{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20130047","title":"SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-05-10","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2013-06-07","effective_on":"2013-05-10","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in TEMPLETON, SAN LUIS OBISPO County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 11300 NATURAL GAS released, $250,000 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-6c322131e8f60055934a7103.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-6c322131e8f60055934a7103.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-6c322131e8f60055934a7103","source_url":"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","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in TEMPLETON, SAN LUIS OBISPO County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 11300 NATURAL GAS released, $250,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20130047.\n\nOperator ID: 18484.\n\nReported incident date: 5/10/2013 13:15.\n\nLocation detail: 53.90\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811\n\nCause detail: CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR A RANCHER WAS DEEP RIPPING THE GROUND IN A VINEYARD AND STRUCK 10' HIGH PRESSURE DOT DEFINED TRANSMISSION LINE. LINE MARKERS WERE PRESENT AS WELL AS MARKINGS FROM A PREVIOUS USA REQUEST. THE CONTRACTOR PERFORMING THE RIPPING OPERATION DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT USA TICKET FOR THE WORK BEING PERFORMED. GAS WAS CONTROLLED BY CLOSING MAIN LINE VALVES ISOLATING A 10 MILE SECTION OF THE LINE. THIRTEEN CUSTOMERS WERE LEFT WITHOUT SERVICE. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, ALL CUSTOMERS PUT BACK IN SERVICE. NO IGNITION, NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT CONTRACTOR WAS AWARE OF PIPELINE LOCATION, BUT FAILED TO RAISE RIPPER BEFORE CROSSING MARKED LINE. IN ADDITION, NO CURRENT USA TICKET FOR WORK BEING PERFORMED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $319,000 reported total cost, $184,866.87 in 1984 dollars, $387,303.169 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1843}