{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20150106","title":"SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-08-11","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2015-08-25","effective_on":"2015-08-11","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, TURNER County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 915 NATURAL GAS released, $35,000 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-d8611fc0f3765175e72e1ab6.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-d8611fc0f3765175e72e1ab6.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-d8611fc0f3765175e72e1ab6","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, TURNER County, GA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 915 NATURAL GAS released, $35,000 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: 20150106.\n\nOperator ID: 18516.\n\nReported incident date: 8/11/2015 9:25.\n\nLocation detail: 7.378\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: A TURNER COUNTY (GA) ROAD GRADER WAS CLEANING DITCHES FOR NEISMITH ROAD ON AUGUST 11, 2015, AND STRUCK SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY'S 3.5\" ASHBURN PIPELINE (LINE 28), CAUSING A PUNCTURE AND RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS. THE COUNTY DID NOT MAKE ANY ONE-CALL NOTIFICATIONS PRIOR TO THE WORK. THE PIPELINE WAS ISOLATED AND ALLOWED TO BLOW DOWN IN ORDER TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE DAMAGED PIPE WAS CUT OUT WITH A NEW PIPE CYLINDER BEING INSTALLED. THE PIPELINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AUGUST 12, 2015.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $44,240 reported total cost, $23,147.002 in 1984 dollars, $54,439.177 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":1594}