# SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-07-08 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20180089 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2017-07-08 **Published:** 2018-09-05 Gas transmission and gathering incident in LOST HILLS, KERN County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,515 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in LOST HILLS, KERN County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,515 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. Report number: 20180089. Operator ID: 18484. Reported incident date: 7/8/2017 11:15. Location detail: 30.04 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811 Cause detail: THIS INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON FORM F7100.1 - 20170069-16615; THIS IS THE SAME INCIDENT, NOW BEING ENTERED CORRECTLY ON A FORM F7100.2. ON 7/8/17, A 3RD PARTY CONTRACTOR WAS DISCING THE LOCATION OF THE SOCALGAS PIPELINE FOR AGRICULTURE WORK. THE DISC IMPLEMENT STRUCK A 1 INCH FITTING ON TOP OF THE GAS MAIN. THE TOP OF THE FITTING WAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF GAS. SOCALGAS CREWS RESPONDED, ISOLATED THE SECTION OF MAIN, AND CONTROLLED THE GAS BY 23:00 OF THE INCIDENT DATE. PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE SECTION RE-ENERGIZED BY 04:40 ON 07/09/17. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SHOWED THERE WAS NO VALID USA TICKET. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE DOT AND CPUC DUE TO DAMAGE COSTS EXCEEDING $50,000. FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ALEXANDER HUGHES AT (949)697 2539. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $291,515 reported total cost, $155,765.635 in 1984 dollars, $349,834.581 in current-year dollars. PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `fe8e320e5a5e7d2f2c908c1aa1a49f74259b8938feb41115af9150f79bafe7a5` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T14:43:41.665Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-317908871895772b9cbda712` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20180089", "supplementalNumber": "30907", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2018-09-05", "receivedDateRaw": "9/5/2018" }, "operator": { "id": "18484", "name": "SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2017-07-08", "dateRaw": "7/8/2017 11:15" }, "location": { "city": "LOST HILLS", "county": "KERN", "state": "CA", "postalCode": "93249-0000", "latitude": 35.6653, "longitude": -119.8504, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "30.04" }, "facilityName": "LINE 85 NORTH" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "NOTIFICATION ISSUE", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811", "NARRATIVE": "THIS INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED ON FORM F7100.1 - 20170069-16615; THIS IS THE SAME INCIDENT, NOW BEING ENTERED CORRECTLY ON A FORM F7100.2. ON 7/8/17, A 3RD PARTY CONTRACTOR WAS DISCING THE LOCATION OF THE SOCALGAS PIPELINE FOR AGRICULTURE WORK. THE DISC IMPLEMENT STRUCK A 1 INCH FITTING ON TOP OF THE GAS MAIN. THE TOP OF THE FITTING WAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE RELEASE OF GAS. SOCALGAS CREWS RESPONDED, ISOLATED THE SECTION OF MAIN, AND CONTROLLED THE GAS BY 23:00 OF THE INCIDENT DATE. PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE SECTION RE-ENERGIZED BY 04:40 ON 07/09/17. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SHOWED THERE WAS NO VALID USA TICKET. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE DOT AND CPUC DUE TO DAMAGE COSTS EXCEEDING $50,000. 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