{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-031","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-031","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-06-09","effective_on":"1976-06-09","summary":"USE QUALIFIED WELDERS TO INSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL IN THE PROPER INSTALLATION OF FILLET WELDING ON REPAIR SLEEVES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-031.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-031.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-031","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-031","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-031.\n\nUSE QUALIFIED WELDERS TO INSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL IN THE PROPER INSTALLATION OF FILLET WELDING ON REPAIR SLEEVES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-06-09\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-06-09\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 1, 1974, A REPAIR CREW AT WORK ON A LEAK ON THE WEST TEXAS GULF PIPE LINE COMPANY'S 26-INCH PIPELINE NEAR ABILENE, TEXAS, BEGAN TO EXCAVATE THE PIPE WHILE IT WAS PUMPING SOUR CRUDE OIL. THEY ATTEMPTED TO CLAMP THE LEAK WHILE THE SOUR CRUDE OIL WAS SPRAYING INTO THE AIR; THEY WERE NOT USING OXYGEN BREATHING EQUIPMENT, GAS VAPOR DETECTION INSTRUMENTS, OR ROPES ATTACHED TO THEIR BELTS. ALL BUT ONE MAN, WHO RAN TO THE TRUCK TO RADIO FOR HELP, WERE OVERCOME BY FUMES FROM THE SOUR CRUDE OIL. OF THE SEVEN MEN IN THE REPAIR CREW, SIX DIED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD75XR004\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-04\n\nAddressee Name: West Texas Gulf Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-09-23\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR. FROM GULF REFINING COMPANY: THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS REPORT HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLIED WITH AND HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED AS A PART OF OUR PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-11-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1483}