# ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-04-17

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20130041  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-04-17  
**Published:** 2013-05-15

Gas transmission and gathering incident in DECATUR, DEKALB County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 365 NATURAL GAS released, $44,000 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.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in DECATUR, DEKALB County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 365 NATURAL GAS released, $44,000 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: 20130041.

Operator ID: 792.

Reported incident date: 4/17/2013 10:50.

Location detail: INTERSECTION

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

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: EXCAVATOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE AFTER VERIFYING MARKS

Cause detail: OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF 24-INCH STEEL PIPE VIA CONVENTIONAL JACK & BORE WHERE IT APPEARS THE AUGER STRUCK A ROCK ABOUT 30-FEET INTO THE BORE AND VEERED APPROXIMATELY 3-FEET OFF THE BORE PATH STRIKING THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING 16-INCH HIGH PRESSURE STEEL TRANSMISSION PIPELINE CAUSING A LEAK. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON THE VERTICAL PIPE WHERE THE 16-INCH TRANSMISSION PIPELINE MADE A DEPTH CHANGE FROM 5-FEET TO 10-FEET DEEP.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $66,696 reported total cost, $34,993.036 in 1984 dollars, $84,481.901 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: `80f61919cdd9b81be9302a9afc3b6882671fa31518d675ea28b4dc9a21e3754e`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T07:47:37.802Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-c3f8ba4b3a9dacddbd8e6e71`

### Source metadata

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