{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-028","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-028","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"WRITE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ON HOW TO MAKE UP EACH TYPE OF PLASTIC PIPE JOINT BASED ON TESTS THAT HAVE PROVEN THAT THE JOINT IS AS STRONG AS THE PIPE BEING JOINED, AND TEST EMPLOYEES ON COMPLIANCE AND PROFICIENCY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-028.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-028.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-028","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-028","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-028.\n\nWRITE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ON HOW TO MAKE UP EACH TYPE OF PLASTIC PIPE JOINT BASED ON TESTS THAT HAVE PROVEN THAT THE JOINT IS AS STRONG AS THE PIPE BEING JOINED, AND TEST EMPLOYEES ON COMPLIANCE AND PROFICIENCY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-07-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-07-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 15, 1977, A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN UNDER AN ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS, PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING WHICH JOINED IT TO A STEEL GAS MAIN. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE MAIN AND MIGRATED THROUGH THE STONE FOUNDATION WALLS OF TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS IN THE TWO BUILDINGS IGNITED. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE OTHER BUILDING, AND BROKE NEARBY WINDOWS. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LTR: THE FIRM OF ROBERT R. BAYLES AND ASSOCIATES, CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, WAS CONTACTED IN 1978 AND HAVE PERFORMED CONSULT ING WORK FOR OUR FIRM SINCE JULY OF THAT YEAR. THE SERVICES INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN PREPARATION OF INSTALLATION PROCE DURES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PLASTIC PIPE JOINTS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-08-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1849}