MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC

Incident Narrative

A FIRE OCCURRED AT A REMOTELY CONTROLLED PUMP STATION. VARIOUS ALARMS WERE RECEIVED BY MPL'S CONTROL CENTER AND, PURSUANT TO ALARM RESPONSE PROCEDURES, THE STATION AND ASSOCIATED PIPELINE WERE SHUTDOWN AND FIELD PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE STATION TO INVESTIGATE. THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED MPL'S CONTROL ROOM OF THE FIRE, CONFIRMING THE RELEASE, PRIOR TO FIELD PERSONNEL ARRIVAL AT THE STATION. THE FIRE WAS MONITORED BY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT UNTIL IT SELF-EXTINGUISHED. THE PRODUCT REFLECTED AS NOT RECOVERED WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE WAS DETERMINED A FAILURE OF THE PUMP TUBING. THIS ALLOWED PRODUCT TO SPRAY INTO THE MOTOR HOUSING WHERE IT WAS IGNITED BY THE MOTOR. THE INITIAL 7000-1 REPORTED THE LOCAL DATE AND TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AS 12/25/2014 AT 09:30, SINCE THIS IS THE TIME MPL RECEIVED VERIFICATION FROM THE SHERRIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT OUR STATION WAS ON FIRE. BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, MPL CHANGED THE LOCAL TIME OF THE ACCIDENT TO 08:57 (PART A, QUESTION 4), BECAUSE ACCIDENT REPORTING CRITERIA WAS POTENTIALLY MET.