{"operation":"document","citation":"P-90-022","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-90-022","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1990-07-20","effective_on":"1990-07-20","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CALNEV PIPE LINE COMPANY: EN HANCE THE COMPUTERIZED OPERATING SYSTEM BY REQUIRING THE DISPATCHER ON DUTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALLY EACH ALARM RECEIVED OR BY ADDING A SECOND DISSIMILAR SOUNDING ALARM DENOTING MULTIPLE ALARM CONDITIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-022.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-022.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-90-022","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-90-022","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-90-022.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CALNEV PIPE LINE COMPANY: EN HANCE THE COMPUTERIZED OPERATING SYSTEM BY REQUIRING THE DISPATCHER ON DUTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIVIDUALLY EACH ALARM RECEIVED OR BY ADDING A SECOND DISSIMILAR SOUNDING ALARM DENOTING MULTIPLE ALARM CONDITIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nIssued Date: 1990-07-20\n\nAdopted Date: 1990-06-19\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2002-04-03\n\nSynopsis: ABOUT 7:36 A.M., PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, ON MAY 12, 1989, SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (SP) FREIGHT TRAIN 1-MJLBP-111, WHICH CONSISTED OF A FOUR-UNIT LOCOMOTIVE ON THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN, 69 HOPPER CARS LOADED WITH TRONA, AND A TWO-UNIT HELPER LOCOMOTIVE ON THE REAR OF THE TRAIN, DERAILED AT MILEPOST 486.8, IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA. THE ENTIRE TRAIN WAS DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF THE DERAIL MENT. SEVEN HOMES LOCATED IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED AND FOUR OTHERS WERE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. OF THE FIVE CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD THE TRAIN, TWO ON THE HEAD END OF THE TRAIN WERE KILLED, ONE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE TWO ON THE REAR END OF THE TRAIN RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. OF EIGHT RESIDENTS IN THEIR HOMES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, TWO WERE KILLED AND ONE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT OF BEING TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS FOR 15 HOURS, LOCAL OFFICIALS EVACUATED HOMED IN THE SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE OF A CONCERN THAT A 14-INCH PIPELINE OWNED BY THE CALNEV PIPE LINE COMPANY, WHICH WAS TRANSPORTING GAS OLINE AND WAS LOCATED UNDER THE WRECKAGE, MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE OR WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING DAMAGED DURING WRECKAGE CLEARING OPERATIONS. RESI DENTS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE DERAILMENT. ABOUT 8:05 A.M., ON MAY 25, 1989, 13 DAYS AFTER TRAIN DERAILMENT. THE 14-INCH PIPELINE RUPTURED AT THE SITE OF DERAILMENT RELEASED ITS PRODUCT, AND IGNITED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA89MR004\n\nReport Number: RAR-90-02\n\nAddressee Name: Calnev Pipeline Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action - No Response Received\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2002-04-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 2002-04-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: This recommendation was addressed by the Board in Notation item 5128D, which classified it \"Closed--Unacceptable Action/No Response Received.\"\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 2001-03-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: The Safety Board has received no reply from Calnev regarding Safety Recommendation P-90-22. The Board would appreciate learning what action, if any, your association has taken to implement this recommendation. A copy of the original recommendation letter is enclosed. Please refer to Safety Recommendation P-90-22 and -23 in your reply, and address your response to Ms. Carol J. Carmody, Acting Chairman.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2994}