{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-094","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-094","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-01-31","effective_on":"1977-01-31","summary":"ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES WHOSE FACILITIES ARE EXPOSED TO EXCAVATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MARK AND LOCATE THEIR FACILITIES ACCURATELY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-094.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-094.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-094","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-094","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-094.\n\nADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES WHOSE FACILITIES ARE EXPOSED TO EXCAVATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MARK AND LOCATE THEIR FACILITIES ACCURATELY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-01-31\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-12-09\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1980-02-14\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DCA76MP021\n\nReport Number: PAR-76-08\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-11-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER OF 2/1/77 - THE INSTITUTE HAS FOR MANY YEARS SUPPORTED THE PERMANENT MARKING OF PIPELINES AND IN 1971 PUBLISHED A RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON THIS SUBJECT. THE PETROLEUM PIPELINE INDUSTRY HAS LONG SUPPORTED EFFECTIVE TEMPORARY MARKING OF PIPELINES AND THEIR PROPER LOCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AROUND THEM. INGAA LETTER OF 1/31/77 - WE HAVE FORWARDED COPIES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 11/16/79 - AGA LTR: THE COORDINATING GROUP FOR PIPELINE SAFETY DID NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM SINCE IT INVOLVED DAMAGE TO A LIQUID LINE. HOWEVER, AGA HAS LONG BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE 'ONE-CALL' SYSTEM AS EVIDENCED BY LETTER OF AUGUST 8, 1975, TO OUR MEMBER COMPANIES.\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-02-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER OF 2/1/77 - THE INSTITUTE HAS FOR MANY YEARS SUPPORTED THE PERMANENT MARKING OF PIPELINES AND IN 1971 PUBLISHED A RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON THIS SUBJECT. THE PETROLEUM PIPELINE INDUSTRY HAS LONG SUPPORTED EFFECTIVE TEMPORARY MARKING OF PIPELINES AND THEIR PROPER LOCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AROUND THEM. INGAA LETTER OF 1/31/77 - WE HAVE FORWARDED COPIES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 11/16/79 - AGA LTR: THE COORDINATING GROUP FOR PIPELINE SAFETY DID NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM SINCE IT INVOLVED DAMAGE TO A LIQUID LINE. HOWEVER, AGA HAS LONG BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE 'ONE-CALL' SYSTEM AS EVIDENCED BY LETTER OF AUGUST 8, 1975, TO OUR MEMBER COMPANIES.\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-02-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-01-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER OF 2/1/77 - THE INSTITUTE HAS FOR MANY YEARS SUPPORTED THE PERMANENT MARKING OF PIPELINES AND IN 1971 PUBLISHED A RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON THIS SUBJECT. THE PETROLEUM PIPELINE INDUSTRY HAS LONG SUPPORTED EFFECTIVE TEMPORARY MARKING OF PIPELINES AND THEIR PROPER LOCATION DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AROUND THEM. INGAA LETTER OF 1/31/77 - WE HAVE FORWARDED COPIES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. 11/16/79 - AGA LTR: THE COORDINATING GROUP FOR PIPELINE SAFETY DID NOT TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM SINCE IT INVOLVED DAMAGE TO A LIQUID LINE. HOWEVER, AGA HAS LONG BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE 'ONE-CALL' SYSTEM AS EVIDENCED BY LETTER OF AUGUST 8, 1975, TO OUR MEMBER COMPANIES.\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-02-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":4430}