{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-014","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-014","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-03-05","effective_on":"1980-03-05","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROPER INSTALLATION AND PROPER SUPPORT OF PLASTIC MAINS AND SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURES, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-014","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-014","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-014.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY ITS MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND URGE THEM TO REVIEW THEIR ACTUAL OPERATING PRACTICES FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE PROPER INSTALLATION AND PROPER SUPPORT OF PLASTIC MAINS AND SERVICES TO ASSURE THAT THEY CONFORM TO ESTABLISHED COMPANY PROCEDURES, RELATED INDUSTRY GUIDELINES, AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-03-05\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-02-22\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 28, 1978, NATURAL GAS, WHICH HAD ESCAPED FROM A CIRCUMFERENTIAL FRACTURE IN A SOCKET HEAT-FUSION COUPLING ON A 2-IN. POLYETHYLENE (PE) MAIN, OPERATING AT 40-PSIG PRESSURE, MIGRATED BENEATH A ONE-STORY HOUSE IN GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, EXPLODED, AND THEN BURNED. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED; THE HOUSE AT 2517 APACHE ROAD WAS DESTROYED; AND THREE ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED. THE GAS WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.\n\nNtsbnumber: FTW78FP014\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-05-04\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION (AGA) LETTER AND DISCUSSION WITH AGA GOVERNMENT LIAISON ON MARCH 21, 1983: AGA WILL COMPLY WITH THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION BY ISSUING A NOTICE TO ITS MEMBER SYSTEMS. THIS NOTICE MAY CONTAIN, HOWEVER, SOME CHANGES WHICH THE AGA FEELS ARE NECESSARY TO CLARIFY THE INTENT OF RECOMMENDATION P-80-14.\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-04\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-05\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-07-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2126}