# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-82-045

**Citation:** P-82-045  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1982-12-10  
**Published:** 1982-12-10

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL L.P. GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THAT THEY REVIEW THEIR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND, IF NECESSARY, INITIATE CHANGES TO DISCONTINUE ANY PRACTICES INVOLVING CUTTING GAS MAINS WHILE UNDER PRESSURE EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WHEN REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. (URGENT

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-82-045.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL L.P. GAS ASSOCIATION: ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THAT THEY REVIEW THEIR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND, IF NECESSARY, INITIATE CHANGES TO DISCONTINUE ANY PRACTICES INVOLVING CUTTING GAS MAINS WHILE UNDER PRESSURE EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WHEN REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1982-12-10

Adopted Date: 1982-11-26

Overall Date Closed: 1983-05-19

Synopsis: ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1982, NATURAL GAS, BLOWING AT 15 PSIG FROM THE OPEN ENDS OF A 2 1/4-INCH CAST-IRON GAS MAIN LOCATED IN A DEEP, NARROW EXCAVATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF COOPER AND MARSHAL STREETS IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. THREE CITY OF DUBLIN GAS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE WORKING IN THE EXCAVATION WERE CRITICALLY BURNED. THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE EXCAVATION, HELPED THE INJURED OUT OF THE DITCH AND WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED IN THE PROCESS.

Ntsbnumber: DCA82FP021

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: American Public Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-19

Addressee Name: National L.P. Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-19

Addressee Acronym: NPGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-03-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: NATIONAL L.P. GAS ASSOC. LETTER: WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY RESPONDING TO YOUR REQUEST AND CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ENCLOSED NLPGA REPORTS: SAFETY IN WHICH WE HAVE REVIEWED THE INCIDENT AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PUBLICATION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO 4800 MEMBERS.

Addressee Acronym: NPGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-05-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-82-045>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `d1d64f60a2657e00997a79eabe8428be5c6654e8dbb8df3803080b03f5937b91`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T07:27:42.572Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-82-045`

### Source metadata

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