{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20140072","title":"COSERV GAS, LTD — Gas distribution — incident on 2014-08-13","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2014-09-02","effective_on":"2014-08-13","summary":"Gas distribution incident in LITTLE ELM, DENTON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 241 NATURAL GAS released, $14,000 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, not fire-first.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-712b4ed8fc199788f51e8b1a.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-712b4ed8fc199788f51e8b1a.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-712b4ed8fc199788f51e8b1a","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/fba42a19-f78d-44c9-9a76-4bacfc15fba0?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in LITTLE ELM, DENTON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 241 NATURAL GAS released, $14,000 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: 20140072.\n\nOperator ID: 31588.\n\nReported incident date: 8/13/2014 9:43.\n\nLocation detail: ELDERADO PARKWAY & PRESTON ON THE LAKES\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATOR POT HOLED UNKNOWN LINE AND ASSUMED IT WAS THE GAS LINE. THEY PROCEEDED AND STRUCK A 6\" PLASTIC MAIN APPROX. 10 FOOT IN DEPTH. SECTION OF MAIN WAS DISCONNECTED AND ISOLATED UNTIL REPAIRS WERE MADE. DURING INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MARKINGS WERE APPROX. 2 FT INACCURATE.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious, not fire-first.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $24,884 reported total cost, $12,973.909 in 1984 dollars, $30,341.382 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":1414}