{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-031","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-031","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"TRAIN AN INSTALLATION INSPECTOR ON THE VARIOUS CODE PROVISIONS AND HAVE HIM INSPECT EACH JOINT FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. THE TIME REQUIRED FOR TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION OF INSERTED PLASTIC PIPE AND THE TORQUE REQUIREMENTS OF COMPRESSION COUPLING SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE INSPECTED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-031.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-031.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-031","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-031","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-031.\n\nTRAIN AN INSTALLATION INSPECTOR ON THE VARIOUS CODE PROVISIONS AND HAVE HIM INSPECT EACH JOINT FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. THE TIME REQUIRED FOR TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION OF INSERTED PLASTIC PIPE AND THE TORQUE REQUIREMENTS OF COMPRESSION COUPLING SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE INSPECTED.\n\nPriority: CLASS III\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Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: OUR COMPANY SUPERINTEN DENT OF CONSTRUCTION, THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF CONSTRUCTION, AND EACH CREW FOREMAN IS TRAINED AS AN INSPECTOR - ADDITIONAL TRAINING CONTINUES PERIODICALLY FOR THESE MEN, ALONG WITH ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, TO MEET NEW DOT REGULATIONS.\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":1885}