# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-094

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- **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.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-76-094.

ADVISE MEMBER COMPANIES WHOSE FACILITIES ARE EXPOSED TO EXCAVATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MARK AND LOCATE THEIR FACILITIES ACCURATELY.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action

Issued Date: 1977-01-31

Adopted Date: 1976-12-09

Overall Date Closed: 1980-02-14

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: DCA76MP021

Report Number: PAR-76-08

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1979-11-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication 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.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: American Petroleum Institute

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1977-02-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication 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.

Addressee Acronym: API

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1980-02-14

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1977-01-31

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication 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.

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1980-02-14

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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