COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP

Incident Narrative

ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2012 AT OR AROUND 06:30 AM, IT WAS REPORTED TO THE COMPANY MONITORING CENTER BY A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PERSONNEL THAT A VEHICLE HAD DAMAGED THE STRUCTURE OF A MEASURING STATION NAMED ELYRIA DELIVERY POINT. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY A TEENAGER AND ACCOMPANIED BY THREE OTHER SAME AGE MALE OCCUPANTS. THE FOUR OCCUPANTS HAD VARIOUS TYPES OF INJURIES THAT VARIED FROM CRITICAL TO MINOR. THAT NECESSITATED THEIR ADMITTANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE VEHICLE WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE STOLEN AND THE POLICE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THIS FACT. THE FACILITY WAS SHUT DOWN, THE INJURED OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE EXTRACTED BY LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE NEAREST MEDICAL FACILITY. AFTER EMERGENCY RESPONDERS CLEARED THE FACILITY, COMPANY PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE BUILDING AND CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS TO THE BUILDING AND THE PIPELINES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. THE INJURED DRIVER AND OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE RELEASED IN SEQUENCE FROM THE HOSPITAL BASED ON THEIR QUICK RECOVERY. THE BUILDING WAS REBUILT AND THE DAMAGED FENCE AROUND THE FACILITY WAS REPAIRED. THE DAMAGED GAUGES AND OTHER INTRUMENTATION SENSING LINES WERE REPLACED WITH THE DAMAGED 0.5-IN NIPPLE THAT WAS REPLACED. THE ENTIRE FACILITY PIPING WAS INSPECTED BY NDT (6, 8, 10 AND 16 INCH DIAMETER PIPING) FOR ANY EVIDENCE OF CRACKS OR OTHER DAMAGES. NO LEAK OR DAMAGE WAS IDNETIFIED SUBJECT TO THE NDT INSPECTION AND THE FACILITY WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.