{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-017","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-017","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 PLASTIC PIPE INSTITUTE: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO EMPHASIZE TO USERS OF PLASTIC PIPES THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPLICITLY FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED FUSION PROCEDURES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-017.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-017.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-017","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-017","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-017.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLASTIC PIPE INSTITUTE: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO EMPHASIZE TO USERS OF PLASTIC PIPES THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPLICITLY FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED FUSION PROCEDURES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1984-06-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1984-05-17\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1989-04-19\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: Plastics Pipe Institute\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1989-04-19\n\nAddressee Acronym: PPI\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-06-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PPI\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-04-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1320}