{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-059","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-059","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-09-17","effective_on":"1976-09-17","summary":"REEVALUATE ITS PROPANE CAVERN OPERATING PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE TO ITS TERMINAL PERSONNEL THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS CREATED BY A LINE BLOCKAGE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-059.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-059.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-059","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-059","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-059.\n\nREEVALUATE ITS PROPANE CAVERN OPERATING PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE TO ITS TERMINAL PERSONNEL THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS CREATED BY A LINE BLOCKAGE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable 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PLD75XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-07\n\nAddressee Name: Sun Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-03-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official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 PIPE LINE COMPANY:OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR FILLING THE CAVERNS AT INKSTER HAVE BEEN REVIEWED SO THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TRANSMIT FINAL INSTRUCTIONS HAS BEEN REASSIGNED FROM THE DELIVERY PERSON TO THE TERMINAL OPERATOR, AND THE TERMINAL OPERATOR SHALL TRANSMIT SUCH INSTRUCTIONS ONLY AFTER CONFIRMING THAT RECEIVING FACILITIES ARE PROPERLY ALIGNED.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1401}