Pipeline injury is what happens to people when they are near a pipeline such as a gas pipeline that spontaneously explodes and they are injured or killed by the explosion. The cause of the exploding pipeline is sometimes due to the fact that the pipeline was extremely old and hasn't been properly tested and maintained over the years by the company that owns it. Over 2.1 million miles of pipelines run across our country, many of them running under our cities, towns, neighborhoods and even our playgrounds. In 2000 alone there were six pipeline accidents. The accidents occured in Knoxville, Tennessee, Bellingham, Washington, in which three young men were tragically killed, Winchester, Kentucky, Greenville, Texas, Chalk Point, Maryland and Carlsbad, New Mexico, in which 12 people died.
Pipeline explosions can happen at any time anywhere in the country.
Our current pipeline system is already old and is aging with every year that passes. 24 percent of gas pipelines are now more than 50 years old. In the case of the Carlsbad pipeline, the section of pipeline that exploded killing 12 people was almost 50 years old and suffered from substantial internal corrosion. The National Transportation Safety Board found that it had never been properly inspected. We currently have a Free Pipeline Injury Evaluation for people who have been injured in incidents which may have involved pipelines, and who might wish to explore their legal rights in possibly filing a lawsuit against the proper company or entities.