# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-002 - **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. 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. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1980-02-26 Adopted Date: 1980-02-15 Overall Date Closed: 1998-04-15 Synopsis: 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. Ntsbnumber: FTW79FP014 Report Number: None Addressee Name: State of Texas Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1998-04-15 Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1983-05-30 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication 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. Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1997-11-06 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1982-10-05 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1983-04-08 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Acronym: TX Addressee Organization Type: S-State Government Communication Date: 1984-01-06 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2344