{"operation":"document","citation":"P-77-021","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-021","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-08-31","effective_on":"1977-08-31","summary":"INSTALL A CONTROL IN THE PUMP ROOM TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMPS FROM THAT LOCATION. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-021.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-021.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-021","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-77-021","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-77-021.\n\nINSTALL A CONTROL IN THE PUMP ROOM TO SHUT DOWN THE PUMPS FROM THAT LOCATION. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-08-31\n\nAdopted Date: 1977-08-30\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-05-04\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77MP026\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-02\n\nAddressee Name: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-09-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-10-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1755}