# KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-03-22

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160031  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-03-22  
**Published:** 2016-04-12

Gas transmission and gathering incident in DRIPPING SPRINGS, HAYS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1395 NATURAL GAS released, $35,000 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: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in DRIPPING SPRINGS, HAYS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1395 NATURAL GAS released, $35,000 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: 20160031.

Operator ID: 31451.

Reported incident date: 3/22/2016 11:00.

Location detail: 256.25

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811

Cause detail: AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR EMPLOYED BY THE LAND OWNER WAS EXCAVATING TO INSTALL A NEW ELECTRIC FACILITY. THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT MAKE A ONE CALL NOTIFICATION. HIS ROCK SAW STRUCK THE 24" KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE (KMTP) AND CAUSED A RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS. THE LAND OWNER CONTACTED KMTP GAS CONTROL WHO DISPATCHED KMTP FIELD OPERATIONS PERSONNEL. THE PIPELINE WAS THEN ISOLATED AND BLOWN DOWN. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO FATALITIES, AND NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR THE PIPE. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND THE PIPELINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $46,287 reported total cost, $28,864.048 in 1984 dollars, $57,558.677 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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d97620f637a1a52c6a1f006c6df3124c5bc5dfe274eaa469d8cde3d2b4e9f718`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T11:59:48.370Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-352cbbab21dc470db444de20`

### Source metadata

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