ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION - KY/MID-STATES (KENTUCKY) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-10-16

Gas transmission and gathering incident in SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY County, KY. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 16500 NATURAL GAS released, $93,766 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: 20150135.

Operator ID: 22476.

Reported incident date: 10/16/2015 11:30.

Location detail: LKSURV968

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811

Cause detail: FARMER DAMAGED 8" LINE WILE CLEANING AND EXTENDING POND NEAR HIS PROPERTY. THE FARMER (PROPERTY OWNER) DID NOT CALL 811 TO HAVE FACILITIES LOCATED PRIOR TO EXCAVATION. MUELLER STOP FITTINGS WERE INSTALLED AND TEMPORARY BYPASS INSTALLED TO MAINTAIN GAS SERVICE. FIRST RESPONDERS AND ATMOS ENERGY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY DURING THE ENTIRE REPAIR PROCESS. ATMOS ENERGY WAS ALSO ASSISTED BY 25-30 LARGE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS TO HELP MAINTAIN GAS SERVICE TO 12,500 RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $188,009 reported total cost, $117,322.975 in 1984 dollars, $227,034.802 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.