{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-005","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-005","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 ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT: UPDATE EXISTING MAPS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO SUPERVISORS OF OPERATORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-005","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-005","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-005.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT: UPDATE EXISTING MAPS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO SUPERVISORS OF OPERATORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-02-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-02-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-04-01\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Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Texas, County of Orange, Drainage District\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01\n\nAddressee Acronym: OCDD\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: OCDD\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1500}