{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-018","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-018","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 COOPERATE WITH THE GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EQUIPMENT TESTING CAPABLE OF DETECTING INADEQUATELY FUSED BUTT, SADDLE, AND SOCKET FUSION JOINTS IN THE FIELD.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-018","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-018","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-018.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLASTIC PIPE INSTITUTE: URGE ITS MEMBER COMPANIES TO COOPERATE WITH THE GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EQUIPMENT TESTING CAPABLE OF DETECTING INADEQUATELY FUSED BUTT, SADDLE, AND SOCKET FUSION JOINTS IN THE FIELD.\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":1404}