{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-029","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-029","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"DESIGNATE EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES ON SYSTEM MAPS AND PROVIDE THESE MAPS TO PERSONNEL ON EMERGENCY CALL STATUS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-029.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-029.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-029","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-029","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-029.\n\nDESIGNATE EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVES ON SYSTEM MAPS AND PROVIDE THESE MAPS TO PERSONNEL ON EMERGENCY CALL STATUS.\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: 1983-11-29\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Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-11-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: SEVEN VEHICLES, EITHER ON NORMAL DAILY ROUTINE OR EMERGENCY CALL, CARRY SYSTEM MAPS WITH SHUTOFF VALVES AND LARGE REGULATOR LOCATIONS SHOWN ON EACH - FIVE OF THESE VEHICLES ALSO CARRY SEPARATE DETAILED INFORMATION ON LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION FOR EACH VALVE AND REGULATOR FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM MAPS HAVE BEEN CARRIED IN THE VEHICLES FOR EIGHT YEARS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LETTER: IN YOUR RESPONSE, A REQUEST WAS MADE TO REVIEW OUR POSITION AS TO THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY CALL VEHICLES THAT WERE TO CARRY SHUTOFF VALVE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE NOW SEVENTEEN VEHICLES THAT HAVE BOTH SYSTEM WIDE MAPS INDICATING LINE LOCATIONS AND ALSO THE BOOKS CONTAINING THE LOCATION OF EVERY EMERGENCY SHUTOFF VALVE IN OUR LINES. WE DO FEEL THAT WE CAN COVER OUR SYSTEM ADEQUATELY.\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\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-11-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2505}