# ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2006-11-03

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20060308  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2006-11-03  
**Published:** 2006-11-03

Hazardous liquid incident in TAFT, SAN PATRICIO County, TX. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES BUTANE released, $59,803 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

Hazardous liquid incident in TAFT, SAN PATRICIO County, TX. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES BUTANE released, $59,803 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: 20060308.

Operator ID: 31618.

Reported incident date: 11/3/2006.

Cause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE

Cause detail: PIPELINE EXCAVATOR (THIRD PARTY) CUT INTO LINE 27A, 8" WITH A LINE CUTTER AND THERE WAS NO ONE CALL FOR THE EXCAVATION.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $59,803 reported total cost, $34,970.845 in 1984 dollars, $86,122.428 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/928038f8-523b-4003-aeff-79675b193086?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9b7786d16109dcf1125313ded51e21d270bca4dadd1ea04b177c3bda197d554d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T15:05:13.372Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-aa7381b454052c6f54325062`

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