KINDER MORGAN COCHIN LLC
hazardous_liquid Incident — — November 7, 2011
Incident Information
| Incident Date | November 7, 2011 |
| Operator | KINDER MORGAN COCHIN LLC |
| Commodity | HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBI |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 41.60721, -89.73494 |
Cause
| Cause | EXCAVATION DAMAGE |
| Subcause | EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | $155,534 |
| Emergency Response | $2,000 |
| Other Costs | $0 |
Location Map
Incident Narrative
ON NOVEMBER 7, 2011, A FARMER IN WHITESIDE COUNTY, IL, NEAR THE TOWN OF DEER GROVE, WAS CONDUCTING A TEST RUN OF A NEW TILE PLOW HE HAD PURCHASED. THE TILE PLOW IS A SINGLE BLADE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED TO CREATE A DEEP TRENCH IN ORDER TO BURY DRAIN TILE. THE FARMER PASSED OVER OUR COCHIN PIPELINE THREE TIMES STRIKING AND DAMAGING OUR PIPE FROM THE 12:00 TO 1:00 O'CLOCK POSITION DURING ONE OF THE FIRST TWO PASSES BEFORE CROSSING OUR PIPELINE A THIRD TIME AN PUNCTURING IT THROUGH AND THROUGH AT THE 9:00 TO THE 3:00 O'CLOCK POSITIONS. OUR INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE FAMER DID NOT MAKE A ONE CALL NOTIFICATION AS REQUIRED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE DAMAGE PREVENTION LAW, NOR BASED ON OUR INSTRUCTIONS WITHIN OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS BROCHURES PREVIOUSLY MAILED TO THIS LAND OWNER IN 2010 AND 2008, NOR DID HE FOLLOW THE DECAL INSTRUCTIONS PASTED ON THE SIDE OF THE PLOW THAT INDICATED ""WARNING CALL 888-258-0808 FOR UTILITY LOCATION BEFORE USING PLOW"". THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, INJURIES, FIRES, OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. KINDER MORGAN FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THIS EVENT WHEN A PUBLIC CITIZEN CALLED IN THE EVENT, WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED BY ANOTHER CALL FROM A NEARBY PIPELINE OPERATOR AND A KINDER MORGAN CONTROL CENTER OBSERVATION OF A PRESSURE DROP THROUGH OUR SCADA SYSTEM. NOTE: SINCE KINDER MORGAN'S RESPONSE TO QUESTION 12 UNDER SECTION G3 IS ""NO"" THEN THE ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS 13, 14, & 15 UNDER SECTION G-3 SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT BLANK PER COMMON GROUND ALLIANCE DIRT USER GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS OR AT LEAST BEEN ALLOWED TO ANSWER AS NOT APPLICABLE (""N/A""). CURRENTLY DOT'S SYSTEM DOES NOT ALLOW THE USER SAVE THE DOCUMENT IN THIS SCENARIO WITHOUT ENTERING A RESPONSE FOR QUESTION 13 -15 THEREFORE CONTRADICTING THE CGA INSTRUCTIONS. SINCE THE SYSTEM REQUIRES 1 OF 4 ANSWER CHOICES TO THESE QUESTIONS AND DOES NOT ALLOW N/A AS A RESPONSE, KM PICKED ""DATA NOT COLLECTED"" AND PROVIDES THIS AS THE EXPLANATION FOR THIS SELECTION. KM SUBMITTED AN E-MAIL TO DOT INFORMING THEM OF THIS ISSUE.
About This Pipeline Incident
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