{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-013","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-013","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 AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: DISSEMINATE TO ITS MEMBER COMPANIES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT IN CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, ON JULY 12, 1983, AND URGE THEM TO REEVALUATE THEIR PLASTIC PIPE FUSION PROCEDURES AND TO CHECK THAT THEIR RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE EXPLICITLY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-013","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-013","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-013.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: DISSEMINATE TO ITS MEMBER COMPANIES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT IN CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, ON JULY 12, 1983, AND URGE THEM TO REEVALUATE THEIR PLASTIC PIPE FUSION PROCEDURES AND TO CHECK THAT THEIR RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL ARE EXPLICITLY FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES.\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: 1985-03-12\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: American Gas Association\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-03-12\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1984-10-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION LETTER: MEMBERS SHOULD ASSURE THAT PLASTIC PIPE JOINING PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN FEDERAL REGULATIONS (PART 192 SUBPART F) AND OTHER AVAILABLE GUIDE MATERIAL, INCLUDING PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURERS, ARE FOLLOWED AS APPROPRIATE BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. UTILITY REPRESENTATIVES WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR BENDING RADII OF FUSED JOINTS AND FOR SATISFACTORY NONDESTRUCIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE INSTRUMENTS.\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-03-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1960}