{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-006","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-006","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: ASSIGN TO SUPERVISORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ASSURING THAT EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ARE APPRISED OF THE PRECISE LOCATIONS OF ALL PIPELINES IN THE AREAS WHERE THE EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT WILL OPERATE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-006.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-006.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-006","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-006","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-006.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE ORANGE COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT: ASSIGN TO SUPERVISORS OF EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ASSURING THAT EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ARE APPRISED OF THE PRECISE LOCATIONS OF ALL PIPELINES IN THE AREAS WHERE THE EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT WILL OPERATE.\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Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Texas, County of Orange, Drainage District\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01\n\nAddressee Acronym: OCDD\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: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":1607}