{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-088","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-088","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 PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY: IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, HELP ESTABLISH AN ISLAND-WIDE \"ONE-CALL\" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IN PUERTO RICO.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-088.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-088.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-088","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-088","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-088.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY: IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, HELP ESTABLISH AN ISLAND-WIDE \"ONE-CALL\" EXCAVATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM IN PUERTO RICO.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1981-02-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-12-19\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1984-04-20\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA80MP008\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-06\n\nAddressee Name: Puerto Rico Telephone Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1984-04-20\n\nAddressee Acronym: PRTC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-12-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: IMPLEMENTATION OF ABOVE RECOMMENDATION ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AMONG OWNERS OR OPERATORS HAS HAD NO SUCCESS BECAUSE SAID OWNERS OR OPERATORS HAVE THEIR OWN CONTROL SYSTEM AND ARE NOT INTERESTED. HOWEVER, EXCAVATION PERMITS ISSUED BY THE PERTINENT GOVERNMENT AGENCY WITH THE CONDITION THAT EXCAVATOR MUST NOTIFY OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF THEIR PLANNED EXCAVATIONS TOGETHER WITH PROPER LEGISLATION IS BEING PROMOTED.\n\nAddressee Acronym: PRTC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-11-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY LETTER: EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN AGREEMWNT WITH MR. CAMBO'S POSITION REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A \"ONE-CALL-SYSTEM\", WE BELIEVE THAT COORDINATION TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE THROUGH EITHER THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR THE PERMITS AND REGULATIONS ADMINISTRATION (ARPE). THE PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY IS WILING AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOT TO UNDERTAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGING OR SUPERVISING SUCH OPERATIONS.\n\nAddressee Acronym: PRTC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PRTC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-05-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PRTC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1984-04-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2953}