NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-014

NTSB safety recommendation P-75-014.

ADVISE THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE SIMILAR GAS PROCESSING PLANTS TO LOCATE ANY AREAS OF POTENTIAL LIQUID ACCUMULATION AND INTERNAL CORROSION WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES AND TO TAKE NECESSARY REMEDIAL ACTION TO PREVENT SIMILAR ACCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1975-11-14

Adopted Date: 1975-10-22

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: ON OCTOBER 13, 1975, THE PERSONNEL ON DUTY AT THE EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY'S GAS PROCESSING PLANT AT GOLDSMITH, TEXAS, HEARD GAS LEAKING FROM A PIPE. FIVE EMPLOYEES BEGAN A SEARCH FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE LEAK. A 12-INCH PIPE RUPTURED, AND GAS ROARED AT 550-PSIG PRESSURE THROUGH THE NON-OPEN END OF THE 12-INCH PIPE AND IGNITED VIOLENTLY SECONDS LATER. THREE OF THE FIVE EMPLOYEES WERE KILLED, AND TWO WERE BURNED AND HOSPITALIZED.

Ntsbnumber: PLD76XR001

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1975-11-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR. FROM AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ON 11/19/75: THE INSTITUTE WILL IMMEDIATELY ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE GAS PROCESSING PLANTS OF THE TWO NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. LTR. FROM INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, ON 12/11/75: YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS MAILED TO EACH OF OUR MEMBERS WITH A COVERING LETTER NOV.14,1975 ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE ON NOTICE OF THE ACTION OF THE NTSB WITH REGARD TO THE EXPLOSION AT THE GAS PROCESSING PLANT AT GOLDSMITH, TEXAS.

Addressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1975-12-11

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LTR. FROM AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE ON 11/19/75: THE INSTITUTE WILL IMMEDIATELY ADVISE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE GAS PROCESSING PLANTS OF THE TWO NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. LTR. FROM INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, ON 12/11/75: YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS MAILED TO EACH OF OUR MEMBERS WITH A COVERING LETTER NOV.14,1975 ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE ON NOTICE OF THE ACTION OF THE NTSB WITH REGARD TO THE EXPLOSION AT THE GAS PROCESSING PLANT AT GOLDSMITH, TEXAS.