{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-026","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-026","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-06-23","effective_on":"1976-06-23","summary":"ADVISE THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE SIMILAR NATURAL GAS-GATHERING PIPELINE SYSTEMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING PRECISELY THE WRITTEN PROCEDURES COVERING THESE SITUATIONS. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-026.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-026.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-026","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-026","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-026.\n\nADVISE THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES WHO OPERATE SIMILAR NATURAL GAS-GATHERING PIPELINE SYSTEMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING PRECISELY THE WRITTEN PROCEDURES COVERING THESE SITUATIONS. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-06-23\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-06-04\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-07-08\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 7, 1976, EMPLOYEES AT THE MICHIGAN-WISCONSIN PIPE LINE COMPANY'S CEDARDALE, OKLAHOMA, COMPRESSOR STATION WERE DIRECTED TO OPEN A VALVE ON A SHUT-IN 12-INCH GAS-GATHERING PIPELINE IN AN ATTEMPT TO INCREASE THE FLOW INTO THE MAIN LINE. NATURAL GAS AND NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS AT 700-PSIG PRESSURE ROARED THROUGH THE VALVE, OUT THROUGH THE END OF AN OPEN 12-INCH PIPE, AND INTO A DITCH, WHERE SEVEN MEN WERE WORKING NEAR AN OPEN FLAME HEATER. THE NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS SATURATED THEIR CLOTHINGAND THE HEATER SET THEM ON FIRE. FIVE MEN WERE KILLED AND TWO MEN WERE BURNED SERIOUSLY AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76FP012\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-07-08\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-06-23\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR FROM INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION: WE HAVE TODAY FORWARDED COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-07-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1638}