{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-014","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-014","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-06-22","effective_on":"1976-06-22","summary":"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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-014","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-014","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-014.\n\nINSTALL PRESSURE-RELIEF DEVICES NOT ONLY TO PROTECT THE REBUILT TERMINAL AT LIMA, BUT ALSO TO PROTECT THE 20-INCH PIPELINE BETWEEN PYRMONT AND LIMA.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-06-22\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-04-27\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PLD75XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-03\n\nAddressee Name: Mid-Valley Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-08-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1588}