{"operation":"document","citation":"P-82-049","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-82-049","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1982-12-10","effective_on":"1982-12-10","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN GAS DEPARTMENT: REVIEW ITS TRAINING PROCEDURES AND MODIFY THEM AS NECESSARY SO THAT ALL SUPERVISORS AND EMPLOYEES ARE RECURRENTLY MADE FULLY AWARE OF THE CORRECT PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN CUTTING GAS LINES. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-82-049.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-82-049.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-82-049","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-82-049","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-82-049.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN GAS DEPARTMENT: REVIEW ITS TRAINING PROCEDURES AND MODIFY THEM AS NECESSARY SO THAT ALL SUPERVISORS AND EMPLOYEES ARE RECURRENTLY MADE FULLY AWARE OF THE CORRECT PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN CUTTING GAS LINES. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1982-12-10\n\nAdopted Date: 1982-11-26\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1988-05-11\n\nSynopsis: 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.\n\nKeywords: Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA82FP021\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Georgia, City of Dublin\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1988-05-11\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-03-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS RESPONDED TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED CITE BY EMBRACING THEM AND IN SOME CASES STRENGHTENING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NTSB CONCERNING GAS SAFETY. EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, EXCEPT THE AIR BREATHING EQUIPMENT, HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND ARE CURRENTLY IN USE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS ISSUED SAFETY REGULATIONS THAT ANYONE WORKING NEAR A SITUATION THAT WOULD ALLOW, OR IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING ESCAPING GAS, MUST BE OUTFITTED IN FIRE RESISTANT COVERINGS. ANYTIME A CITY OF DUBLIN EMPLOYEE IS IN AN EXCAVATED AREA, WORKING WITH A NATURAL GAS LINES, HE/SHE MUST BE OUTFITTED IN FIRE RETARDANT CLOTHING. THIS IS TRUE EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A STANDING REGULATION THAT THERE WILL BE NO CUTS OF PIPE UNDER PRESSURE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN. THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS MAKING EVERY DILIGENT EFFORT TO HAVE IN PLACE SAFETY REGULATIONS THAT WILL PREVENT ANY ACCIDENT SIMILAR TO THE ONE REFERENCED IN YOUR REPORT. THE CITY APPRECIATES YOU CONCERN AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IT WAS THE BELIEF OF THE CITY THAT CORRESPONDENCE INDICATING OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO THE BOARD IN A PERIOD SHORTLY FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-05-11\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-02-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2771}