{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-025","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-025","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: DETERMINE WHAT EFFECTS SOIL CONDITIONS HAVE ON THIS PIPELINE WHERE CHANGES IN THE LAND CONTOUR COULD CAUSE SHIFTING OR MOVEMENT OF THE SOIL. AS A RESULT OF THIS DETERMINATION TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-025.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-025.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-025","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-025","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-025.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA: DETERMINE WHAT EFFECTS SOIL CONDITIONS HAVE ON THIS PIPELINE WHERE CHANGES IN THE LAND CONTOUR COULD CAUSE SHIFTING OR MOVEMENT OF THE SOIL. AS A RESULT OF THIS DETERMINATION TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT THE CONDITION.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\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Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-09-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: NGPL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: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: THE EFFECT OF SOIL CONDITIONS ON SOIL ABILITY TO RESTRAIN PIPELINE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED. THE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO REMEDIAL WORK PLANS. PREVENTION OF CHANGES IN LAND CONTOUR (SOIL EROSION) HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING EFFORT ALONG THE PIPELINE FOR MANY YEARS.\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":1872}