{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-037","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-037","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: POST A DIAGRAM OR OTHER MEANS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOCATIONS OF ALL FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE FIRE WATER MAINS AND ITS ISOLATION VALVES AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COVE POINT FACILITY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-037.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-037.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-037","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-037","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-037.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION: POST A DIAGRAM OR OTHER MEANS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LOCATIONS OF ALL FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE FIRE WATER MAINS AND ITS ISOLATION VALVES AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COVE POINT FACILITY.\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: 1982-05-03\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DCA80MP001\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-02\n\nAddressee Name: Columbia LNG Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-05-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-06-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: A DIAGRAM DEPICTING THE LOCATIONS OF ALL FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE FIRE WATER MAINS AND ITS LOCATION VALVES AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COVE POINT FACILITY IS BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE POSTED AT KEY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-11-10\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION LTR: ATTACHMENT A, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, WAS PREPARED TO GIVE THE LOCATION OF ALL THE MAJOR FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON THE TERMINAL SITE. THIS DIAGRAM HAS BEEN POSTED IN MONITOR HOUSES, THE FIRE STATION, THE SECURITY BUILDING, THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND IN THE MAINTENANCE AREA.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-10-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-05-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2310}