{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-069","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-069","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-09-24","effective_on":"1980-09-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: DETERMINE, THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF INCIDENT REPORTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH FILLET-WELDED REINFORCED SLEEVES, AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION(S).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-069.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-069.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-069","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-069","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-069.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: DETERMINE, THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF INCIDENT REPORTS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH FILLET-WELDED REINFORCED SLEEVES, AND TAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION(S).\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-09-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-09-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-09-03\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 2, 1980, CRUDE OIL LEAKED FROM A FRACTURED 22-INCH PIPELINE AT A LEVEE CROSSING AT BERWICK, LOUISIANA; THE PIPELINE IS OWNED BY THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY AND RUNS BETWEEN HOUMA AND ERATH, LOUISIANA. AT 9:54 A.M., THE CRUDE OIL IGNITED. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, AND SIX HOMES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED.\n\nNtsbnumber: FTW80FP002\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-09-03\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-03-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: RSPA LETTER: AS A RESULT OF MTB'S CONTINUING REVIEW OF THE EXISTING BODY OF REGULATIONS, RULEMAKING IS NOW UNDERWAY WHICH WILL ACCOMPLISH RELATED, BUT HIGHER PRIORITY SAFETY OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROPER WELDING TECHNIQUES. THE RULEMAKING (ON NPRM) WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE WELDING PROCEDURES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF API 1104, TO MINIMIZE IMPROPER PIPELINE REPAIR WELDING TECHNIQUES.\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-09-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1714}