# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-88-005 - **operation:** document - **citation:** P-88-005 - **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-88-005 - **source type:** guidance - **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board - **status:** guidance - **official:** true - **published on:** 1988-11-21 - **effective on:** 1988-11-21 - **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY: DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES THAT DEFINE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EVALUATION, AND COORDINATION FOR: INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF METER SETS AND CORROSION CONTROL, LEAKAGE SURVEILLANCE, AND ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION CONTROL PROGRAMS. - **machine formats:** - **json:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-005.json - **markdown:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-005.md - **app url:** https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-005 - **source url:** https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-88-005 **body:** NTSB safety recommendation P-88-005. THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY: DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES THAT DEFINE EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EVALUATION, AND COORDINATION FOR: INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF METER SETS AND CORROSION CONTROL, LEAKAGE SURVEILLANCE, AND ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION CONTROL PROGRAMS. Priority: CLASS II Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Issued Date: 1988-11-21 Adopted Date: 1988-10-25 Overall Date Closed: 1991-02-21 Synopsis: ON JANUARY 18, 1988, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE BUILDING HOUSING THE K&W CAFETERIA AND THE LOBBY OF THE SHERATON MOTOR INN AT 380 KNOLLWOOD STREET, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. TWO ADJOINING MOTEL WINGS SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. OF THE FOUR PERSONS IN THE LOBBY/ CAFETERIA BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION, THREE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FOURTH PERSON SUSTAINED A FRACTURED ANKLE. ONE MOTEL GUEST ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS BUT REFUSED TREATMENT. Probable Cause: None Ntsbnumber: DCA88MP008 Report Number: PAR-88-01 Addressee Name: Piedmont Natural Gas Company Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action Addressee Date Closed: 1991-02-21 Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1989-04-03 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: THE COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF METER SETS AND CORROSION CONTROL, LEAKAGE SURVEILLANCE, AND ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION CONTROL PROGRAMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN PIEDMONT'S OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1990-11-02 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Communication Contents: THE PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN RESTRUCTURED. ATTACHED ARE POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH AREAS REFERENCED IN THE ABOVE SUBJECT RECOMMENDATION. Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1989-03-21 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1989-07-27 Communication Type: Official Correspondence Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry Communication Date: 1991-02-21 Communication Type: Official Correspondence - **truncated:** false - **body characters:** 2330