NTSB Safety Recommendation P-95-032

NTSB safety recommendation P-95-032.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: ADVISE YOUR MEMBERS OF THE PIPELINE SAFETY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE INTERCESSION CITY, FLORIDA ACCIDENT REPORT, & URGE THEM TO WORK WITH RAILROAD OPERATORS IN DEVELOPING PLANS FOR HANDLING EMERGENCIES INVOLVING BOTH RAIL & PIPELINE.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1995-05-30

Adopted Date: 1995-05-16

Overall Date Closed: 1995-08-01

Synopsis: ON 11/30/93, A 184-FOOT-LONG VEHICLE OPERATED BY ROUNTREE TRANSPORT & RIGGING (ROUNTREE), INC., WAS EN ROUTE TO DELIVER AN 82-TON TURBINE TO A KISSIMMEE UTILITY AUTHORITY (KUA) ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR INTERCESSION CITY, FLORIDA. THE PRIVATE ACCESS ROAD TO THE PLANT FACILITY CROSSES OVER A SINGLE RAILROAD TRACK OWNED BY CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC, (CSXT). BECAUSE OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THE TRUCK & THE PROFILE OF THE ROADWAY, THE CARGO DECK OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BOTTOM OUT ON THE ROADWAY SURFACE AS IT MOVED ACROSS THE TRACKS. THE ROUNTREE CREW PROCEEDED TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF CARGO DECK TO GAIN GREATER CLEARANCE WHILE THE VEHICLE STRADDLED THE TRACKS. THEY HAD FINISHED RAISING THE CARGO DECK & WERE PREPARING TO MOVE THE VEHICLE WHEN THE LIGHTS & BELLS AT THE GRADE CROSSING ACTIVATED. SECONDS LATER, NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) TRAIN NUMBER 88, THE SILVER METEOR, CARRYING 89 PASSENGERS, STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE CARGO DECK & THE TURBINE. THE LOCOMOTIVE & THE FIRST FOUR CARS OF THE EIGHT-CAR CONSIST DERAILED, CARRYING THE TURBINE & PARTS OF THE ROUNTREE VEHICLE WITH THEM.

Ntsbnumber: DCA94MH002

Report Number: HAR-95-01

Addressee Name: Interstate Natural Gas Association of America

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1995-08-01

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1995-08-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT THE INGAA NOTIFIED ITS MEMBERS OF THE SAFETY ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE INTERCESSION CITY, FLORIDA INVESTIGATION THROUGH A 6/5/95, MEMORANDUM & THAT THE SAFETY ISSUES WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR MEETINGS OF THE INGAA'S SAFETY COMMITTEES LATER THIS YEAR. THE INGAA ALSO URGED MEMBERS WHOSE PIPELINES CROSS OR ARE ADJACENT TO RAILROADS TO REVIEW THEIR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING WITH THE RAILROAD OEPRATORS. BASED ON THIS INFO P-95-32 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION." WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORTAITON SAFETY.

Addressee Acronym: INGAA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1995-06-05

Communication Type: Official Correspondence