{"operation":"document","citation":"P-85-003","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-85-003","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1985-02-22","effective_on":"1985-02-22","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOBIL PIPE LINE COMPANY: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO: SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY ALL LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO ITS PIPELINE RIGHTS-OF-WAY AT WHICH PERSONS WORK OR RESIDE; TO INFORM ALL PERSONS AT THESE LOCATIONS OF THE PIPELINE, THE NATURE OF THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTED IN THE PIPELINE AND THE ASSOCIATED HAZARDS, AND THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF A PIPELINE FAILURE OR OTHER EMERGEN","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-003.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-003.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-003","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-85-003","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-85-003.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MOBIL PIPE LINE COMPANY: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO: SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFY ALL LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO ITS PIPELINE RIGHTS-OF-WAY AT WHICH PERSONS WORK OR RESIDE; TO INFORM ALL PERSONS AT THESE LOCATIONS OF THE PIPELINE, THE NATURE OF THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTED IN THE PIPELINE AND THE ASSOCIATED HAZARDS, AND THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT OF A PIPELINE FAILURE OR OTHER EMERGENCY; AND VERIFY PERIODICALLY THE ACCURACY OF THE SURVEY AND FOLLOWUP.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1985-02-22\n\nAdopted Date: 1985-02-22\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1989-05-19\n\nSynopsis: ON FEBRUARY 28, 1984, AT 10:30 A.M., C.S.T., A FRONT END LOADER, OPERATED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF PIONEER CONCRETE OF TEXAS, INC. (PIONEER), STRUCK AND PUNCTURED AN 8-INCH-DIAMETER NATURAL GAS LIQUID (NGL) PIPELINE IN HURST, TEXAS, OPERATED BY MOBIL PIPE LINE COMPANY (MOBIL). NGL AT 460 PSIG PRESSURE ESCAPED FROM THE PUNCTURE AND WAS IGNITED WHILE THE OPERATOR OF THE FRONTEND LOADER WAS BACKING THE LOADER AWAY FROM THE PUNCTURED PIPELINE. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED FIRST-AND SECOND-DEGREE BURNS OVER 30 PERCENT OF HIS BODY. SOON AFTER THE RELEASE OF NGL, AUTOMATIC VALVES IN THE PIPELINE CLOSED TO ISOLATE THE PUNCTURE WITHIN A 3-MILE SEGMENT OF THE PIPELINE. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED ITSELF AT 8:30 P.M. WHEN THE NGL WITHIN THE ISOLATED SEGMENT HAD BEEN CONSUMED. BY MIDMORNING OF FEBRUARY 29, 1984, THE DAMAGED PIPE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE PIPELINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA84FP018\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: ExxonMobil Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1989-05-19\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-05-19\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-10-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2016}