# SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-08-11

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- **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.
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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.

Report number: 20150106.

Operator ID: 18516.

Reported incident date: 8/11/2015 9:25.

Location detail: 7.378

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

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

Cause 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.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $44,240 reported total cost, $23,147.002 in 1984 dollars, $54,439.177 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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