# GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-08-13

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20150109
- **title:** GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-08-13
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2015-09-01
- **effective on:** 2015-08-13
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1069 NATURAL GAS released, $8,500 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.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1069 NATURAL GAS released, $8,500 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: 20150109.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 8/13/2015 16:19.

Location detail: 159.18

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE

Cause detail: UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE FROM 1/2-INCH POWER GAS LINE CAUSED DURING BACKFILLING OPERATIONS.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — OPERATOR/CONTRACTOR EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $56,506 reported total cost, $46,010.613 in 1984 dollars, $65,786.248 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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