{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-085","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-085","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-26","effective_on":"1976-10-26","summary":"REVISE ITS CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS TO REQUIRE THAT UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BE LOCATED ACCURATELY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THESE FACILITIES NEAR BORING OPERATIONS. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-085.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-085.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-085","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-085","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-085.\n\nREVISE ITS CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS TO REQUIRE THAT UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BE LOCATED ACCURATELY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THESE FACILITIES NEAR BORING OPERATIONS. (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DCA76FP028\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Wisconsin Natural Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-02-14\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official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 CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT LOCATION OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BE LOCATED AND MARKED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.\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":1738}