NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-006

NTSB safety recommendation P-75-006.

URGE THE MID VALLEY PIPELINE COMPANY TO UTILIZE A TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PIPELINE SAFETY IN THE REDESIGN AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED FACILITY AT LIMA SO THAT SINGLE FAILURES AND FREQUENT COMBINATIONS OF FAILURES DO NOT ESCALATE TO LEAKS OR OVER PRESSURES. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1975-05-08

Adopted Date: 1975-04-17

Overall Date Closed: 1978-09-29

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: PLD75XR002

Report Number: PAR-76-03

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29

Addressee Acronym: RSPA

Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government

Communication Date: 1975-06-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence