# NEW MEXICO GAS COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-03-10

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160030  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-03-10  
**Published:** 2016-04-07

Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, MCKINLEY COUNTY County, NM. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4907 NATURAL GAS released, $10,385 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 Not Within a Municipality, MCKINLEY COUNTY County, NM. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4907 NATURAL GAS released, $10,385 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: 20160030.

Operator ID: 6141.

Reported incident date: 3/10/2016 10:38.

Location detail: MP 3.56 G/GML

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

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

Cause detail: A ROAD GRADER SCRAPED THE PIPELINE WITH THE BLADE AND GOUGED A HOLE APPROXIMATELY 6" X 9". GRADER OPERATOR DID NOT CALL THE NM ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION CENTER FOR A LOCATE REQUEST.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $26,820 reported total cost, $20,538.376 in 1984 dollars, $33,902.398 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: `9fc4093457ed55d0e3bc690010dc886d489936a8c9f75806dc852cfe304232fa`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T06:23:00.719Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-dd8ea5d4fc0b832672fd2496`

### Source metadata

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    "receivedDateRaw": "4/7/2016"
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