SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2021-04-29

Gas distribution incident in SAN MONICA, LOS ANGELES County, CA. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 24982.92 NATURAL GAS released, $404,358 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: 20210048.

Operator ID: 18484.

Reported incident date: 4/29/2021 22:55.

Location detail: 1101 STANFORD STREET

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: IMPROPER EXCAVATION PRACTICE NOT LISTED ABOVE

Cause detail: ON 4-29-2021, A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR DAMAGED A 16-INCH STEEL GAS MAIN AT 1101 STANFORD STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA WHILE BORING TO INSTALL TELECOMMUNICATION CONDUIT. SOCALGAS CREW RESPONDED AND CONTROLLED THE RELEASE OF GAS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FURTHER DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THIS INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT SHOWED THERE WAS A VALID USA TICKET. HOWEVER, THE CONTRACTOR'S EXCAVATION PRACTICES WERE INADEQUATE AS IT FAILED TO POT-HOLE THE 16-INCH MAIN. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO DOT AND CPUC DUE TO GAS RELEASE AND ESTIMATED PROPERTY DAMAGE OF $122,000 OR MORE. FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT BEATRIZ CARDENAS @ 858-276-9135.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious, not fire-first.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $604,268 reported total cost, $302,187.385 in 1984 dollars, $622,731.709 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.