NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-021

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-021.

INSTALL A CONTROL IN THE PUMP ROOM TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMPS FROM THAT LOCATION. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-08-31

Adopted Date: 1977-08-30

Overall Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Synopsis: ON JULY 8, 1977, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE OCCURRED AT ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY'S PUMP STATION NO. 8 ON THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT ONE PERSON DIED AND FIVE PERSONS WERE INJURED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA77MP026

Report Number: PAR-78-02

Addressee Name: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1977-09-16

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY LTR: ALYESKA HAD INITIATED A STUDY OF POSSIBLE CHANGES IN PUMP CONTROL LOCATIONS IN EARLY JULY AND WE PLAN TO INSTALL AN 'EMERGENCY STOP' BUTTON POSITIONED LOCALLY FOR EACH PUMP. LOCAL CONTROLS WILL BE INSTALLED FOR ALL MAINLINE PUMPS, ALL BOOSTER PUMPS, AND THE INJECTION PUMPS AT STATION 5. WIRING INSTALLATION HAS BEGUN AND THE MAINLINE PUMP CONTROLS WILL BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 30 DAYS. 11/7/77 - ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY RESPONSE TO NTSB FOLLOW-UP LETTER OF 10/20/77: THE EMERGENCY 'LOCAL' PUMP SHUTDOWN CONTROLS ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF INSTALLATION, IT IS EXPECTED THAT ALL INSTALLATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. 3/20/78-LTR FROM ALYESKA PIPELINE COMPANY: THE INSTALLATION OF THE EMERGENCY LOCAL PUMP SHUTDOWN CONTROLS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1977-10-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence