# PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-08-22 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20170079 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2017-08-22 **Published:** 2017-09-19 Gas transmission and gathering incident in SALINAS, MONTEREY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 6.1 NATURAL GAS released, $54,948 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 SALINAS, MONTEREY County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 6.1 NATURAL GAS released, $54,948 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: 20170079. Operator ID: 15007. Reported incident date: 8/22/2017 12:12. Location detail: 1.16 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811 Cause detail: ON AUGUST, 22, 2017, AT 1212 HOURS, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED OF A THIRD PARTY DIG-IN AT 1687 HWY 183, SALINAS. PG&E CREWS ARRIVED ON-SITE AND STOPPED THE FLOW OF GAS AT 1316 HOURS. THE PROPERTY AT THE DAMAGE SITE WAS LEASED BY THE 3RD PARTY EXCAVATOR FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THEY WERE OPERATING A TRACTOR WITH A RIPPER FARMING IMPLEMENT THAT HIT A 16" TRANSMISSION LINE (LINE 301F MP 1.16). A USA TICKET NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. THERE WAS 1 AFFECTED CUSTOMER. SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMER WAS RESTORED ON 8/24/17 AT 1943 HOURS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR IGNITION REPORTED. THERE WAS NO MEDIA OR POLICE REPORTED ON SITE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS REPORTED ON SITE. AT 1447 HOURS THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE DOT (1188088) AND CPUC (170822-8472) DUE TO DAMAGES THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED $50K. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $79,526 reported total cost, $47,365.306 in 1984 dollars, $95,034.5 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: `74fe900048bc6f8486eb01e1328b0ac983a3c74ef480b2d90cf0f9d53a9be91f` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-26T11:23:20.859Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-6d573418e439354d9c7c4811` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20170079", "supplementalNumber": "17453", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2017-09-19", "receivedDateRaw": "9/19/2017" }, "operator": { "id": "15007", "name": "PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2017-08-22", "dateRaw": "8/22/2017 12:12" }, "location": { "city": "SALINAS", "county": "MONTEREY", "state": "CA", "postalCode": "93907", "latitude": 36.739576, "longitude": -121.739263, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "1.16" }, "facilityName": "L301F" }, "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": "ON AUGUST, 22, 2017, AT 1212 HOURS, PG&E WAS NOTIFIED OF A THIRD PARTY DIG-IN AT 1687 HWY 183, SALINAS. PG&E CREWS ARRIVED ON-SITE AND STOPPED THE FLOW OF GAS AT 1316 HOURS. THE PROPERTY AT THE DAMAGE SITE WAS LEASED BY THE 3RD PARTY EXCAVATOR FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THEY WERE OPERATING A TRACTOR WITH A RIPPER FARMING IMPLEMENT THAT HIT A 16\" TRANSMISSION LINE (LINE 301F MP 1.16). A USA TICKET NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. THERE WAS 1 AFFECTED CUSTOMER. SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMER WAS RESTORED ON 8/24/17 AT 1943 HOURS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR IGNITION REPORTED. THERE WAS NO MEDIA OR POLICE REPORTED ON SITE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS REPORTED ON SITE. 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