CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO OF NEW YORK

Incident Narrative

ON DECEMBER 19, 2015 AT 14:02, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK (FDNY) REPORTED A CONTRACTOR DAMAGE AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE AT THIS LOCATION TO CON EDISON'S GAS EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTER. A CODE MURRE (MULTIPLE RESOURCE RESPONSE EVENT) WAS INITIATED AND GAS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES (GDS), GAS CONSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION WERE DISPATCHED. GDS SUPERVISION ARRIVED AT 14:14 AND REPORTED A SUSPECTED GAS FED FIRE IN THE STREET WITH A THIRD PARTY'S DRILLING MACHINE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. AN 8"" HIGH PRESSURE RADIAL MAIN VALVE WAS IDENTIFIED TO ISOLATE THE GAS SUPPLY TO THE AREA, THE VALVE WAS LOCATED AND AT 14:33, VALVE #17788 WAS CLOSED AND THE GAS IGNITION WAS EXTINGUISHED. GDS INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED A POSCILLICO CONSTRUCTION CO. DRILLING RIG DAMAGED AN 8"" HIGH PRESSURE STEEL MAIN WHILE DRILLING FOR I-BEAM SUPPORTS FOR NEW ELECTRIC VAULTS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. THE DAMAGED 8"" MAIN SUPPLIES 42-43 ORCHARD STREET WHICH IS THE METERING BUILDING TO THE SUNNYSIDE RAILROAD YARD AT THE SOUTHERN END OF ORCHARD STREET. NO BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED BY THE FIRE AND THERE WERE TWO COMMERCIAL SERVICES INTERRUPTED AS A RESULT OF THE MAIN VALVE CLOSURE, 42-22 AND 42-43 ORCHARD ST. NYC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (NYCEM) REPORTED THIS INCIDENT, AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF SUPPLY TO THE METERING HOUSE, DID NOT IMPACT RAILROAD OPERATIONS. ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER (AN UNNAMED THIRD PARTY LABORER) WAS TRANSPORTED VIA EMS TO AN AREA HOSPITAL DUE TO A REPORTED MINOR RESPIRATORY CONDITION. FDNY BATTALION 45, NYCEM AND NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-HAZMAT RESPONDED AND MULTIPLE MEDIA SOURCES WERE ON LOCATION AND/OR INQUIRED. MULTIPLE INTERNAL COMPANY DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO SUPPORT THE RESPONSE AND MITIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT. ON DECEMBER 21, 2015 AT 14:17, GAS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED REPAIRS AND THE MAIN WAS PLACED IN SERVICE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED EVACUATIONS. THE US DOT, NYS DPS AND NYC DEP WERE NOTIFIED. THIS WAS AN UPGRADED INCIDENT.