# J - W GATHERING CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2011-08-31 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20110360 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2011-08-31 **Published:** 2011-09-23 Gas transmission and gathering incident in SHREVEPORT, CADDO County, LA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5311 NATURAL GAS released, $25,500 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 SHREVEPORT, CADDO County, LA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5311 NATURAL GAS released, $25,500 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: 20110360. Operator ID: 9011. Reported incident date: 8/31/2011 15:35. Location detail: ELLERBE ROAD Cause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION Cause detail: A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITHIN THE 11000 BLOCK OF ELLERBE ROAD IN SHREVEPORT, LA, WHEN THE OPERTOR SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A DOG THAT WAS IN THE ROADWAY. THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND VEERED OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND COLLIDED WITH AN ABOVE GROUND VALVE RISER OWNED AND OPERATED BY J-W GATHERING COMPANY. THE COLLISION COMPRIMISED THE AVOBE GROUND PIPING AND RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE PROMPTLY MADE TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THE PIPELINE WAS BLOCKED IN BY USE OF MANUAL BLOCK VALVES AND DEPRESSURIZED. THE DAMAGE THAT RESULTED FROM THE COLLISION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED AND THE PIPELINE PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION. PHMSA indexed costs: $53,000 reported total cost, $32,062.154 in 1984 dollars, $59,899.191 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: `b60db4d2e285127eda8b9c9d8520ddea4b3f7069b5b63b6c12076e05f7282ddc` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-27T13:15:58.835Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-fd0e166ac5c86232672cf2d6` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20110360", "supplementalNumber": "15344", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2011-09-23", "receivedDateRaw": "9/23/2011" }, "operator": { "id": "9011", "name": "J - W GATHERING CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2011-08-31", "dateRaw": "8/31/2011 15:35" }, "location": { "city": "SHREVEPORT", "county": "CADDO", "state": "LA", "postalCode": "71115", "latitude": 32.348923, "longitude": -93.678463, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "ELLERBE ROAD" }, "facilityName": "ELLERBE ROAD" }, "cause": { "category": "OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION", "NARRATIVE": "A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITHIN THE 11000 BLOCK OF ELLERBE ROAD IN SHREVEPORT, LA, WHEN THE OPERTOR SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A DOG THAT WAS IN THE ROADWAY. THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND VEERED OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND COLLIDED WITH AN ABOVE GROUND VALVE RISER OWNED AND OPERATED BY J-W GATHERING COMPANY. THE COLLISION COMPRIMISED THE AVOBE GROUND PIPING AND RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE PROMPTLY MADE TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE POLICE EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THE PIPELINE WAS BLOCKED IN BY USE OF MANUAL BLOCK VALVES AND DEPRESSURIZED. 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