# SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2011-07-10

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20110273  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2011-07-10  
**Published:** 2011-08-05

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CAMARILLO, VENTURA County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3270 NATURAL GAS released, $200,000 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, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CAMARILLO, VENTURA County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3270 NATURAL GAS released, $200,000 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: 20110273.

Operator ID: 18484.

Reported incident date: 7/10/2011 10:31.

Location detail: 138969.6

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811

Cause detail: FARMER STRUCK LINE WHILE WORKING FIELD WITH A TRACTOR. NO REQUEST TO ONE CALL CENTER. UTILITY WAS NOT AWARE THAT WORK WAS IN PROGRESS. NO IGNITION OR INJURIES. TWO CUSTOMERS TEMPORARILY IMPACTED BY SHUTDOWN. LINE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE JULY 19 AFTER PIPE WRAP CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED. INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN POTENTIAL OF DAMAGE EXCEEDING $50,000 AND/OR ESCAPING EXCEEDING 3 MILLION CUBIC FEET WAS DETERMINED. ALL REPAIRS COMPLETE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $221,500 reported total cost, $122,190.001 in 1984 dollars, $283,155.886 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: `c0b37d7108c6de6a81fbc7f112f8b8558bd0100ce62434c0390d19a5f827e371`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T18:58:54.961Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-b8431548194435a2f06be664`

### Source metadata

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