{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-038","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-038","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"ENCLOSE STRONGLY WORDED WARNING LITERATURE IN EACH BOX OF STYLE 90 COUPLINGS SHIPPED INDICATING THAT THIS STANDARD COMPRESSION COUPLING IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CONNECTING LONG LENGTHS OF INSERTED PLASTIC PIPES OR THE ANCHORING OF PLASTIC PIPE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-038.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-038.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-038","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-038","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-038.\n\nENCLOSE STRONGLY WORDED WARNING LITERATURE IN EACH BOX OF STYLE 90 COUPLINGS SHIPPED INDICATING THAT THIS STANDARD COMPRESSION COUPLING IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CONNECTING LONG LENGTHS OF INSERTED PLASTIC PIPES OR THE ANCHORING OF PLASTIC PIPE.\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: 1983-01-04\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DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Dresser Industries, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-01-04\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-25\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: DRESSER MANUFACTURING COMPANY LETTER: RECOMMENDATION P-78-38 SUGGESTS STRONGLY WORDED WARNING LITERATURE BE INCLUDED IN EACH BOX OF TYPE 90 COUPLINGS, INDICATING THAT THIS PRODUCT \"IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CONNECTING LONG LENGTHS OF INSERTED PLASTIC PIPES OR THE ANCHORING OF PLASTIC PIPE.\" FOR MANY YEARS PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT, WE HAVE INCLUDED ON THE PRINTED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FURNISHED IN EACH CARTON OF DRESSER PRODUCTS THIS NOTE: \"WHERE PIPE MOVEMENT OUT OF THE COUPLING MIGHT OCCUR, PROPER ANCHORAGE MUST BE PROVIDED.\" WE ARE NOW PRECEDING THIS NOTE WITH THE WORD \"CAUTION\" IN LARGE BOLD TYPE AND ENCLOSING THE ENTIRE STATEMENT IN HEAVY BLACK OUTLINE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-01-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2190}