{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-077","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-077","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-27","effective_on":"1976-10-27","summary":"INSTRUCT OPERATORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT IN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN WORKING NEAR BURIED FACILITIES, AND PROVIDE THESE OPERATORS WITH INFORMATION ON HOW THE LOCATION AND PROBABLE DEPTH OF THESE FACILITIES MAY BE IDENTIFIED. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-077.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-077.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-077","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-077","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-077.\n\nINSTRUCT OPERATORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT IN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN WORKING NEAR BURIED FACILITIES, AND PROVIDE THESE OPERATORS WITH INFORMATION ON HOW THE LOCATION AND PROBABLE DEPTH OF THESE FACILITIES MAY BE IDENTIFIED. (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: 1977-07-29\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Number: PAR-77-01\n\nAddressee Name: State of Louisiana, Parish of Jackson, Police Jury\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-04-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR. FROM POLICE JURY, PARISH OF JACKSON, LA: THE JURY IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED ALL OPERATORS NOT TO WORK NEAR ANY UTILITY LINE. ALL OPERATORS WERE PRESENTED WITH DETAILED MAPS SHOWING ALL UTILITY LINES IN THE PARISH. WHEN ANY UTILITY LINE IS ENCOUNTERED, EACH OPERATOR HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CEASE ALL OPERATION UNTIL A COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE SCENE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1521}