# WBI ENERGY TRANSMISSION, INC. — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-01-28

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20130017  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-01-28  
**Published:** 2013-02-20

Gas transmission and gathering incident in TAYLOR, STARK County, ND. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4187 NATURAL GAS released, $9,000 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 TAYLOR, STARK County, ND. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4187 NATURAL GAS released, $9,000 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: 20130017.

Operator ID: 22655.

Reported incident date: 1/28/2013 16:35.

Location detail: 0+65

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: LOCATING ISSUE

Cause detail: FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR

Cause detail: A TRENCHER PUNCTURED A 2 INCH NATURAL GAS LINE CAUSING GAS TO BE RELEASED TO ATMOSPHERE. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON A LATERAL PIPELINE TRANSVERSE OF A MAIN TRANSMISSION LINE. THE MAIN TRANSMISSION LINE WAS MARKED, BUT THE OPERATOR FAILED TO MARK THE LATERAL LINE THAT WAS IN PROXIMITY OF THE EXCAVATION. THE GAS LOST DURING THIS INCIDENT WAS 4,187 MCF WHICH EXCEEDED THE REPORTING THRESHOLD. NATURAL GAS SERVICE WAS LOST TO THE TOWN OF TAYLOR, ND. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 3/7/13 REVISED DATA IN QUESTION C.3.A. FROM 2.375 TO 2.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $49,621 reported total cost, $30,156.976 in 1984 dollars, $58,903.802 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: `2f8e76ad4eb1130e1604d85844024b443e34df9e3861beafeae5ed5c46de2f2f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:14:57.367Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-df92dffb5b28596a167922de`

### Source metadata

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