{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-021","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-021","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-03-13","effective_on":"1980-03-13","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHELL OIL COMPANY: REQUIRE THAT A SURVEYOR BE ON LOCATION TO DIRECT ANY CHANGES IN ANCHOR POSITION WHICH MAY EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED MARGIN OF SAFETY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-021.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-021.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-021","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-021","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-021.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHELL OIL COMPANY: REQUIRE THAT A SURVEYOR BE ON LOCATION TO DIRECT ANY CHANGES IN ANCHOR POSITION WHICH MAY EXCEED THE ESTABLISHED MARGIN OF SAFETY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-03-13\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-02-21\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-05-17\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 15, 1979, 95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF (OCS) IN SHELL OIL COMPANY'S (SHELL) SOUTH PASS, BLOCK 62, FIELD, A 14-INCH SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY TRANSMISSION LINE OPERATING AT A PRESSURE OF 900 PSIG WAS SNAGGED AND RUPTURED BY A GRAPPLING HOOK FROM THE ANCHOR-HANDLING VESSEL PETE TIDE II, WHILE THE VESSEL WAS GRAPPLING FOR AN ANCHOR PENDANT FROM THE SEMI SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING RIG OCEAN QUEEN. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE CAUSED THE DEATH OF TWO PERSONS AND INJURIES TO FOUR OTHERS. DAMAGE TOTALED OVER $1,500,000.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA79MP023\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-01\n\nAddressee Name: Shell Oil Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-05-17\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: SHELL OIL COMPANY LETTER: A SURVEY CREW IS REQUESTED TO INITIALLY SET OUT OR MAKE ANY SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF ANCHORS ARE PLACED WITHIN 500 FEET OF A HAZARD.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-17\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1701}