Safety Division Incident Notification
Inspection Package ID = 117885
Incident ID:

1747

Person Taking Info:

Michael Shields

Operator/Company:

6776 ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX DIVISION

Contact Type

Name

Pipeline Operator

Marlo Sutton

Onsite Contact

Darryl Tally

Company / Affiliation
ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX
DIVISION
Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division

Occurred Date/Time:

4/21/18 11:59 PM

Report Date/Time:

4/22/18 10:58 AM

Nearest City/Town:

Caldwell

County:

BURLESON

Street Address/Location:

900 O'Neal Dr

Region:

Austin

Person handling incident:

Robert Reed

Injuries reported:

1

Fatalities reported:

0

Explosion:

Yes

Ignition/Fire:

No

Damages may exceed $50,000:

No

Evacuation:

Yes

Traffic Rerouted/Blocked:

Yes

Media:

Yes

Material Transported:

Natural Gas

Release of Gas or LNG:

Yes

Phone Number
214-957-3295
979-777-0962

Release of Hazardous Liquid or Carbon Dioxide: No
Amount Released:

5MCF

Initial Description:
On April 22, 2018 at 10:58 AM, RRC/ Leo Mundine received notification from the RRC call center that at
approximately 12:00 AM on April 22, 2018, an explosion occurred at the home located at 900 O?Neall, in Caldwell,
Texas. One injury & hospitalization was reported, the street has been closed to traffic, and evacuation of the home
across the street. No fire was reported and the Media is present. The fire department was also on scene and the
site is safe.
ATMOS Energy was contacted at 8:00 AM on April 22, 2018 by Johnny Price, the son-in-law of the homeowner.
Mr. Marlo Sutton of ATMOS Energy notified the RRC call center at 8:30 AM.
As of 9:45 AM, ATMOS Energy is bar testing the area and have discovered gas readings in the street. The
evacuated home across the street has been declared safe and the residents returned.
Updates:

 04/23/2018
4/22/18@2026 From Bob Reed:
The following is Bob Reeds report on the captioned accident:
(1)Dates/Times/Events Log:
04/21 - 11:56 PM 911 call was received by Caldwell, Burleson County caller is unknown
04/22 8:00 A.M. Atmos was contacted by Johnny Price, homeowners son-in-law
Note: There was an 8-hr. gap between the report to 911 and the notification to Atmos.
Currently, there is no explanation as to why there was a delay in the notification to Atmos.
8:30 AM Marlo Sutton (Atmos) made the call to the RRC.
10:51 AM Leo Mundine received the call from the RRCs call-center
11:13 AM Bob Reed received the call from Leo Mundine
11:48 AM Bob Reed departed home, to travel to the accident site
1:13 PM Bob Reed was on-site in Caldwell, Burleson County (76.1 mi.) 900 ONeal St.
4:21 PM Bob Reed left the accident site
5:35 PM Bob Reed returned home
(2)Pipe Details:
(a)Main is 2 coated steel, in the edge of the street (ONeal Street) installed in 1965
(b)Home-owners service line was not involved in this accident.
(c)Leakage was found at a mechanical coupling on a 1-1/4 service line near the tap on the 2 main, approximately 3
below the street level, in front of the homeowners house.
This service line, with couplings, ran under the street to a neighbors house had been installed, also, in 1965,
according to Atmos.
(3)Repairs, Leak Investigation Activities and Other Details:
(a)Accident Leak Survey/Bar-Testing/CGI :
Results of initial bar-testing and CGI readings were reported by Atmos to be localized to an area in front of 900
ONeal Street.
However, additional gas readings taken during this initial survey were found in the sewer system near the house.
(b)Additional Leak Survey Activities:
Atmos had begun a leak survey using specialized equipment and crews during the Late afternoon of April 22nd.
They will be surveying an entire map-sheet approximately 6 blocks in every direction from the accident site and the
sewer system in the vicinity of the leak-site.
(c)Odor-Test was performed at 12:40 PM, 04/22, at 808 N. ONeal, by Atmos crew.
(d)Repairs:
The 1-1/4 steel service line, on the north side of the street, is being replaced with ½ pe line, for a distance of 100 to a
meter set on the south side of the street, directly across from the house involved in the accident.
The ½ pe will be inserted into the existing steel service line. The 2 main, in the edge of the street, is not affected by
this repair.
(e)EFV:
The home-owners (Gene Barbers) service line had been replaced in 2013, at which time an EFV had been installed.
The EFV appeared to have worked as it should, immediately shutting-off the gas at the time of the explosion.
(f)Gas had been turned-off to five customers on ONeal Street.
Starting at 3:30 PM, gas was being restored to these customers.
(4)Injuries and Damages:
The home-owner, Mr. Gene Barber,
Mr. Barbers house was severely damaged.