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Table 2-23: Hazardous Liquid 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 ($1000)2 Number of incidents Number of fatalities Number of injuries Damages ($1000)2
Alabama 2 0 0 32 3 0 0 93
Alaska 2 0 0 40 1 0 0 55
Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arkansas 1 0 0 43 4 0 0 78,817
California 22 0 0 2,635 17 0 0 7,557
Colorado 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
Connecticut 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 1 0 0 186 0 0 0 0
Georgia 3 0 0 77 4 0 0 92
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 224
Illinois 18 2 3 19,150 14 0 0 10,243
Indiana 6 0 0 241 12 0 0 8,985
Iowa 6 0 0 344 11 0 0 1,801
Kansas 21 0 0 3,704 22 0 0 1,076
Kentucky 2 0 0 31 3 0 0 89
Louisiana 29 0 0 13,807 17 1 0 13,998
Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maryland 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Massachusetts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michigan 4 0 0 1,542 6 0 0 554
Minnesota 11 0 0 2,395 12 0 0 1,231
Mississippi 5 0 0 549 7 0 0 6,609
Missouri 6 0 0 701 8 0 0 769
Montana 6 0 0 251 2 0 0 1,991
Nebraska 4 0 0 1,292 3 0 0 86
Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Jersey 14 0 0 1,482 9 0 0 161
New Mexico 5 0 0 48 12 0 0 820
New York 1 0 0 62 2 0 0 308
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2,217
North Dakota 3 0 0 877 11 0 0 18,811
Ohio 5 0 0 20,506 7 0 0 166
Oklahoma 28 0 0 3,193 39 0 0 19,728
Oregon 1 0 0 76 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 5 0 0 525 9 0 0 1,514
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina 1 0 0 1,100 1 0 0 1
South Dakota 1 0 0 266 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 1 0 0 1,211 2 0 0 86
Texas 120 1 1 18,598 142 0 5 57,534
Utah 1 0 0 32 2 0 0 13,846
Vermont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 4 0 0 155 1 0 0 20
Washington 3 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4,917
Wisconsin 7 0 0 38,292 1 0 0 31
Wyoming 11 0 0 426 7 0 0 167
United States, total1 364 3 4 134,118 401 1 5 254,604

1Incidents that have an "unknown" location are included in the U.S. total (one Incident causing $230,005 in property damage for 2012).

2The Property damage category includes public and private Property damage, value of product loss, and the value of operator Property damage. It does not include the costs of emergency response, environmental remediation, other operator costs, and other public costs.

NOTES: Data for 2012 are revised. Historical totals may change as the Office of Pipeline Safety receives supplemental information on incidents. Incidents are reported on DOT Form 7000-1. An accident report is required for each failure in a pipeline system in which there is a release of the hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide transported resulting in any of the following: 1. Explosion or fire not intentionally set by the operator; 2. Loss of 5 or more gallons of hazardous liquid or carbon dioxide; 3. Escape to the atmosphere of more than 5 barrels (0.8 cubic meters) a day of highly volatile liquids; 4. Death of any person; 5. Bodily harm to any person resulting in: a. loss of consciousness; or b. necessity to carry the person from the scene; or c. necessity for medical treatment; or d. disability which prevents the discharge of normal duties or the pursuit of normal activities beyond the day of the accident; 6. Estimated property damage, including cost of clean-up and recovery, value of lost product, and damage to the property of the operator or others, or both, exceeding $50,000.

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.