{"operation":"document","citation":"P-85-028","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-85-028","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1985-11-27","effective_on":"1985-11-27","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY: CONDUCT A SYSTEMWIDE SURVEY TO IDENTIFY ANY OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THE 6-INCH-DIAMETER 700 \"POSI-HOLD\" COUPLINGS WITH PLAIN ROLLER-GRIP GASKETS WERE INSTALLED ON PLASTIC PIPE, INSPECT THOSE LOCATIONS FOR INDICATIONS OF PIPE PULLOUT, AND REPLACE THE COUPLINGS OR ANCHOR THE PIPE AS REQUIRED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-028.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-028.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-85-028","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-85-028","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-85-028.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY: CONDUCT A SYSTEMWIDE SURVEY TO IDENTIFY ANY OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THE 6-INCH-DIAMETER 700 \"POSI-HOLD\" COUPLINGS WITH PLAIN ROLLER-GRIP GASKETS WERE INSTALLED ON PLASTIC PIPE, INSPECT THOSE LOCATIONS FOR INDICATIONS OF PIPE PULLOUT, AND REPLACE THE COUPLINGS OR ANCHOR THE PIPE AS REQUIRED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1985-11-27\n\nAdopted Date: 1987-01-01\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1986-06-26\n\nSynopsis: AT 2:40 A.M., ON FEBRUARY 22, 1985, A POLICE PATROLMAN ON ROUTINE PATROL SMELLED STRONG NATURAL GAS ODORS AS HE CROSSED RAILROAD TRACKS WHILE HEADING SOUTH ON NORTH SIXTH STREET IN SHARPSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. HE RADIOED THIS INFORMATION TO THE SHARPSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER AT 2:42 A.M.; THE DISPATCHER RELAYED THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY (GAS COMPANY) BY TELEPHONE AT 2:43 A.M., AND A GAS SERVICEMAN WAS ORDERED TO THE SCENE. AT 3:15 A.M., BEFORE THE SERVICEMAN ARRIVED AT THE SITE OF THE REPORTED LEAK, THE SHARPSVILLE INN AND A CONNECTING BUILDING EXPLODED AND BURNED, KILLING TWO PERSONS. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVING ONSCENE MOMENTS LATER ENCOUNTERED A SECOND, SMALLER EXPLOSION WHICH INJURED ONE FIREFIGHTER. GAS COMPANY PERSONNEL SHUT OFF THE GAS TO THE LEAK SITE AT 4:15 A.M.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA85AP009\n\nReport Number: PAR-85-02\n\nAddressee Name: National Fuel Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1986-06-26\n\nAddressee Acronym: NFG\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-02-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: NATIONAL FUEL GAS DISTRIBUTION CORP. LTR: NATIONAL FUEL HAS SURVEYED ALL LOCATIONS WHERE THE 6-INCH DIAMETER 700 \"POSI HOLD\" COUPLINGS WITH PLAIN ROLLER GRIP GASKETS WERE INSTALLED ON PLASTIC PIPE. ALL KNOWN COUPLINGS OF THIS PARTICULAR STYLE INSTALLED ON PLASTIC PIPE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE.\n\nAddressee Acronym: NFG\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1986-06-26\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2151}