# ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-17

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150021  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-01-17  
**Published:** 2015-02-15

Gas transmission and gathering incident in RIVERDALE, CLAYTON County, GA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 245 NATURAL GAS released, $312,794 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 RIVERDALE, CLAYTON County, GA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 245 NATURAL GAS released, $312,794 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: 20150021.

Operator ID: 792.

Reported incident date: 1/17/2015 10:50.

Location detail: 640 GA HWY 13

Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE

Cause detail: A LEAK CALL WAS RECEIVED AT THE COMPANY'S CALL CENTER WHERE UPON INVESTIGATION A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN A 30-INCH WELD-OVER FITTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE THE FITTING IS WELDED TO THE PIPE. APPARENT CAUSE IS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION G6.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $322,077 reported total cost, $163,909.135 in 1984 dollars, $397,378.658 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: `252b5f86073e116657e44d95331eccd0ebd3b38b8c83efa11a6134134b1799f7`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T14:06:06.209Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-d71839107044369e82b7f0ed`

### Source metadata

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  "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present",
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