# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-017

**Citation:** P-72-017  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1972-03-01  
**Published:** 1972-03-01

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY: HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS TO INCLUDE THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED AGENCIES, TO INFORM FURTHER AND EDUCATE THE ATTENDING PERSONNEL AS TO BASIC PIPELINE OPERATIONS, AND MATERIALS PUMPED, HAZARDS ENCOUNTERED, AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW DURING LPG LEAKS.

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-72-017.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY: HOLD PERIODIC MEETINGS TO INCLUDE THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER INTERESTED AGENCIES, TO INFORM FURTHER AND EDUCATE THE ATTENDING PERSONNEL AS TO BASIC PIPELINE OPERATIONS, AND MATERIALS PUMPED, HAZARDS ENCOUNTERED, AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW DURING LPG LEAKS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1972-03-01

Adopted Date: 1972-03-01

Overall Date Closed: 1975-12-30

Synopsis: ON DECEMBER 9, 1970, A RUPTURE OCCURRED IN THE PHILLIPS PIPELINE COMPANY SYSTEM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI WHICH RELEASED 4,538 BARRELS OF PROPANE. AN EXPLOSION, EQUIVALENT TO 100,000 POUNDS OF TNT, AND A FIRE RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHIN A 2 MILE RADIUS. NO FATALITIES OCCURRED, BUT TEN PERSONS SUSTAINED INJURIES.

Ntsbnumber: PLD71XR001

Report Number: PAR-72-01

Addressee Name: Phillips Petroleum Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1973-02-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM PHILLIPS: OUR SAFETY DIVISION HAS HELD AND PLAN TO HOLD FUTURE MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW PIPELINE OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-017>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `3db5c5c1ec88a47148177ed26d332c7b3c7bdadb5ba7f716b659094c32f35268`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T19:10:07.262Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-72-017`

### Source metadata

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  "priority": "CLASS II",
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