{"operation":"document","citation":"P-86-018","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-86-018","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1986-11-24","effective_on":"1986-11-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT: ESTABLISH CONTRACTS THAT INVOLVE EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING ANY UNSAFE ACTIVITIES AND SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE FOR STOPPING ALL EXCAVATION-RELATED WORK UNTIL THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-018","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-86-018","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-86-018.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT: ESTABLISH CONTRACTS THAT INVOLVE EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING ANY UNSAFE ACTIVITIES AND SPECIFICALLY PROVIDE FOR STOPPING ALL EXCAVATION-RELATED WORK UNTIL THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS ARE CORRECTED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1986-11-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1986-11-14\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2002-06-07\n\nSynopsis: ABOUT 3:55 P.M., EASTERN STANDARD TIME, DECEMBER 6, 1985, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE RIVER RESTAU RANT AT 268 MAIN STREET IN DERBY, CONNECTICUT. GAS ESCAPING FROM A BROKEN GAS MAIN AT A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 1 POUND PER SQUARE INCH HAD ESCAPED, MIGRATED INTO THE RESTAURANT BASE MENT, IGNITED, EXPLODED, AND BURNED. OF THE 18 PERSONS INSIDE THE RESTAURANT AT THE TIME, 6 WERE KILLED AND 12 WER INJURED; 1 PASSERBY AND 1 FIREFIGHTER WERE ALSO INJURED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE STREET ADJACENT TO THE RESTAURANT WAS EXCAVATED WHERE A 24-INCH DIAMETER SEWER SYSTEM HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED; AN 87-YEAR-OLD, 3-INCH DIAMETER, CAST-IRON NATURAL GAS MAIN WAS FOUND BROKEN.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA86FP004\n\nReport Number: PAR-86-02\n\nAddressee Name: State of Connecticut, City of Derby\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2002-06-07\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 2002-06-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: Closed administratively based on the City of Derby's November 2, 1988 response.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-11-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-11-30\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1988-10-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2000}