# WTG GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-06-01

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140071  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-06-01  
**Published:** 2014-06-30

Gas transmission and gathering incident in MIDLAND, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $1,400 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, serious incident.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in MIDLAND, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 NATURAL GAS released, $1,400 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: 20140071.

Operator ID: 31968.

Reported incident date: 6/1/2014 19:45.

Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE

Cause detail: WTG GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DE-PRESSURING COMPRESSOR UNIT #7 TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON THE UNIT. AN EMPLOYEE BEGAN OPENING THE 2' BLOW-DOWN, RELEASING GAS TO THE ATMOSPHERE. DURING THE VENTING PROCESS, A SCREWED FITTING SEPARATED, WITH A PART OF THE LOOSE VENT PIPING FATALLY STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE. THE VENT VALVE WAS CLOSED SECURING THE RELEASE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $7,970 reported total cost, $4,886.605 in 1984 dollars, $8,130.389 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: `0dac3d4ab565d9e21738e9fda7e4d7be0627c9a21ca52002aca0eb8e0217af56`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T19:40:25.842Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-5f042fcf6a4153094e4742d2`

### Source metadata

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