{"operation":"document","citation":"P-84-046","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-84-046","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1984-11-27","effective_on":"1984-11-27","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA: EXPOSE AND INSPECT A REPRESENTATIVE QUANTITY OF WELDS IN THE 12-INCH STEEL DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE INSTALLED IN 1954 IN YORK, PENNSYLVAINA, AND, IF INDICATED, INSTITUTE A PROGRAM TO REPLACE OR REPAIR WELDS WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS CONTAINED IN TITLE 49, CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 192.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-046.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-046.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-84-046","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-84-046","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-84-046.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA: EXPOSE AND INSPECT A REPRESENTATIVE QUANTITY OF WELDS IN THE 12-INCH STEEL DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE INSTALLED IN 1954 IN YORK, PENNSYLVAINA, AND, IF INDICATED, INSTITUTE A PROGRAM TO REPLACE OR REPAIR WELDS WHICH DO NOT COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS CONTAINED IN TITLE 49, CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 192.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1984-11-27\n\nAdopted Date: 1984-11-10\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-05-03\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 19, 1984, NATURAL GAS AT 20 PSIG LEAKED FROM COLUMBIA GAS OF PENNSYLVANIA'S (COLUMBIA) 12-INCH STEEL DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN 1954 ALONG WEST KING STREET, IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. GAS ESCAPING FROM A CRACKED CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELD MIGRATED UNDERGROUND AND ENTERED THE BASEMENT OF A THREE-STORY BUILDING AT 31-33 WEST KING STREET WHERE IT WAS IGNITED BY AN UNDETERMINED SOURCE. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE BUILDING AND AN ADJACENT VACANT BUILDING, INJURED EIGHT PERSONS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE THREE-STORY BUILDING, AND BROKE WINDOWS IN BUILDINGS NEARBY.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA84FP015\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: NiSource, Inc. (formerly Columbia Gas)\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-05-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-01-25\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: COLUMBIA GAS DISTRIBUTION LTR: BASED ON AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE SUBJECT 12\" GAS MAIN, THE ENTIRE 1,200' OF THIS FACILITY WAS PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM SERVICE. CUSTOMERS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED BY THIS 12\" MAIN WERE RECONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT 6\" MAIN.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-05-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1965}