# ATMOS ENERGY — Gas distribution — incident on 2005-08-02

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20050127  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2005-08-02  
**Published:** 2005-08-02

Gas distribution incident in MURFREESBORO, RUTHERFORD County, TN. Reported cause: 8. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $124,317 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, serious incident, not fire-first.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in MURFREESBORO, RUTHERFORD County, TN. Reported cause: 8. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $124,317 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: 20050127.

Operator ID: 20211.

Reported incident date: 8/2/2005.

Cause detail: OPERATOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE

Cause detail: ON AUGUST 2, 2005, ATMOS ENERGY CORPORTATION, IN MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE EXPERIENCED A RUPTURE OF A TWO-INCH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE RESULTING IN IGNITION OF GAS HOSPITALIZATION OF ONE ATMOS EMPLOYEE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident, not fire-first.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $124,317 reported total cost, $74,994.139 in 1984 dollars, $184,424.756 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/ef2727e4-bb70-4544-b292-9429027a9b14?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20March%202004%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2a6decba48dbe33b223100c4f0033678f4bc9449ce64ead957e1bf726a7ebc24`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T00:26:26.112Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-eda482e1d45e6fbc4a0b82b1`

### Source metadata

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