{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-058","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-058","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-17","effective_on":"1976-09-17","summary":"INSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL MORE ADEQUATELY IN INSPECTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF UNDETECTED, UNREPORTED, CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE TO AN OPERATING PIPELINE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-058.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-058.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-058","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-058","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-058.\n\nINSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL MORE ADEQUATELY IN INSPECTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF UNDETECTED, UNREPORTED, CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE TO AN OPERATING PIPELINE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-09-17\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-07-20\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 2, 1975, AN 8-INCH PIPELINE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY RUPTURED IN ROMULUS, MICHIGAN. PROPANE ESCAPED FROM THE RUPTURE, SPRAYED INTO THE AIR, VAPORIZED, AND IGNITED; FLAMES 500 FEET HIGH ENGULFED A 600-FOOT-DIAMETER AREA, DESTROYED FOUR HOUSES AND DAMAGED THREE OTHERS, AND BURNED 12 VEHICLES NINE PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD75XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-07\n\nAddressee Name: Sun Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-03-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR. FROM SUN PIPELINE COMPANY: FROM OUR STANDPOINT WE DID HAVE INSPECTORS DURING THE PERIOD OF THIRD PARTY CONSTRUCTION AND THE LINE WAS CAREFULLY STAKED AND MARKED WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE INSPECTOR AND THE CONTRACTOR, AS IN THIS INSTANCE, ALL TOO OFTEN THE CONTRACTOR AND ITS EMPLOYEES FAIL TO REPORT INCIDENTS. WE WOULD STRESS THAT CONTRACTORS MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO EXISTING PIPELINES.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1524}