# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-074

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- **citation:** P-78-074
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-074
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1978-12-29
- **effective on:** 1978-12-29
- **summary:** REQUIRE THE USE OF FLAME-RETARDANT MATERIAL IN THE UNIFORMS OF PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO WORK IN GASEOUS ATMOSPHERES.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-78-074.

REQUIRE THE USE OF FLAME-RETARDANT MATERIAL IN THE UNIFORMS OF PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO WORK IN GASEOUS ATMOSPHERES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1978-12-29

Adopted Date: 1978-12-07

Overall Date Closed: 1983-08-15

Synopsis: ON JUNE 12, 1978, A 10-INCH NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THE NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM A 5-INCH-LONG HOLE IN THE PIPELINE. THE GAS IGNITED WHILE TWO GAS COMPANY EMPLOYEES WERE CLEANING THE PIPE WITH HAND TOOLS BEFORE INSTALLING A PIPE REPAIR CLAMP. BOTH MEN WERE BURNED SERIOUSLY.

Ntsbnumber: DCA78MP020

Report Number: PAR-78-05

Addressee Name: Gas Service Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-08-15

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-04-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: GAS SERVICE COMPANY LETTER: IN DECEMBER 1979, WRITTEN POLICY INTRODUCED A REQUIREMENT FOR THE USE OF FLAME RETARDANT CLOTHING.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-08-15

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-04-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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