{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-022","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-022","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1984-06-18","effective_on":"1984-06-18","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM: ENFORCE COMPANY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS OF PIPELINE MARKERS BY ITS AREA OPERATORS TO ASSURE ACCURACY, THOROUGHNESS, AND EARLY CORRECTION OF IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-022.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-022.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-022","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-022","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-022.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM: ENFORCE COMPANY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTIONS OF PIPELINE MARKERS BY ITS AREA OPERATORS TO ASSURE ACCURACY, THOROUGHNESS, AND EARLY CORRECTION OF IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1984-06-18\n\nAdopted Date: 1984-05-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1987-08-19\n\nSynopsis: ON MARCH 15, 1983, AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) PIPELINE OPERATED BY THE MID-AMERICA PIPELINE SYSTEM (MAPCO) WAS DAMAGED BY A ROTATING POWER AUGER BEING USED TO DRILL HOLES IN ROCKY TERRAIN TO PLANT TREES ON LOT 8, SECTION 5, BLOCK 43 OF THE CHAPARRAL ESTATES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT NEAR WEST ODESSA, TEXAS. THE DAMAGED PIPELINE RUPTURED AND WITHIN 3 MINUTES, LPG, WHICH WAS BEING TRANSPORTED AT 1,075 PSIG, ESCAPED, VAPORIZED, AND WAS IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE. IN THE RESULTANT FIRE, FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED AND FIVE PERSONS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED--ONE PERSON DIED 5 DAYS LATER. TWO MOBILE HOMES, A SMALL FRAME HOUSE, AN AUGER TRUCK, TWO CARS, AND A PICKUP TRUCK WERE DESTROYED; 9,375 BARRELS OF LPG WERE BURNED.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA83MP015\n\nReport Number: PAR-84-01\n\nAddressee Name: Mid-America Pipeline System\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1987-08-19\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-12-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE OR FOLLOWUP TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-05-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ENFORCEMENT OF COMPANY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTION OF PIPE LINE MARKERS ON A REGULAR BASIS HAS BEEN STRESSED TO FIELD OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. THIS HAS BEEN ACCOM PLISHED THROUGH IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS IN THE MONTHLY SAFETY MEETINGS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-08-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-12-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2227}