{"operation":"document","citation":"P-93-004","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-004","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-01-26","effective_on":"1993-01-26","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PEOPLE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY: REVISE NATURAL GAS SAFETY GUIDELINES SO THAT IT PROVIDES CONSISTENT, CLEAR CONCISE INFORMATION TO THE CUSTOMERS ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND CORRECTLY RESPOND TO POTENTIAL GAS HAZARDS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-004.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-004.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-004","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-93-004","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-93-004.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PEOPLE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY: REVISE NATURAL GAS SAFETY GUIDELINES SO THAT IT PROVIDES CONSISTENT, CLEAR CONCISE INFORMATION TO THE CUSTOMERS ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND CORRECTLY RESPOND TO POTENTIAL GAS HAZARDS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1993-01-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1993-01-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1993-11-12\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 17, 1992, WHILE A CREW FROM PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY (PEOPLES) WAS DOING ROUTINE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE WORK ON A MONITOR REGULATOR AT ONE OF ITS REGULATOR STATIONS, HIGH-PRESSURE GAS ENTERED A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE GAS--UNDER AS MUCH AS 10 PSIG OF PRESSURE--ESCAPED THROUGH GAS APPLIANCES INTO HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS, WHERE IT WAS IGNITED BY SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED SOURCES. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRES KILLED 4 PEOPLE, INJURED 4, AND DAMAGED 14 HOUSES AND 3 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.\n\nProbable Cause: Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company failure to adequately train its gas operations section employees\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA92MP004\n\nReport Number: PAR-93-01-SUM\n\nAddressee Name: Peoples Gas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1993-11-12\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-02-25\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: WE WANT TO MAKE THE BOOKLET AS USEFUL AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE REVIEWING IT IN LIGHT OF THE NTSB'S REPORT AND WILL DETEMINE WHETHER ANY REVISIONS ARE APPROPRIATE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-09-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE REVISED MANUAL WILL INCLUDE AN INSTRUCTION, PREVIOUSLY GIVEN ORALLY, THAT VAULT MECHANICS, VAULT INSPECTORS AND SUPERVISORS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN VALVES OR REGULATORS TO ELIMINATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE EMERGENCY OPERATING PLAN HAS BEEN REVISED. THE PLAN SETS FORTH RESPONSE PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCIES AND POTENTIAL EMERGENCIES. THE NATURAL GAS SAFETY GUIDELINES BOOKLET HAS BEEN REVISED. THE REVISED BOOKLET WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THREE LANGUAGES.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-04-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT PEOPLES WILL REVIEW ITS EMERGENCY OPERATING PLAN & ITS NATURAL GAS SAFETY GUIDELINES TO DETERMINE IF REVISIONS ARE APPROPRIATE. PENDING A FURTHER RESPONSE, RECOMMENDATIONS P-93-3 & -4 WILL BE CLASSIFIED \"OPEN--ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE.\"\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-11-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD NOTES THAT THE GAS OPERATIONS TRAINING MANUAL, EMERGENCY OPERATING PLAN, AND NATURAL GAS SAFETY GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN REVISED AS REQUESTED. WE WOULD APPREICATE RECEIVING A COPY OF THE REVISED DOCUMENTS. RECOMMENDATIONS P-93-3 AND-4 HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED \"CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION.\"","truncated":false,"body_characters":3004}