{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-007","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-007","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1971-12-08","effective_on":"1971-12-08","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY COMPOSE A FORMAL, IN-DEPTH MANUAL OR PROCEDURE DEPICTING THE STEP-BY-STEP METHOD OF HANDLING PETROLEUM SPILLS, COMBATING FIRES, NOTIFYING THE VARIOUS AGENCIES, AND THE GUIDANCE OF CONTRACTORS' CREWS IN SAFE WORKING PROCEDURES. INCORPORATE IN THIS MANUAL THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE PETROLEUM SAFETY DATA SHEET, PSD 2200, JUNE 1964, AS A MINIMUM SO AS TO COMPL","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-007.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-007.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-007","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-007","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-007.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY COMPOSE A FORMAL, IN-DEPTH MANUAL OR PROCEDURE DEPICTING THE STEP-BY-STEP METHOD OF HANDLING PETROLEUM SPILLS, COMBATING FIRES, NOTIFYING THE VARIOUS AGENCIES, AND THE GUIDANCE OF CONTRACTORS' CREWS IN SAFE WORKING PROCEDURES. INCORPORATE IN THIS MANUAL THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE PETROLEUM SAFETY DATA SHEET, PSD 2200, JUNE 1964, AS A MINIMUM SO AS TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATION 49 CFR 195.422. A LIST OF HOSPITALS WIH ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS, SHOULD BE INCLUDED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1971-12-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1971-12-08\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nSynopsis: ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1970, A PIPELINE LEAK OCCURRED IN THE COLONIAL PIPELINE SYSTEM NEAR JACKSONVILLE, MARYLAND. CONTRACTORS WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 20 HOURS TO FIND THE LEAK, AND ON THE NEXT DAY AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED FOLLOWED BY A FIRE. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, BUT FIVE WORKMEN WERE BURNED.\n\nProbable Cause: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the leak was a flaw of undetermined origin in the pipe wall, crater-like in appearance, wide at the surface and narrowing down to a thin metal membrane, which failed after a period of constantly fluctuating pumping pressures. The probable cause of the explosion and fires was the ingestion of the gasoline vapor-rich atmosphere by a diesel engine which resulted in the speeding up and backfiring of the engine, igniting the atmosphere.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA70MP003\n\nReport Number: PAR-71-02\n\nAddressee Name: Colonial Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1972-05-24\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM COLONIAL: COLONIAL IS PRESENTLY EXPANDING ITS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MANUAL. THIS WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE HELD MEETINGS IN EACH ONE OF COLONIAL'S NINE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AS FOLLOWS: REVIEWED THE NTSB REPORT IN TOTAL AND CONSIDERED EACH RECOMMENDATION. CONDUCTED A CRITIQUE WITH FIELD PERSONNEL ON PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN HANDLING ANY RECENT EMERGENCIES. DISCUSSED WAYS TO IMPROVE METHODS USED FOR VAPOR DETECTION.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2372}