KINDER MORGAN LIQUID TERMINALS, LLC
hazardous_liquid Incident —
Incident Information
| Report Date | — |
| Operator | KINDER MORGAN LIQUID TERMINALS, LLC |
| Commodity | — |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 39.78578, -84.16169 |
Cause
| Cause | INCORRECT OPERATION |
| Subcause | — |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | — |
| Lost Commodity | — |
| Public/Private Damage | — |
| Emergency Response | — |
| Environmental Remediation | — |
| Other Costs | — |
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Incident Narrative
ON 10-4-2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45AM EST APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS OF DIESEL RELEASED INTO DIKE ARE FROM A TRANSFER HOSE. THE TRANSFER WAS TO REMOVE THE HEEL OF TANK 11 TO TANK 16 BY CONNECTING 700' OF TRANSFER HOSE AND DIAPHRAGM PUMP. AFTER THE HOSE WAS CONNECTED THE PRODUCT STARTED TRANSFERRING. DURING A WALK OF THE HOSE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME SEEPAGE. PUMPING WAS STOPPED. THE HOSE WAS DRAINED DOWN INTO A PAN, DURING WHICH TIME THE PAN STARTED OVERFILLING RELEASING APPROX. 50 GALLONS OF DIESEL. DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT A CHECK VALVE HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS IN THE HOSE. WHILE PUMPING, THE INCORRECTLY INSTALLED CHECK VALVE CAUSED PRESSURE IN THE HOSE TO BUILD AND THE HOSE CONNECTION TO LEAK. THE OQ QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL HAD THEIR APPLICABLE OQ TASKS REVOKED AND HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY RETRAINED AND RE-QUALIFIED.
About This Pipeline Incident
Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.