{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-002","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-002","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-02-26","effective_on":"1980-02-26","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS: ADVISE ALL STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THAT THEY NOTIFY OPERATORS OF PIPELINE AND OTHER UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BEFORE EXCAVATING NEAR THESE FACILITIES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-002","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-002","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-002.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS: ADVISE ALL STATE AND COUNTY AGENCIES ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THAT THEY NOTIFY OPERATORS OF PIPELINE AND OTHER UNDERGROUND FACILITIES BEFORE EXCAVATING NEAR THESE FACILITIES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-02-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-02-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1998-04-15\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 20, 1979, A BULLDOZER OPERATED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ORANGE, TEXAS, BEGAN TO CLEAN A FARM DRAINAGE DITCH WITH A GENERALLY NORTH-SOUTH ALIGNMENT. AFTER MAKING SEVERAL PASSES ACROSS THE DITCH, THE OPERATOR HEADED THE BULLDOZER SOUTH ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE DITCH. AT 2:15 P.M. THE CORNER OF THE BLADE CUT INTO A PROPANE LINE, OWNED BY THE CITIES SERVICE PIPE LINE COMPANY, WHICH CROSSED BENEATH THE DITCH IN AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION. PROPANE AT 350 PSIG ESCAPED AND WAS IGNITED WITHIN SECONDS. THE RESULTING FIRE KILLED ONE PERSON AND INJURED ANOTHER, AND CAUSED CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY DAMAGE.\n\nNtsbnumber: FTW79FP014\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Texas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1998-04-15\n\nAddressee Acronym: TX\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: GOVERNOR OF TEXAS LETTER: OUR STAFF HAS CONTACTED THE NTSB STAFF TO SEE WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION AND NOTIFICATION EFFORT MIGHT BE EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO HELP AVOID FUTURE ACCIDENTS DURING EXCAVATION. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, LEGISLATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION IN TEXAS THAT WOULD GRANT JURISDICTION OVER PROPANE PIPELINE SAFETY TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: TX\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1997-11-06\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: TX\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: TX\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: TX\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1984-01-06\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2344}