{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-074","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-074","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-27","effective_on":"1976-10-27","summary":"ADVISE THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO DETERMINE IF THE ORIGINAL COVER DEPTHS OF THEIR PIPELINES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, AND TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT DEFICIENT AREAS. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-074.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-074.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-074","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-074","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-074.\n\nADVISE THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO DETERMINE IF THE ORIGINAL COVER DEPTHS OF THEIR PIPELINES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, AND TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT DEFICIENT AREAS. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-10-27\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-10-06\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-05-10\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 9,1976, A ROAD GRADER RUPTURED A LOOPED, 20-INCH, NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION LINE IN CARTWRIGHT, LOUISIANA. GAS ESCAPED IN SEVERAL DIRECTIONS FROM THE LINE'S TWO STREAMS AND IGNITED WITHIN SECONDS. THE RESULTING FLAME ENGULFED THE AREA, KILLED SIX RESIDENTS, INJURED ONE PERSON, AND INCINERATED TWO HOUSES, A HOUSE TRAILER, AND SEVERAL ACRES OF LAND.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76MP025\n\nReport Number: PAR-77-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-05-10\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-11-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: INGAA LTR OF 10/27/76 - INGAA FORWARDED COPIES OF THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. API LTR OF 11/15/76 THE INSTITUTE SHARES THE BOARD'S CONCERN WITH THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY EXCAVATION OPERATIONS IMPINGING UPON PIPELINES. WE WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO ADVISE OUR MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. AGA LTR OF 11/19/76 - AGA SUPPORTS ACTIONS THAT MAY IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY THROUGH INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN SOMETIMES RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. WE SUGGEST THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE NTSB REPORT BE DISSEMINATED TO THOSE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PIPELINE SAFETY IN YOUR COMPANY SO THAT THEY CAN BE ADVISED OF THE INCIDENT.\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-05-10\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-11-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: INGAA LTR OF 10/27/76 - INGAA FORWARDED COPIES OF THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. API LTR OF 11/15/76 THE INSTITUTE SHARES THE BOARD'S CONCERN WITH THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY EXCAVATION OPERATIONS IMPINGING UPON PIPELINES. WE WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO ADVISE OUR MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. AGA LTR OF 11/19/76 - AGA SUPPORTS ACTIONS THAT MAY IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY THROUGH INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN SOMETIMES RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. WE SUGGEST THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE NTSB REPORT BE DISSEMINATED TO THOSE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PIPELINE SAFETY IN YOUR COMPANY SO THAT THEY CAN BE ADVISED OF THE INCIDENT.\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-05-10\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-10-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: INGAA LTR OF 10/27/76 - INGAA FORWARDED COPIES OF THE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. API LTR OF 11/15/76 THE INSTITUTE SHARES THE BOARD'S CONCERN WITH THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY EXCAVATION OPERATIONS IMPINGING UPON PIPELINES. WE WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO ADVISE OUR MEMBERS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. AGA LTR OF 11/19/76 - AGA SUPPORTS ACTIONS THAT MAY IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY THROUGH INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN SOMETIMES RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. WE SUGGEST THAT THE FINDINGS OF THE NTSB REPORT BE DISSEMINATED TO THOSE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PIPELINE SAFETY IN YOUR COMPANY SO THAT THEY CAN BE ADVISED OF THE INCIDENT.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3977}