NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-087

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-087.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO: DIRECT THE APPROPRIATE UTILITIES AND AGENCIES OF PUERTO RICO TO ESTABLISH AN ISLAND-WIDE "ONE-CALL" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1981-02-26

Adopted Date: 1980-12-19

Overall Date Closed: 1988-04-13

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: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Addressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1988-04-13

Addressee Acronym: PR

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1988-06-02

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: PR

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1983-05-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: PR

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1988-04-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: PR

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence