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Construction workers strike gas main on Tennessee Street

Monday, September 23, 2019
Utility workers repair a rupture gas main Monday morning along Tennessee Street in Greencastle. The line was damaged during construction in the area.
Courtesy Greencastle Police Department

Emergency personnel were called after a construction crew struck a gas main on Greencastle’s southeast side Monday morning.

The crew was doing construction work for new apartments being built near 820 Tennessee St.

The Greencastle Fire Department and Greencastle Police Department were dispatched to the scene at approximately 10:10 a.m. GFD was logged as arriving at 10:14 a.m.

According to GFD’s report on the incident, The leak was recorded as being contained at 10:29 a.m. The gas itself was shut off soon after.

The two-inch leak occurred when an excavator struck the gas main. However, no one was injured in the incident, and nearby residents were notified of the situation.

Vectren Energy was called to the scene and arrived at about 10:40 a.m., after which GFD was logged as going back into service.

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  • So that whole call before you dig thing....they missed that memo? I mean I'm aware of it and not in construction.

    -- Posted by hometowngirl626 on Mon, Sep 23, 2019, at 8:04 PM

  • Well, just because they hit a gas main or any underground utility, doesn't necessarily mean that they didn't call for locates. Construction companies submit locate tickets far in advance, prior to ground work and have a set amount of time that dig ticket is good for. Most of the time it's not that they don't call it's the fact that some utilities are incorrectly located. Definitely, not cheap bill for whom liability falls.

    -- Posted by Hmmmmm on Tue, Sep 24, 2019, at 8:10 AM

  • Thanks for that info, much more complicated than I assumed.

    -- Posted by hometowngirl626 on Tue, Sep 24, 2019, at 10:22 PM

  • No problem. Sometimes things just need a little explaining. I did understand your point of view, however.

    -- Posted by Hmmmmm on Wed, Sep 25, 2019, at 7:22 AM

  • It's just been a mess with that project....always something. Not really a surprise.

    -- Posted by hometowngirl626 on Wed, Sep 25, 2019, at 2:42 PM
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