{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-086","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-086","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-26","effective_on":"1976-10-26","summary":"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)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-086.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-086.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-086","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-086","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-086.\n\nINFORM 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)\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DCA76FP028\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Wisconsin Natural Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-02-14\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official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 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.\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":2114}