# COSERV GAS, LTD — Gas distribution — incident on 2014-08-13

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- **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.
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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.

Report number: 20140072.

Operator ID: 31588.

Reported incident date: 8/13/2014 9:43.

Location detail: ELDERADO PARKWAY & PRESTON ON THE LAKES

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE

Cause 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.

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

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $24,884 reported total cost, $12,973.909 in 1984 dollars, $30,341.382 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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