{"operation":"document","citation":"P-79-035","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-79-035","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1979-11-07","effective_on":"1979-11-07","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY: CONDUCT AN INSTRUMENT (HYDROGEN FLAME IONIZATION, COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR) LEAK SURVEY OF THE GAS MAIN IDENTIFIED ON THE COMPANY RECORDS AS P-670 TO DETERMINE ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS OF LEAKAGE. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-035.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-035.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-79-035","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-79-035","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-79-035.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY: CONDUCT AN INSTRUMENT (HYDROGEN FLAME IONIZATION, COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR) LEAK SURVEY OF THE GAS MAIN IDENTIFIED ON THE COMPANY RECORDS AS P-670 TO DETERMINE ANY ADDITIONAL AREAS OF LEAKAGE. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1979-11-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1979-11-02\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-02-02\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 31, 1979, A MAN ENTERED A SMALL CELLER BENEATH A COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE AT 1936 BRODHEAD ROAD, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, STRUCK A MATCH TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE, AND WAS BURNED CRITICALLY WHEN A FLASH FIRE ERUPTED. THE MAN DIED LATER THAT NIGHT. THE FIRE DID ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CELLAR.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA79FP021\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Peoples Natural Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-02-02\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-11-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY LTR: WE WISH TO ADVISE THAT THE SURVEYS REQUIRED BY THESE SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE PERFORMED AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE BUREAU OF SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMISSION AS THE AGENCY ADMINISTERING WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA THE FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS FOR PIPELINE FACILITIES AND THE TRANSPORTATION OF GAS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ANY DEFECTS DISCLOSED BY THESE SURVEYS WERE PROMPTLY CORRECTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SURVEYS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-02\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":1934}