{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-093","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-093","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-01-31","effective_on":"1977-01-31","summary":"REQUIRE, AS A PREREQUISITE OF A CONTRACT AWARD, THAT THE CONTRACTOR BE IN CONTACT WITH THE \"ONE-CALL\" NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OR THE INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES OPERATORS TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE DEPTH AND LOCATION OF ANY UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BEFORE BEGINNING THE PROJECT.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-093.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-093.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-093","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-093","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-093.\n\nREQUIRE, AS A PREREQUISITE OF A CONTRACT AWARD, THAT THE CONTRACTOR BE IN CONTACT WITH THE \"ONE-CALL\" NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OR THE INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES OPERATORS TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE DEPTH AND LOCATION OF ANY UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BEFORE BEGINNING THE PROJECT.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-01-31\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-12-09\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1987-05-14\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 16, 1976, A PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT EXCAVATING FOR A STREET WIDENING PROJECT ON VENICE BOULEVARD IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA STRUCK AND PUNCTURED AN 8-INCH PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA. THE ESCAPING GASOLINE SPRAYED ON NEARBY BUILDINGS AND IGNITED. 9 PERSONS WERE KILLED, 14 PERSONS WERE INJURED, 7 BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, OTHER BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE AND HEAT, AND 15 VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76MP021\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-08\n\nAddressee Name: State of California, Department of Transportation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1987-05-14\n\nAddressee Acronym: Caltrans\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-02-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOWUP LETTER DATED 2/26/87. THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE: NTSB'S LETTER OF 8/29/78, INQUIRING AS TO WHY CALTRANS HAS DECIDED NOT TO JOIN THE UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT (\"ONE-CALL\") SYSTEM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, ATTACHED. CALTRAN'S RESPONSE OF 9/13/78, REGARDING \"ONE-CALL\" SYSTEM. UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT'S 9/29/78, LETTER REGARDING CALTRANS DECISION NOT TO JOIN THE ONE-CALL SYSTEM AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE.\n\nAddressee Acronym: Caltrans\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-04-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: Caltrans\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-02-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: Caltrans\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-05-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2230}