{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-009","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-009","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-02-29","effective_on":"1976-02-29","summary":"INSTALL PIPE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF ITS GATHERING LINES WITH THE LONGITUDINAL SEAM ON THE TOP HALF OF THE PIPE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-009","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-009","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-009.\n\nINSTALL PIPE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF ITS GATHERING LINES WITH THE LONGITUDINAL SEAM ON THE TOP HALF OF THE PIPE.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-02-29\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-02-04\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON MAY 21, 1974, A 6-INCH GAS-GATHERING PIPELINE, OWNED BY THE TEXAS OIL AND GAS CORPORATION, RUPTURED AT THE EDGE OF A RURAL ROAD SOUTH OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI. THREE VEHICLES ENTERED THE AREA WHICH CONTAINED THE ESCAPING GAS AND STALLED NEAR THE RUPTURE. THE GAS IGNITED, AND FIVE PERSONS DIED AS A RESULT. THREE VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND 40 ACRES OF WOODLAND WERE BURNED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-01\n\nAddressee Name: Texas Oil and Gas Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-07-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: TEXAS OIL AND GAS CORP. LTR: ALTHOUGH THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE WELDED PIPE HAVE ASSURED US THAT THE LONGITUDINAL WELD IS COMPLETELY NORMALIZED, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TO DEVELOP THIS PROCEDURE, ESPECIALLY IN LINES IN SOUR GAS SERVICE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-10-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1426}