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Articles
HISTORY
OF PIPELINE
SAFETY REGULATIONS
By
Cesar de Leon, P.E.
REPORTABLE
INCIDENTS BY YEAR
| |
1971
|
1972
|
1973
|
1974
|
1975
|
1976
|
1977
|
1978
|
1979
|
| DISTRIBUTION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
875
|
884
|
893
|
1017
|
979
|
1036
|
1530
|
1555
|
1520
|
| fatalities |
42
|
28
|
33
|
20
|
8
|
53
|
29
|
20
|
33
|
| injuries |
365
|
294
|
333
|
34
|
220
|
319
|
420
|
320
|
313
|
| property damage
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TRANSMISSION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
410
|
409
|
471
|
460
|
394
|
543
|
466
|
533
|
450
|
| fatalities |
3
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
7
|
11
|
12
|
| injuries |
24
|
36
|
19
|
20
|
17
|
47
|
30
|
86
|
93
|
| property damage
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LIQUID PIPELINE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
310
|
306
|
273
|
256
|
254
|
212
|
237
|
256
|
251
|
| fatalities |
1
|
1
|
7
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
| injuries |
8
|
16
|
10
|
6
|
17
|
4
|
15
|
10
|
13
|
|
1980
|
1981
|
1982
|
1983
|
1984
|
1985
|
1986
|
1987
|
1988
|
1989
|
| DISTRIBUTION* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
1467
|
1128
|
1191
|
1127
|
747
|
205
|
142
|
164
|
201
|
178
|
| fatalities |
9
|
10
|
20
|
10
|
26
|
22
|
29
|
11
|
23
|
20
|
| injuries |
269
|
73
|
225
|
220
|
189
|
96
|
104
|
115
|
114
|
91
|
| property damage
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
$9.47
|
$11.07
|
$11.78
|
$12.13
|
$8.67
|
| TRANSMISSION* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Failures |
529
|
495
|
520
|
453
|
255
|
129
|
83
|
70
|
89
|
102
|
| Fatalities |
2
|
6
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
22
|
| Injuries |
41
|
6
|
41
|
25
|
40
|
12
|
20
|
15
|
11
|
28
|
| property damage
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
$13.40
|
$11.16
|
$4.70
|
$9.30
|
$20.37
|
| LIQUID PIPELINE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
219
|
239
|
200
|
161
|
203
|
183
|
209
|
237
|
193
|
163
|
| fatalities |
3
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
| injuries |
12
|
32
|
6
|
9
|
19
|
18
|
32
|
20
|
19
|
38
|
| property damage
(millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
$5.10
|
$16
|
$13.14
|
$29.95
|
$7.40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
1995
|
1996
|
|
| DISTRIBUTION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
110
|
163
|
102
|
121
|
141
|
97
|
108
|
|
| fatalities |
6
|
14
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
16
|
14
|
|
| injuries |
52
|
77
|
65
|
84
|
91
|
43
|
66
|
|
| property damage
(millions) |
$7.60
|
$7.76
|
$6.77
|
$15.34
|
$53.26
|
$10.95
|
$11.24
|
|
| TRANSMISSION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
89
|
71
|
74
|
96
|
80
|
64
|
73
|
|
| fatalities |
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
|
| injuries |
17
|
12
|
15
|
18
|
19
|
10
|
5
|
|
| property damage
(millions) |
$11.30
|
$11.93
|
$24.57
|
$23
|
$45.17
|
$9.95
|
$12.32
|
|
| LIQUID PIPELINE |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| failures |
180
|
216
|
212
|
230
|
244
|
188
|
188
|
|
| fatalities |
3
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
|
| injuries |
7
|
9
|
38
|
10
|
1858
|
11
|
13
|
|
| property damage
(millions) |
$15.72
|
$25.38
|
$63.20
|
$28.80
|
$56.45
|
$32.52
|
$39.91
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| *Note:
In 1985, the reporting criteria for gas pipeline failures
was revised, leading to a significant drop in reportable
gas transmission and gas distribution failures. |
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