WOLVERINE PIPELINE CO
hazardous_liquid Incident —
Incident Information
| Report Date | — |
| Operator | WOLVERINE PIPELINE CO |
| Commodity | — |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 42.35267, -86.13888 |
Cause
| Cause | OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE |
| Subcause | — |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | — |
| Lost Commodity | — |
| Public/Private Damage | — |
| Emergency Response | — |
| Environmental Remediation | — |
| Other Costs | — |
Location Map
Incident Narrative
WOLVERINE PIPE LINE (WPL) AERIAL PATROL REPORTED AN EXCAVATOR NEAR THE RIGHT OF WAY (ROW) CLEARING TREES ON 5/24/16 (DATE OF THE INCIDENT 6/3/16). THE WPL DAMAGE PREVENTION SPECIALIST (DPS) RESPONDED TO THE REPORT. NO ACTIVE WORK WAS BEING DONE WHEN THE SITE WAS VISITED. THE PIPELINE WAS MARKED THAT DAY. THE WPL DPS FOLLOWED UP WITH THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR INDICATED THAT HE WOULD WAS REMOVING TREES AND WOULD NOT BE DOING ANY WORK WITHIN THE PIPELINE ROW. ON 6/3/16 THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR STARTED TO MOVE TREES THAT WERE REMOVED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROW. THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CALLED THE WPL DPS & NOTIFIED HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN STUCK OVER THE WPL PIPELINE & AFTER GETTING UNSTUCK HE NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE DIESEL FUEL COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. THE WPL DPS NOTIFIED THE WOLVERINE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER WHO IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE AFFECTED PIPELINE SEGMENT DOWN & CLOSED ALL REMOTELY OPERATED VALVES ISOLATING THE PIPELINE SEGMENT. NOTE: PART A, 9, VOLUME RELEASED AND RECOVERED IS STILL BEING REFINED WILL BE UPDATED. ALSO SECTION D8 WILL BE UPDATED
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.