NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-011

NTSB safety recommendation P-79-011.

AS A PART OF THE UPRATING PROCEDURES, PROVIDE THE PROJECT FOREMAN WITH A WRITTEN PLAN THAT WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS AND VARIABLES OF EACH CASE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF ANY UPRATING PROJECT.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1979-06-11

Adopted Date: 1979-06-01

Overall Date Closed: 1983-03-31

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 16, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED FIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS IN LONDON, KENTUCKY. TWO PERSONS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRST EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON THE SCENE, EVACUATED THE BUILDINGS. THE LOCAL MANAGER AND A GAS SERVICEMAN FROM THE GAS SERVICE COMPANY, INC., (A SUBSIDIARY OF THE DELTA NATURAL GAS CO., INC.) ARRIVED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION. TWENTY-FIVE FIRE COMPANIES ASSISTED IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE.

Ntsbnumber: PLD79XR001

Report Number: PAR-79-02

Addressee Name: Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc.

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-03-31

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-20

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: DELTA NATURAL GAS COMPANY LETTER: OUR STANDARD PRACTICE 0-46, CONVERTING FROM LOW TO IMMEDIATE PRESSURE, WAS FILED WITH THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1979. STANDARD PRACTICE 0-18, EMERGENCY OPERATING PLAN (INCLUDING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION) WAS FILED WITH THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 31, 1979, AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE UPDATED. STANDARD PRACTICE 0-48, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION WAS FILED WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 14, 1979.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-03-31

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence