NTSB Safety Recommendation P-82-046

NTSB safety recommendation P-82-046.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC GAS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL L.P. 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: 1983-05-19

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 Public Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-19

Addressee Name: National L.P. Gas Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-05-19

Addressee Acronym: NPGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-03-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: NATIONAL L.P. GAS ASSOC. LETTER: WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY RESPONDING TO YOUR REQUEST AND CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ENCLOSED NLPGA REPORTS: SAFETY IN WHICH WE HAVE REVIEWED THE INCIDENT AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PUBLICATION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO 4800 MEMBERS.

Addressee Acronym: NPGA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1983-05-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence