# ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION - MID-TEX — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2019-04-22 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190061 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2019-04-22 **Published:** 2019-05-22 Gas transmission and gathering incident in DECATUR, WISE County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 62.4 NATURAL GAS released, $165,000 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: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in DECATUR, WISE County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 62.4 NATURAL GAS released, $165,000 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: 20190061. Operator ID: 31348. Reported incident date: 4/22/2019 14:36. Location detail: 16972 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: LOCATING ISSUE Cause detail: FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR Cause detail: ADDITIONAL NRC REPORT NUMBER 1243764 ON APRIL 22, 2019 AT 14:36, A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR HIT ATMOS ENERGY'S LINE W 12-1 WHILE DRILLING TO INSTALL A BILLBOARD POLE, PUNCTURING THE LINE AND CAUSING A LEAK. THE LINE SEGMENT WAS ISOLATED AT 19:50 AND A CONTROLLED GAS RELEASE WAS PERFORMED UNTIL THE PRESSURE WAS ELIMINATED. CNG RESOURCES WERE UTILIZED TO SERVE 5 CUSTOMERS DURING THE SHUTDOWN. ON APRIL 23, 2019 AT 19:02, THE DAMAGED SECTION OF PIPE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRS COMMENCED. SERVICE WAS RESTORED AT 18:50 ON APRIL 24, 2019. AFTER INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTRACT LOCATOR DID NOT APPROPRIATELY MARK THE LINE. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $349,112 reported total cost, $163,825.074 in 1984 dollars, $402,892.563 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: `380740b609a3ab4dd7fd335e5e4b3d140a24853469b5fd1f6b5d88b03b15523f` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T00:28:19.250Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-36328130392e574399440e5e` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20190061", "supplementalNumber": "32178", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2019-05-22", "receivedDateRaw": "5/22/2019" }, "operator": { "id": "31348", "name": "ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION - MID-TEX" }, "incident": { "date": "2019-04-22", "dateRaw": "4/22/2019 14:36" }, "location": { "city": "DECATUR", "county": "WISE", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "76234", "latitude": 33.23279034, "longitude": -97.67564194, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "16972" }, "facilityName": "W 12-1" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "LOCATING ISSUE", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR", "NARRATIVE": "ADDITIONAL NRC REPORT NUMBER 1243764 ON APRIL 22, 2019 AT 14:36, A THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR HIT ATMOS ENERGY'S LINE W 12-1 WHILE DRILLING TO INSTALL A BILLBOARD POLE, PUNCTURING THE LINE AND CAUSING A LEAK. THE LINE SEGMENT WAS ISOLATED AT 19:50 AND A CONTROLLED GAS RELEASE WAS PERFORMED UNTIL THE PRESSURE WAS ELIMINATED. CNG RESOURCES WERE UTILIZED TO SERVE 5 CUSTOMERS DURING THE SHUTDOWN. ON APRIL 23, 2019 AT 19:02, THE DAMAGED SECTION OF PIPE WAS REMOVED AND REPAIRS COMMENCED. SERVICE WAS RESTORED AT 18:50 ON APRIL 24, 2019. AFTER INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTRACT LOCATOR DID NOT APPROPRIATELY MARK THE LINE." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "62.4", "propertyDamage": 165000, "estimatedOperatorCost": 183000, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 0, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "62.4", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "165000", "PRPTY": "349112" } }, "provenance": { "viewId": "27nc-rsge", "viewUrl": "https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge", "assetId": "2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8", "archiveFilename": "Gas Transmission & Gathering Incident Data - January 2010 to present.zip", "archiveSha256": "fe0b136ca4b00ac987a8bc2e195098accf910d97512c5fc3b59e62d9da5f674e", "memberPath": "incident_gas_transmission_gathering_jan2010_present.txt", "memberSha256": "b435f2a25718cf54c54e00294e6788c4f9c6860e02fb86355e75d294c243c4dd", "rowNumber": 848, "rowSha256": "217949e4d877e24cb89b9ac692b4746bd7146ac05f166529c24addaf572fab87" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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