{"operation":"document","citation":"P-86-019","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-86-019","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 NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY: EMPHASIZE IN ITS TRAINING OF OPERATING PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING THE COMPANY PROCEDURES FOR PATROLLING AND PROTECTING ITS GAS MAINS IN PROXIMITY TO EXCAVATION PROJECTS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-019.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-019.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-86-019","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-86-019","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-86-019.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY: EMPHASIZE IN ITS TRAINING OF OPERATING PERSONNEL THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING THE COMPANY PROCEDURES FOR PATROLLING AND PROTECTING ITS GAS MAINS IN PROXIMITY TO EXCAVATION PROJECTS.\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: 1987-05-14\n\nSynopsis: ABOUT 3:55 P.M., EASTERN STANDARD TIME, DECEMBER 6, 1985, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED THE RIVER RESTAURANT 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 BASEMENT, 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\nKeywords: Evacuation, Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA86FP004\n\nReport Number: PAR-86-02\n\nAddressee Name: Northeast Utilities Service Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1987-05-14\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-02-10\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE COMPANY REVIEWS PROCEDURES WITH OPERATING PERSONNEL ANNUALLY ON AN AREA BASIS. THE AREAS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO PLACE SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LEAK SURVEY, LEAK INVESTIGATION, AND CONSTRUCTION MONITORING PROCEDURES.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1987-05-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1859}