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P-90-025
NTSB Safety Recommendation P-90-025
Current as of 1990-07-20 Government source
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NTSB safety recommendation P-90-025.
THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: REQUIRE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, OPERATORS OF PIPELINES LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO COORDINATE WITH THE RAILROAD OPERATORS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR HANDLING TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCIES THAT MAY IMPACT BOTH THE RAIL AND PIPELINE SYSTEMS AND THEN TO DISCUSS THE PLAN WITH AFFECTED STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES.
Priority: CLASS II
Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action
Issued Date: 1990-07-20
Adopted Date: 1990-06-19
Overall Date Closed: 1995-03-27
Synopsis: 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 HOMES 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 THE TRAIN DERAILMENT, THE 14-INCH PIPELINE RUPTURED AT THE SITE OF DERAILMENT RELEASED ITS PRODUT, AND IGNITED.
Ntsbnumber: DCA89MR004
Report Number: RAR-90-02
Addressee Name: RSPA
Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action
Addressee Date Closed: 1995-03-27
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1993-03-08
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEOTAPES & GUIDES ON PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS BENEFICIAL, THE BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VIDEOTAPES & GUIDES SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBING THE CONTENT OF OTHER TAPES, IDENTIFYING TO WHOM THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED, & DESCRIBING HOW THE RSPA WILL EVALUATE OR ASSESS THE LEVEL OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTED. PENDING FURTHER RESPONSE, RECOMMENDATION P-90-25 WILL BE CLASSIFIED "OPEN--ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE."
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1995-03-27
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: THE BORD NOTES THAT RSPA COORDINATED WITH THE FRA IN DEVELOPING A SAFETY ADVISORY BULLETIN (FEDERAL REGISTER/VOLUME 59, NUMBER 41/MARCH 2, 1994) ABOUT PIPELINE IN RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY & PROVIDED EACH PIPELINE OPERATOR WITH A COPY. BECAUSE THIS NOTICE ADDRESSEE THE CONCERNS IN P-90-25 & MEETS ITS INTENT, THE BOARD CLASSIFIED P-90-025 "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATE ACTION."
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1992-08-31
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FRA ON 10/10/90, TO DISCUSS PRESENT REGULATIONS & GUIDELINES THAT RELATE TO PREPARATION OF EMERGENCY PLANS FOR HANDLING PIPELINE & RAIL ACCIDENTS. AN OPS/FRA WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED TO PREPARE A STRATEGY FOR REQUIRING OPERATORS OF PIPELINES LOCATED ON OR ADJACENT TO RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO COORDINATE WITH RAILROAD OPERATORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS FOR HANDLING EMERGENCIES THAT MAY IMPACT BOTH THE PIPELINE & RAIL SYSTEMS. THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PIPELINE SAFETY ADVISORY BULLETIN.
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1992-04-09
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Communication Contents: FRA WILL BE REPRINTING AN UPDATED VERSION OF ITS "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN--GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR RAILROADS." THE FEMA RECENTLY PUBLISHED "PREPAREDNESS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCIES IN RAILYARDS: GUIDANCE FOR RAILROADS AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES," DATED SEPTEMBER 1991, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO AN NTSB RECOMMENDATION IN 1985.
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1991-04-02
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
Addressee Acronym: RSPA
Addressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government
Communication Date: 1990-11-27
Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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