{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-011","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-011","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1984-06-15","effective_on":"1984-06-15","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY: REVIEW WITH ITS PIPEFITTERS/OPERATORS ALL ELEMENTS OF ITS PROCEDURES FOR FUSION OF PLASTIC PIPE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF STRICT ADHERENCE TO EACH ELEMENT OF THESE PROCEDURES TO ASSURE PROPER FUSION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-011.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-011.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-011","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-011","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-011.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY: REVIEW WITH ITS PIPEFITTERS/OPERATORS ALL ELEMENTS OF ITS PROCEDURES FOR FUSION OF PLASTIC PIPE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF STRICT ADHERENCE TO EACH ELEMENT OF THESE PROCEDURES TO ASSURE PROPER FUSION.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1984-06-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1984-05-17\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-01-10\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 12, 1983, NATURAL GAS ESCAPING UNDER 60 POUNDS PRESSURE FROM A CRACK IN A BUTT FUSION JOINT IN A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN ENTERED AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, EXPLODED, AN THEN BURNED. TWO INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED, ONE APARTMENT BUILDING WAS DESTROYED, AND THE ADJACENT APARTMENT BUILDING WAS DAMAGED HEAVILY. DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN $1 MILLION; NONE OF THE RESIDENTS WERE INJURED OR KILLED.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA83MP022\n\nReport Number: PAR-84-02\n\nAddressee Name: Interstate Power Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-01-10\n\nAddressee Acronym: IPL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1984-09-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY LETTER: ACTION TAKEN: INTERSTATE POWER COMPANY HAS REVIEWED WITH ITS PIPEFITTER/OPERATORS FUSION PROCEDURES THAT COVER ALL FACETS OF OUR OPERATIONS WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF STRICT ADHERENCE TO EACH ELEMENT OF THE PROCEDURE. WE HAVE QUALIFIED OUR PERSONNEL ANNUALLY, GENERALLY WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PIPE MANUFACTURERS AND/OR THE SUPPLIERS OF THE FUSION EQUIPMENT BEING UTILIZED, IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL.\n\nAddressee Acronym: IPL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-01-10\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1902}