{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20110239","title":"PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2011-06-13","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-07-11","effective_on":"2011-06-13","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in RIO VISTA, SOLANO County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2000 NATURAL GAS released, $60,000 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c0afb284b16d04bcbce3082c.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c0afb284b16d04bcbce3082c.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-c0afb284b16d04bcbce3082c","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 RIO VISTA, SOLANO County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2000 NATURAL GAS released, $60,000 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: 20110239.\n\nOperator ID: 15007.\n\nReported incident date: 6/13/2011 13:15.\n\nLocation detail: 3.9\n\nCause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY\n\nCause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE\n\nCause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811\n\nCause detail: ON JUNE 13, 2011 AT 1315 HOURS A THIRD PARTY SUBCONTRACTOR, KNIFE RIVER CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK AND PUNCTURED GAS TRANSMISSION LINE 114 WHILE GRADING INTO A SLOPE ADJACENT TO TOLAND LANE. THE WORK BEING PERFORMED WAS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT TO CUT A DRAINAGE DITCH IN CONJUCTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WIND FARM. THE SUBCONTRACTOR DID NOT NOTIFY USA OR PG&E OF THE WORK BEING PERFORMED. THE SUB-CONTRACTOR DID NOT HAVE A VALID USA TICKET AND, AS SUCH, THE AREA WAS NOT PROPERLY DELINEATED OR MARKED AND LOCATED. THE CONTRACTOR CALLED 911 AND PG&E TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 1.5 TO 2 MMCF OF GAS WAS RELEASED TO ATMOSPHERE AT MP 3.9 ON LINE 114. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. NO MAJOR MEDIA WAS PRESENT. THIS INCIDENT IS REPORTABLE DUE TO ESTIMATED DAMAGES EXCEEDING $50,000.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $70,000 reported total cost, $39,197.249 in 1984 dollars, $87,867.111 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":1952}