{"operation":"document","citation":"P-75-005","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-005","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1975-05-08","effective_on":"1975-05-08","summary":"REQUIRE THE MID VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY TO REVIEW ALL THEIR PUMP STATION AND TERMINAL FACILITIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONDITIONS EXIST, SIMILAR TO THOSE AT LIMA, WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS ON THEIR SYSTEM. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-005","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-75-005","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-75-005.\n\nREQUIRE THE MID VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY TO REVIEW ALL THEIR PUMP STATION AND TERMINAL FACILITIES TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONDITIONS EXIST, SIMILAR TO THOSE AT LIMA, WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL ACCIDENTS ON THEIR SYSTEM. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1975-05-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1975-04-17\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-06-13\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 17, 1975, A PIPE RUPTURED AT THE MID-VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY'S LIMA, OHIO, CRUDE OIL TERMINAL. A MOTOR-OPERATED VALVE WITHIN THE TERMINAL HAD BEEN CLOSED INADVERTENTLY AND PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP. A 14-INCH LONG CRACK DEVELOPED. CRUDE OIL WAS SPRAYED FROM THE CRACK, ATOMIZED, IGNITED, AND BURNED; FLAMES RESULTED WHICH WERE MORE THAN 100 FEET HIGH. ATTEMPTS TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND TO SHUT OFF VALVES TO THE TERMINAL WERE HAMPERED. THE FIRE DESTROYED THE TERMINAL BUILDINGS AND KILLED THE TERMINAL DELIVERYMAN.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD75XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-03\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-06-13\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-06-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1252}