{"operation":"document","citation":"P-83-019","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-83-019","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1983-07-14","effective_on":"1983-07-14","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT IN BONICORD, TENNESSEE, ON DECEMBER 8, 1982, AND URGE THEM TO IDENTIFY COMPRESSOR STATION BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS THAT HAVE RESTRICTIVE DEVICES, WHICH IF FULLY OR PARTIALLY CLOSED WOULD ALLOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS LEAKING FROM FACILITIES WI","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-83-019.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-83-019.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-83-019","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-83-019","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-83-019.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: NOTIFY THEIR MEMBER COMPANIES OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT IN BONICORD, TENNESSEE, ON DECEMBER 8, 1982, AND URGE THEM TO IDENTIFY COMPRESSOR STATION BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS THAT HAVE RESTRICTIVE DEVICES, WHICH IF FULLY OR PARTIALLY CLOSED WOULD ALLOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS LEAKING FROM FACILITIES WITHIN THE BUILDING, AND INSTALL A GAS DETECTION SYSTEM THAT WILL DETECT AND ALERT EMPLOYEES TO HAZARDOUS GAS ACCUMULATIONS AND AUTOMATICALLY OPEN FULLY ALL RESTRICTIVE DEVICES WHEN ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS ARE DETECTED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1983-07-14\n\nAdopted Date: 1983-06-30\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-08-30\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 8, 1982, A FIVE-MEMBER CREW OF THE TRUNKLINE GAS COMPANY FOUND TWO LEAKS IN THE GASKETED VALVE COVERS OF A 10,000-HORSEPOWER COOPER-BESSEMER ENGINE, WHICH WAS HOUSED IN COMPRESSOR BUILDING B AT THE GAS COMPANY'S BONICORD, TENNESEE, FACILITY. AFTER TIGHTENING THE BOLTS ON THE COVERS, THE CREW STARTED THE ENGINE AFTER SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS. AT THE TIME, ONE CREWMEMBER WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE PLATFORM, AND THE OTHER CREWMEMBERS WERE NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AT FLOOR LEVEL. ABOUT 2 OR 3 MINUTES LATER, AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED, FOLLOWED BY A FLASH FIRE. ALL FIVE CREWMEMBERS WERE INJURED SERIOUSLY, BUT WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING. ONE CREWMEMBER DIED LATER THAT DAY, AND TWO OTHERS DIED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA83FP007\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-08-30\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-08-30\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-07-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LETTER: THE MEMORANDUM TO INGAA'S MEMBERSHIP NOTIFIES THEM OF NTSB'S RECOMMENDATION P-83-019.\n\nAddressee Acronym: INGAA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-08-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2416}