{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20160012","title":"ATMOS PIPELINE - TEXAS — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-01-09","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2016-02-04","effective_on":"2016-01-09","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, ROBERTSON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 195573 NATURAL GAS released, $2,478,671 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-7645a0a1515ef283da58d17c.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-7645a0a1515ef283da58d17c.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-7645a0a1515ef283da58d17c","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 Not Within a Municipality, ROBERTSON County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 195573 NATURAL GAS released, $2,478,671 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: 20160012.\n\nOperator ID: 31978.\n\nReported incident date: 1/9/2016 15:55.\n\nLocation detail: 676537\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: IMPROPER BACKFILLING PRACTICES\n\nCause detail: PIPELINE FAILED DURING A DUCTILE OVERLOAD EVENT. THE RUPTURE WAS CAUSED BY MECHANICAL GOUGES ON THE PIPE FROM A SECOND PARTY CONTRACTOR'S TRACKHOE THAT GOT STUCK IN THE MUD NEAR THE PIPELINE, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $3,211,520 reported total cost, $1,865,561.826 in 1984 dollars, $3,973,761.728 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":1380}