{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-083","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-083","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-26","effective_on":"1976-10-26","summary":"COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THOSE LOCATIONS ALONG THE CONSTRUCTION ROUTE (DRAWING NO. F-3386-2) WHERE GAS MAINS AND SEWER LATERALS MAY BE IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER AND CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCIES. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-083.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-083.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-083","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-083","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-083.\n\nCOMPLETE INSPECTION OF THOSE LOCATIONS ALONG THE CONSTRUCTION ROUTE (DRAWING NO. F-3386-2) WHERE GAS MAINS AND SEWER LATERALS MAY BE IN PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER AND CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCIES. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-10-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-10-26\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-02-14\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 29, 1976, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE AT 6521 20TH AVENUE IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED, FOUR PERSONS WERE INJURED, AND TWO ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED. THE DESTROYED HOUSE WAS NOT SERVED BY NATURAL GAS. HOWEVER, NATURAL GAS, WHICH WAS ESCAPING AT 58 PSIG PRESSURE FROM A PUNCTURED 2-INCH PLASTIC MAIN LOCATED 39 FEET AWAY, HAD ENTERED THE HOUSE THROUGH A 6-INCH SEWER LATERAL. THE GAS WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76FP028\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Wisconsin Natural Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-02-14\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY LETTER: WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY PERFORMED A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA SHORTLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS INSPECTION PROGRAM DETERMINED THE LOCATION OF EVERY SEWER LATERAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA BY EITHER INSTRUMENTATION OR EXCAVATION. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WERE TAKEN AT EVERY LOCATION WHERE A CONFLICT WAS DISCOVERED.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-03-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1942}