# ENBRIDGE PIPELINES (EAST TEXAS) L.P. — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-04-13 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20120047 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2012-04-13 **Published:** 2012-05-10 Gas transmission and gathering incident in CANTON, VAN ZANDT County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1185 NATURAL GAS released, $15,350 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 CANTON, VAN ZANDT County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1185 NATURAL GAS released, $15,350 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: 20120047. Operator ID: 31613. Reported incident date: 4/13/2012 12:58. Location detail: HWY. 17 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811 Cause detail: MORROW CONSTRUCTION (DANIEL MORROW 903-780-5658) WAS EXCAVATING ON THE PROPERTY OF A FRIEND. THE EXCAVATOR NOR LANDOWNER HAD CALLED 811 TO REQUEST A LINE LOCATE. DURING THE EXCAVATION MORROW CONSTRUCTION HIT ENBRIDGE'S 12.750' .219 X42 PIPELINE. THE EXCAVATOR CALLED ENBRIDGE'S GAS CONTROL IN HOUSTON AT 12:58 PM. GAS CONTROL DID NOT SEE A DECREASE IN PRESSURE ON LINES IN THE AREA OF DAMAGE. FIELD PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED AT 1:05 PM TO INVESTIGATE; FIELD PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON LOCATION AT 2:00 PM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE ENBRIDGE LINE HAD BEEN HIT. THE LINE WAS BLOCKED IN AND BLOWN DOWN BY 4:50 PM. REPAIRS WERE MADE ON 4-14-12 AND THE LINE WAS PUT BACK IN SERVICE 4:35 PM. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $27,815 reported total cost, $18,124.232 in 1984 dollars, $33,017.798 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: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `f0069705acf404c6227e500f03b8f98738855c29ccd4f0b44b045fa072fbb07e` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-26T02:46:52.486Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-d33c53988e8a3475377b6506` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20120047", "supplementalNumber": "16380", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2012-05-10", "receivedDateRaw": "5/10/2012" }, "operator": { "id": "31613", "name": "ENBRIDGE PIPELINES (EAST TEXAS) L.P." }, "incident": { "date": "2012-04-13", "dateRaw": "4/13/2012 12:58" }, "location": { "city": "CANTON", "county": "VAN ZANDT", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "75103", "latitude": 32.40784, "longitude": -95.87515, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "HWY. 17" }, "facilityName": "AKER RESIDUE" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "NOTIFICATION ISSUE", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811", "NARRATIVE": "MORROW CONSTRUCTION (DANIEL MORROW 903-780-5658) WAS EXCAVATING ON THE PROPERTY OF A FRIEND. THE EXCAVATOR NOR LANDOWNER HAD CALLED 811 TO REQUEST A LINE LOCATE. DURING THE EXCAVATION MORROW CONSTRUCTION HIT ENBRIDGE'S 12.750' .219 X42 PIPELINE. THE EXCAVATOR CALLED ENBRIDGE'S GAS CONTROL IN HOUSTON AT 12:58 PM. GAS CONTROL DID NOT SEE A DECREASE IN PRESSURE ON LINES IN THE AREA OF DAMAGE. FIELD PERSONNEL WERE NOTIFIED AT 1:05 PM TO INVESTIGATE; FIELD PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON LOCATION AT 2:00 PM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE ENBRIDGE LINE HAD BEEN HIT. THE LINE WAS BLOCKED IN AND BLOWN DOWN BY 4:50 PM. 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