0 1 0
Massachusetts 6 1 17 2,436 4 0 0 955
Michigan 2 0 0 123 4 3 1 1,315
Minnesota 2 0 0 706 3 0 0 25
Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Missouri 1 0 0 92 1 1 4 0
Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska 2 0 1 56 3 0 1 192
Nevada 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 140
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 5 0 4 1,331 2 0 0 1,072
New Mexico 2 0 1 521 0 0 0 0
New York 17 0 8 8,698 18 0 12 3,088
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 1 0 1 120 0 0 0 0
Ohio 3 0 1 3,996 4 0 1 148
Oklahoma 1 0 1 56 2 0 1 273
Oregon 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 522
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 1 0 0 109 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 2 1 1 212 2 0 0 557
Texas 9 3 4 924 10 1 4 639
Utah 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 102
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Washington 1 0 0 155 2 0 0 223
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 169
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 1 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
United States, total 90 9 47 25,557 109 9 39 17,889

NOTES: Data for 2012 are revised. 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, Incident Statistics, available at www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/library/data-stats as of June 2014.