# COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA INC — Gas distribution — incident on 2000-10-23

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20000209
- **title:** COLUMBIA GAS OF VIRGINIA INC — Gas distribution — incident on 2000-10-23
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2000-11-22
- **effective on:** 2000-10-23
- **summary:** Gas distribution incident in FREDERICKSBURG, SPOTSYLVANIA County, VA. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $100,000 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: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas distribution incident in FREDERICKSBURG, SPOTSYLVANIA County, VA. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $100,000 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: 20000209.

Operator ID: 2604.

Reported incident date: 20001023.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: A PLUMBING CONTRACTOR (CAPITAL PLUMBING AND AIR) FAILED TO NOTIFY THE ONE CALL NOTIFICATION CENTER (MISS UTILITY) OF THE INTENT TO EXCAVATE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK AND UNMARKED 2" MEDIUM PRESSURE PLASTIC MAIN.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $100,000 reported total cost, $67,577.624 in 1984 dollars, $166,422.889 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.
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