# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-016

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- **citation:** P-72-016
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-016
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1972-03-01
- **effective on:** 1972-03-01
- **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY: ESTABLISH A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE AFFECTED CIVIL AGENCIES AND ALL RESIDENTS ALONG THE PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BY SUPPLYING A CARD OR STICKER WITH THE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PIPELINE PERSONNEL TO BE CONTACTED DURING AN EMERGENCY.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-72-016.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PHILLIPS PIPE LINE COMPANY: ESTABLISH A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE AFFECTED CIVIL AGENCIES AND ALL RESIDENTS ALONG THE PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BY SUPPLYING A CARD OR STICKER WITH THE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PIPELINE PERSONNEL TO BE CONTACTED DURING AN EMERGENCY.

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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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: THE PRACTICE OF ISSUING CARDS WITH NAMES, ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PIPELINE PERSONNEL TO BE CONTACTED DURING EMERGENCIES HAS BEEN EXPANDED IN ALL AREAS.
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