{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-031","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-031","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-06-08","effective_on":"1972-06-08","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY: PREPARE WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR EACH PLANNED SHUTDOWN OF A PORTION OF ITS PIPELINE SYSTEM, OR THE INSTALLATION OR REPLACEMENT OF PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRE STOPPING, OR INITIATING THE FLOW OF GAS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-031.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-031.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-031","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-031","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-031.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY: PREPARE WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR EACH PLANNED SHUTDOWN OF A PORTION OF ITS PIPELINE SYSTEM, OR THE INSTALLATION OR REPLACEMENT OF PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRE STOPPING, OR INITIATING THE FLOW OF GAS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1972-06-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1972-05-25\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nSynopsis: ON NOVEMBER 17, 1971, WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF REVAMPING A REGULATOR STATION, EMPLOYEES OF THE EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE A VALVE ON THE LOW-PRESSURE SIDE OF A REGULATOR IN A VAULT WITHOUT FIRST STOPPING THE FLOW OF GAS. TWO MEN WORKING IN THE VAULT WERE OVERCOME BY GAS LEAKING INTO THE VAULT. FOUR OTHERS ALSO WERE OVERCOME ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE THE FIRST TWO. ALL SIX MEN DIED OF ASPHYXIATION. THREE OTHER MEN ALSO WERE INJURED.\n\nProbable Cause: Inhalation of natural gas released into a vault where two men were attempting to change a valve in the vault without first stopping the flow of gas.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD72XR004\n\nReport Number: PAR-72-02\n\nAddressee Name: Equitable Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1975-12-30\n\nAddressee Acronym: EQT\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1972-12-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR FROM EQUITABLE: WRITTEN WORK PROCEDURES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO ENCOMPASS VIRTUALLY EVERY WORK OR JOB FUNCTION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: EQT\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-06-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1684}