# GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-08-13

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150109  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-08-13  
**Published:** 2015-09-01

Gas transmission and gathering incident in HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1069 NATURAL GAS released, $8,500 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 HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1069 NATURAL GAS released, $8,500 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: 20150109.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 8/13/2015 16:19.

Location detail: 159.18

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE

Cause detail: UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE FROM 1/2-INCH POWER GAS LINE CAUSED DURING BACKFILLING OPERATIONS.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $56,506 reported total cost, $46,010.613 in 1984 dollars, $65,786.248 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: `781e80026e02c8f22b8fe2d5c4ad37b57510f18950c8d075ac2591663713bfe5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T10:39:18.639Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-a5e66a56e3ca3e5f19d1449c`

### Source metadata

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