# MOSS POINT MUNICIPAL GAS SYSTEM, CITY OF — Gas distribution — incident on 2000-08-24

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20000182  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-08-24  
**Published:** 2000-10-19

Gas distribution incident in MOSS POINT, JACKSON County, MS. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 5 injuries, $90,000 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, serious incident.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in MOSS POINT, JACKSON County, MS. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 1 fatalities, 5 injuries, $90,000 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: 20000182.

Operator ID: 12816.

Reported incident date: 20000824.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $90,000 reported total cost, $60,819.861 in 1984 dollars, $149,780.6 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/7ccf83c5-a778-4c51-ba2d-a9a84e221c7b?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20mid%201984%20to%20February%202004.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `667956f11e3c602460d61eb80f91816b05f66b7f95b1d286d517ba72f2818046`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T18:27:53.985Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-8755ad4587b6eccfc60e5809`

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