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P-76-086
NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-086
Current as of 1976-10-26 Government source
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NTSB safety recommendation P-76-086.
INFORM ITS INSPECTORS AND SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT, TRAIN THEM TO BE ALERT FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS, AND ADVISE THEM OF PREVENTIVE ACTIONS. (URGENT)
Priority: CLASS I
Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action
Issued Date: 1976-10-26
Adopted Date: 1976-10-26
Overall Date Closed: 1983-02-14
Synopsis: 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.
Ntsbnumber: DCA76FP028
Report Number: None
Addressee Name: Wisconsin Natural Gas Company
Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable
Addressee Date Closed: 1983-02-14
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1982-10-19
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY LETTER: WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY SAFETY AND TRAINING DIVISION CONDUCTED A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN DECEMBER 1976, WHICH REVIEWED THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THIS INCIDENT. AT THESE MEETINGS, OPERATIONS SUPERVISORS, DISTRIBUTION, ENGINEERING, AND INSPECTION PERSONNEL WERE PRESENT. WISCONSIN NATURAL GAS COMPANY ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAFETY AND TRAINING DIVISION DEVELOPED A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR DETECTING AND CLEARING SEWER LATERAL CONFLICTS AND PREVENTATIVE PROCEDURES DURING CONSTRUCTION.
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1983-03-04
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1983-02-14
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry
Communication Date: 1982-10-05
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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