# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-080 - **operation:** document - **citation:** P-80-080 - **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-080 - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 1981-02-26 - **effective on:** 1981-02-26 - **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.: INSTRUCT ITS PIPELINE INSPECTORS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF REMAINING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND CLOSELY MONITORING THE CONTRACTOR'S WORK AS IT APPROACHES THE PIPELINE. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-080.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-080.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-080 - **source url:** https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-080 **body:** NTSB safety recommendation P-80-080. THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC.: INSTRUCT ITS PIPELINE INSPECTORS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF REMAINING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND CLOSELY MONITORING THE CONTRACTOR'S WORK AS IT APPROACHES THE PIPELINE. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1981-02-26 Adopted Date: 1980-12-19 Overall Date Closed: 1983-09-07 Synopsis: ON JANUARY 30, 1980, AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER, REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PIPELINE OWNED BY THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC., AND OPERATED BY THE SHELL OIL COMPANY (PUERTO RICO) LTD. WAS STRUCK AND RUPTURED BY A BULLDOZER DURING MAINTENANCE WORK ON A NEARBY WATERLINE IN THE SECTOR CANA OF BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN. GASOLINE FROM THE RUPTURE SPRAYED DOWNHILL AND RAN OFF INTO A SMALL CREEK. ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS LATER, THE GASOLINE VAPORS WERE IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE AND EXPLODED; THE SUBSEQUENT FIRE KILLED ONE PERSON AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED 25 HOUSES AND OTHER PROPERTY. Probable Cause: None Ntsbnumber: DCA80MP008 Report Number: PAR-80-06 Addressee Name: Pipelines of Puerto Rico, Inc. Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable Addressee Date Closed: 1983-09-07 Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1982-11-18 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC., LETTER: RECOMMENDATION NOT IMPLEMENTED. Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1983-07-28 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: THE PIPELINES OF PUERTO RICO, INC. LETTER: INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN IN A MEETING WHERE THEY WERE THROUGHLY DISCUSSED WITH THE PIPELINES INSPECTORS. RECENTLY, SUCH INSTRUCTIONS WERE ALSO GIVEN IN WRITING TO ALL OUR EMPLOYEES (INSPECTORS) AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE UPDATING OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN, PAGE 2.1, SECTION A (3). Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1983-05-19 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1983-09-07 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1982-10-08 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2312