NTSB Safety Recommendation P-82-044

NTSB safety recommendation P-82-044.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF USING PROPER PROCEDURES SUCH AS THE CORDONING OFF OF THE WORK AREA, THE PLACEMENT OF WARNING SIGNS TO ALERT THE PUBLIC, THE USE OF BREATHING EQUIPMENT, BELTS AND ROPES, AND HAVING OPERABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ACCESSIBLE AT THE WORK SITE WHEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE AND/OR CONSTRUCTION WORK IN WHICH ESCAPING GAS MAY POSE A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC OR TO EMPLOYEES. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1982-12-10

Adopted Date: 1982-11-26

Overall Date Closed: 1983-08-23

Synopsis: ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1982, NATURAL GAS, BLOWING AT 15 PSIG FROM THE OPEN ENDS OF A 2 1/4-INCH CAST-IRON GAS MAIN LOCATED IN A DEEP, NARROW EXCAVATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF COOPER AND MARSHAL STREETS IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA, WAS IGNITED BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. THREE CITY OF DUBLIN GAS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WHO WERE WORKING IN THE EXCAVATION WERE CRITICALLY BURNED. THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GAS DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE EXCAVATION, HELPED THE INJURED OUT OF THE DITCH AND WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED IN THE PROCESS.

Keywords: Hazmat

Ntsbnumber: DCA82FP021

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: American Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-08-23

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-07-18

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER TO AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION MEMBER COMPANY DELEGATES: THE AGA AGREES WITH THE INTENT OF THE NTSB RECOMMENDATION: REEMPASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF USING PROPER PROCEDURES SUCH AS THE CORDONING OFF OF THE WORK AREA, THE PLACEMENT OF WARNING SIGNS TO ALERT THE PUBLIC, THE USE OF BREATHING EQUIPMENT, BELTS AND ROPES, HAVING OPERABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ACCESSIBLE AT THE WORK SITE WHEN PERFORMING MAINTENANCE AND/OR CONSTRUCTION WORK IN WHICH ESCAPING GAS MAY POSE A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC OR TO EMPLOYEES.

Addressee Acronym: AGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-08-23

Communication Type: Official Correspondence