{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-034","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-034","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-05-07","effective_on":"1980-05-07","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION: INSTALL AN ADEQUATE MEANS FOR DETECTING LNG VAPORS IN ALL BUILDINGS AND ENCLOSURES AT COVE POINT. IF COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATORS ARE USED, ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY LOCATED, TESTED PERIODICALLY, AND RECALIBRATED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-034.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-034.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-034","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-034","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-034.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION: INSTALL AN ADEQUATE MEANS FOR DETECTING LNG VAPORS IN ALL BUILDINGS AND ENCLOSURES AT COVE POINT. IF COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATORS ARE USED, ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY LOCATED, TESTED PERIODICALLY, AND RECALIBRATED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-05-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-04-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-10-20\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 6, 1979, AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) VAPERS DESTROYED A TRANSFORMER BUILDING AT THE RECEPTION FACILITY OF THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION, COVE POINT, MARYLAND. ODORLESS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LEAKED THROUGH AN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED LNG PUMP SEAL, VAPORIZED, PASSED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 210 FT OF UNDERGOUND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND ENTERED THE SUBSTATION BUILDING. ONE PERSON WAS KILLD, AND ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $3 MILLION.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA80MP001\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-02\n\nAddressee Name: Columbia LNG Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-10-20\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-06-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION LTR: COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN ALL BUILDINGS AND ENCLOSURES CONNECTED BY PIPING OR CONDUIT TO ANY POSSIBLE SOURCE OF NATURAL GAS OR LNG. EACH COMBUSTIBLE GAS INDICATOR IS TESTED, AND RECALIBRATED AS NECESSARY, ON A PERIODIC BASIS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-10-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1713}