NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-048

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-048.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY: DIRECT ITS EXCAVATION CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS ITS COMPANY CREWS NOT TO BEGIN EXCAVATION OPERATIONS UNTIL UNDERGROUND FACILITIES HAVE BEEN MARKED PROPERLY, AND WHEN FACILITIES ARE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES, TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE OWNER SO THAT INSPECTION, REPAIR, OR OTHER EMERGENCY ACTIONS CAN BE INITIATED.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-05-29

Adopted Date: 1980-05-29

Overall Date Closed: 1983-03-28

Synopsis: ON JULY 25, 1979, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A DUPLEX APARTMENT HOUSE AT 2301 BRIDGE BOULEVARD, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED, AND TWO PERSONS WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS; ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.

Ntsbnumber: FTW79FP011

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: Mountain Bell Telephone Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-03-28

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-11-23

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: THE MOUNTAIN BELL COMPANY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES THOROUGHLY COVER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE, AND IT WAS THE FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE PRACTICES THAT RESULTED IN THE EXPLOSION AND FOR WHICH THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE DISMISSED.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-04-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: MOUNTAIN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER DATED MARCH 28, 1982, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES CONCERNING ITEMS P-80-48 AND 49, I HAVE ATTACHED SELECTED PAGES OF OUR BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS THAT ALL CONTRACTORS PERFORMING WORK FOR MOUNTAIN BELL MUST SIGN. THE BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES APPLY TO BOTH OUR OWN EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS ANYONE PERFORMING CONRACT WORK FOR USE AND THEY ARE STRICTLY ENFORCED.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1983-03-28

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence