{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-022","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-022","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-08-08","effective_on":"1979-08-08","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA: INCLUDE IN ITS WRITTEN PROCEDURES DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL COMPANY PERSONNEL WHO WILL CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR PRESSURES DURING PIPELINE MAINTENANCE WORK SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-022.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-022.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-022","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-022","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-022.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA: INCLUDE IN ITS WRITTEN PROCEDURES DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL COMPANY PERSONNEL WHO WILL CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR PRESSURES DURING PIPELINE MAINTENANCE WORK SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1979-08-08\n\nAdopted Date: 1979-07-19\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-09-19\n\nSynopsis: ON APRIL 18, 1979, A 24-INCH NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE OWNED BY THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA (GAS COMPANY) PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING DURING A LINE-LOWERING PROJECT UNDER IOWA STATE HIGHWAY 181 IN A RURAL AREA NEAR DALLAS, IOWA. WITHIN SECONDS, THE NATURAL GAS IGINITED AND BURNED A 900-FOOT BY 400-FOOT AREA. FIVE OF THE EIGHT INJURED WORKERS WERE HOSPITALIZED. TWO CARS, A PICKUP TRUCK, AND A TRAILER HOUSING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT WERE DESTROYED. A BACKHOE WAS PARTLY DAMAGED, AND WINDOWS WERE BROKEN IN A NEARBY FARMHOUSE.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA79FP013\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-09-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: NGPL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-08-23\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA LTR: OUR WRITTEN PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN REVISED TO SPECIFY CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF PRESSURE DURING PIPELINE MAINTENANCE AND/OR CONSTRUCTION WORK. IN ADDITION, THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBILE FOR THE PRESSURE MONITORING.\n\nAddressee Acronym: NGPL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-09-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1821}