{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-017","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-017","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: 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-017.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-017.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-017","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-017","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-017.\n\nTHE 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.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1972-03-01\n\nAdopted Date: 1972-03-01\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD71XR001\n\nReport Number: PAR-72-01\n\nAddressee Name: Phillips Petroleum Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1973-02-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1361}