Pipeline Safety Trust Releases New Dashboard Detailing Pipeline Incident Data

The “Monthly Incident Dashboard” Highlights PHMSA’s Incident Data to Find the Worst Pipeline 
Incidents of each Month and More

BELLINGHAM, Washington [Jan. 23, 2023] – The Pipeline Safety Trust (PST) is excited to
 announce the release of our new “Monthly Incident Dashboard.” The dashboard, designed by
 PST Data Manager James Eager, highlights the worst pipeline incidents for each month by 
utilizing updated data from the US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

Eager has designed the dashboard with the user in mind; the dashboard is clear, concise, easy
 to navigate and full of crisp data visualizations to help users better understand the pipeline 
incident data they are viewing. The dashboard features data from Gas Transmission, Gas
 Distribution and Hazardous Liquid pipeline incidents.

“This dashboard is our organization working to make pipeline incident data more accessible,
 engaging, and relatable to those impacted,” Eager said. “I hope this dashboard will allow
 members of the public, press, and other stakeholders to meaningfully interact with this data 
highlighting the worst incidents in each month and the responsible operators.”

The dashboard features a bunch of unique features which allow the user to interpret pipeline 
incident data in ways they haven’t been able to before. The user can not only decide how they
 want to categorize the worst incidents: by release size, human impact, or cost of damage; but 
they can also compare the worst incidents in each month to the total amount of incidents in
 that month using either a map or graph.

“However, one chooses to define the worst incidents, we hope this can offer a point of dialogue
 for conversations around pipeline incidents and their impacts going forward,” Eager added.

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About Pipeline Safety Trust: The Pipeline Safety Trust is a nonprofit public watchdog promoting 
pipeline safety through education and advocacy by increasing access to information, and by
 building partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government and industry, that result in
 safer communities and a healthier environment.

For More Information Contact:    Kenneth Clarkson,   Communications Director  -     

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