# COSERV GAS, LTD — Gas distribution — incident on 2014-08-13

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140072  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-08-13  
**Published:** 2014-09-02

Gas distribution incident in LITTLE ELM, DENTON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 241 NATURAL GAS released, $14,000 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, not fire-first.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in LITTLE ELM, DENTON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 241 NATURAL GAS released, $14,000 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: 20140072.

Operator ID: 31588.

Reported incident date: 8/13/2014 9:43.

Location detail: ELDERADO PARKWAY & PRESTON ON THE LAKES

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE

Cause detail: EXCAVATOR POT HOLED UNKNOWN LINE AND ASSUMED IT WAS THE GAS LINE. THEY PROCEEDED AND STRUCK A 6" PLASTIC MAIN APPROX. 10 FOOT IN DEPTH. SECTION OF MAIN WAS DISCONNECTED AND ISOLATED UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MARKINGS WERE APPROX. 2 FT INACCURATE.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious, not fire-first.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $24,884 reported total cost, $12,973.909 in 1984 dollars, $30,341.382 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/fba42a19-f78d-44c9-9a76-4bacfc15fba0?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `eba220d10bbf165e56b3cf606e24c6d419f8d0448ae4fed25dd6b50bb0b288d5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T21:00:13.832Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-712b4ed8fc199788f51e8b1a`

### Source metadata

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