NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-015

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-015.

REWRITE PORTIONS OF ITS PROCEDURES MANUALS TO PROHIBIT THE ROUTINE PARKING OF VEHICLES IN TERMINAL OR STATION BUILDINGS WHERE HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS ARE HANDLED.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate 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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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: EXISTING PROCEDURES PROHIBITING ROUTINE PARKING OF VEHICLES IN OR NEAR BUILDINGS WHERE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE HANDLED HAVE BEEN ENFORCED.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1978-09-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence