NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-082

NTSB safety recommendation P-76-082.

ADVISE ALL STATE AND PARISH AGENCIES ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THAT THEY NOTIFY OPERATORS OF PIPELINE AND OTHER UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BEFORE EXCAVATING NEAR THESE FACILITIES. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1976-10-27

Adopted Date: 1976-10-06

Overall Date Closed: 1982-10-14

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP025

Report Number: PAR-77-01

Addressee Name: State of Louisiana

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1982-10-14

Addressee Acronym: LA

Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government

Communication Date: 1980-01-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: 1980 DIRECTORY OF ONE-CALL SYSTEMS PUBLISHED BY THE APWA AND THE ULCC: PAGE 13 LISTS THE LOUISIANA "DOTTIE" SYSTEM "DIAL ONE TIME TO INFORM EVERYONE" - AS BEING STATEWIDE.

Addressee Acronym: LA

Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence