{"operation":"document","citation":"P-75-006","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-006","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1975-05-08","effective_on":"1975-05-08","summary":"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)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-006.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-006.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-006","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-75-006","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-75-006.\n\nURGE 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)\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: 1978-09-29\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: 1978-09-29\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":1301}