{"operation":"document","citation":"P-95-029","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-95-029","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1995-05-10","effective_on":"1995-05-10","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MINNESOTA OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY: DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR GATHERING & EXCHANGING COMPLAINT & PIPELINE STRIKE INFO WITH STATE PIPELINE OPERATORS & THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY & USE THAT INFO TO REDUCE EXCAVATION-CAUSED DAMAGE BY TARGETING TRAINING & ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-95-029.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-95-029.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-95-029","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-95-029","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-95-029.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MINNESOTA OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY: DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR GATHERING & EXCHANGING COMPLAINT & PIPELINE STRIKE INFO WITH STATE PIPELINE OPERATORS & THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISION OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY & USE THAT INFO TO REDUCE EXCAVATION-CAUSED DAMAGE BY TARGETING TRAINING & ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1995-05-10\n\nAdopted Date: 1995-04-18\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1996-03-20\n\nSynopsis: ABOUT 8:30 A.M. ON 7/22/93, A CITY OF ST. PAUL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BACKHOE HOOKED & PULLED APART A NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY HIGH-PRESSURE GAS SERVICE LINE. THE 1-INCH PLASTIC LINE PULLED APART APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET FROM WHERE THE BACKHOE HOOKED THE LINE & JUST OUTSIDE AN ELBOW THAT WAS WITHIN 1 FOOT OF THE STONE FOUNDATION WALL OF A BUILDING. A SIDEWALK EXTENDED FROM THE STREET TO THE FOUNDATION WALL & HINDERED THE GAS FROM RISING. HOWEVER, THE FOUNDATION WALL HAD MANY HOLES & LOOSE, PERMEABLE MORTAR, ENABLING NATURAL GAS TO FLOW QUICKLY INTO THE BUILDING, WHICH CONTAINED THREE GROUND-FLOOR BUSINESSES & EIGHT UPSTAIR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS. AN EXPLOSION & NATURAL GAS-FUELED FIRE RESULTED ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER THE BACKHOE HOOKED THE SERVICE LINE. THE EXPLOSION FORCE CAUSED PART OF THE BUILDING TO LAND ON & FLATTEN AN AUTOMOBILE TRAVELING SOUTHWEST ON EAST THIRD STREET, & THE DRIVER DIED INSTANTLY. THE EXPLOSION & ENSUING FIRE ALSO KILLED AN APARTMENT OCCUPANT & A PERSON OUTSIDE THE BUILDING & INJURED 12 PEOPLE.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nKeywords: Excavation, Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA93MP011\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Minnesota, Office of Pipeline Safety\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1996-03-20\n\nAddressee Acronym: MNOPS\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1995-11-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH DIVISON OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY (MNOPS) & MINNESOTA OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY (MNOSHA) MET ON 6.5.95 TO IMPLEMENT THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION. AT THE MEETING, MNOPS & MNOSHA DESCRIBED THEIR JURISDICATIONAL LIMITS, HOW THEY BECOME AWARE OF A PIPELINE STRIKE & HOW THAT INFO MIGHT BE SHARE. AT THE MEETING, MNOSHA & MNOPS AGREES TO: 1. CHANGE THEIR WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO INCLUDE INFO THAT WILL ALLOW BOTH MNOPS & MNOSHA TO IDENTIFY UNSAFE EXCAVATION OPERATION. 2. CHANGE THEIR WRITTEN PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT BOTH ORGANIZATION ARE NOTIFIED OF POTENTIAL EXCAVATION VIOLATIONS. 3. SHARE SPEAKERS & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. AS OF THIS 11/22/95 RESPONSE, MNOSHA & MNOPS SUBMITTED DOCUMENTAITON THAT THE AGREEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.\n\nAddressee Acronym: MNOPS\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1996-03-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD NOTES THAT MNOPS & MNOSHA REPRESENTATIVES & ADMINISTRATORS MET ON 6/5/95, & IMPLEMENTED WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR EXCHANGING PIPELINE STRIKE INFO. FURTHER, THE MNOPS & THE MNOSHA ARE SHARING & PLAN TO CONTINUE SHARING SPEAKERS & EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR. BECAUSE THE BOARD BELIEVES THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE MNOPS & MNOSHA REPRESENTATIVES & ADMINISTRATORS WILL REDUCE EXCAVATION-CAUSED DAMAGE, P-95-29 & -30 HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED \"CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION.\"","truncated":false,"body_characters":3548}