{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-014","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-014","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-02-08","effective_on":"1978-02-08","summary":"CONDUCT RESEARCH TO DEVELOP SOME FORM OF DETECTOR, EITHER AS AN ODORANT OR IRRITANT, OF THE PRESENCE OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS. THE DETECTOR SHOULD BE ONE THAT WILL NOT CONTAMINATE THE PRODUCT OR MAKE IT UNSUITABLE FOR USE WITH PROCESSING CATALYSTS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-014","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-014","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-014.\n\nCONDUCT RESEARCH TO DEVELOP SOME FORM OF DETECTOR, EITHER AS AN ODORANT OR IRRITANT, OF THE PRESENCE OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS. THE DETECTOR SHOULD BE ONE THAT WILL NOT CONTAMINATE THE PRODUCT OR MAKE IT UNSUITABLE FOR USE WITH PROCESSING CATALYSTS.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-02-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-01-12\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-04-07\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 20, 1977, A 12-INCH PROPANE PIPELINE, OWNED BY THE CONSOLIDATED GAS SUPPLY CORPORATION, RUPTURED NEAR THE TOWN OF RUFF CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA. THE LIQUID ESCAPED FROM THE PIPELINE, VAPORIZED, AND PROPANE VAPORS SETTLED LIKE A FOG OVER THE BOTTOM OF A VALLEY. TWO MEN IN A PICKUP TRUCK ENTERED THE PROPANE CLOUD; THE TRUCK STALLED AND THE PROPANE GAS IGNITED WHEN AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE TRUCK. THE 2 PERSONS IN THE TRUCK WERE KILLED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77MP027\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Petroleum Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-07\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-12-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE LETTER: MUCH RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE SUBJECT OF RECOMMENDATION P-78-14, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS DETECTORS. A RECENT EXAMPLE IS \"A NEW LOOK AT ODORIZATION LEVELS FOR PROPANE GAS,\" BY BARTLESVILLE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER, FOR THE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, 1977, (NTIS BERC/RI - 77/1).\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: API\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1894}