NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-014

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-014.

INSTALL PRESSURE-RELIEF DEVICES NOT ONLY TO PROTECT THE REBUILT TERMINAL AT LIMA, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THE 20-INCH PIPELINE BETWEEN PYRMONT AND LIMA.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-06-22

Adopted Date: 1976-04-27

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: Mid-Valley Pipeline Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1978-08-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MID-VALLEY PIPELINE CO. LTR: A PRESSURE RELIEF SYSTEM, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PRESSURE RELIEF PROTECTION NOT ONLY FOR LIMA FACILITIES BUT ALSO THE 20-INCH PIPELINE BETWEEN PYRMONT AND LIMA, WAS INSTALLED ALONG WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LIMA FACILITIES.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1978-09-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence