{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-014","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-014","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: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO REEMPHASIZE TO THEIR RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF RAPIDLY SHUTTING DOWN FAILED GAS FACILITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EVACUATING RESIDENTS, VENTILATING BUILDINGS, AND ELIMINATING SOURCES OF IGNITION.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-014.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-014.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-014","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-014","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-014.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO REEMPHASIZE TO THEIR RESPONSIBLE PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF RAPIDLY SHUTTING DOWN FAILED GAS FACILITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EVACUATING RESIDENTS, VENTILATING BUILDINGS, AND ELIMINATING SOURCES OF IGNITION.\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: AGA GENERALLY SUPPORTS THE RECOMMENDED ACTION, BUT IT IS TOO PRESCRIPTIVE FOR ALL CASES. MEMBER COMPANIES SHOULD REVIEW THEIR RAPID SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES FOR ADEQUACY AND ALSO ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH SHUTDOWNS AND ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY ACTIONS ARE PROPERLY TRAINED.\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":1762}