{"operation":"document","citation":"P-96-010","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-96-010","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1996-03-06","effective_on":"1996-03-06","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: REQUIRE EACH EXCAVATOR TO OUTLINE THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION BEFORE ASKING THE FACILITY OPERATORS TO MARK THE LOCATIONS OF THEIR FACILITES,","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-010.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-010.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-96-010","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-96-010","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-96-010.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: REQUIRE EACH EXCAVATOR TO OUTLINE THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED EXCAVATION BEFORE ASKING THE FACILITY OPERATORS TO MARK THE LOCATIONS OF THEIR FACILITES,\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nIssued Date: 1996-03-06\n\nAdopted Date: 1996-02-26\n\nOverall Date Closed: 2001-01-12\n\nSynopsis: ABOUT 6:45 P.M. ON 6/9/94, A 2-INCH-DIAMETER STEEL GAS SERVICE LINE THAT HAD BEEN EXPOSED DURING EXCAVATION SEPARATED AT A COMPRESSION COUPLING ABOUT 5 FEET FROM THE NORTH WALL OF JOHN T. GROSS TOWERS, AN EIGHT-STORY RETIREMENT HOME OPERATED BY THE ALLENTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY AT ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. THE FAILED UGI UTILITIES, INC,. (UGI) SERVICE LINE RELEASED NATAURAL GAS AT 55 PSIG PRESSURE, & THE ESCAPING GAS FLOWED UNDERGROUND TO GROSS TOWERS. THE GAS PASSED THROUGH OPENINGS IN THE BUILDING FOUNDATION, ENTERED THE MECHANICAL ROOM THROUGH FLOOR VENTS, & MIGRATED TO OTHER BUILDING FLOORS.\n\nProbable Cause: The failure of the management of Environmental Preservation Associates, Inc. (EPAI) to ensure, through project oversight, compliance with its own excavation requirements and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) excavation requirements.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA94MP003\n\nReport Number: PAR-96-01\n\nAddressee Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 2001-01-12\n\nAddressee Acronym: PA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 2000-08-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: Letter Mail Controlled 09/05/2000 8:01:54 AM MC# 2001113 THE ONLY PROVISION IN THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINE PROTECTION ACT RELATED TO WHITE PAINT OUTLINING MENTIONS THAT \"A CONTRACTOR SHALL USE THE COLOR WHITE TO MARK A PROPOSED EXCAVATION SITE WHEN EXACT SITE INFORMATION CANNOT BE PROVIDED.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: PA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1996-05-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: PA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 2001-01-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: BECAUSE THE PENNSYLVANIA UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINE PROTECTION ACT INCLUDES A PROVISION THAT REQUIRES A CONTRACTOR TO USE THE COLOR WHITE TO MARK A PROPOSED EXCAVATION SITE WHEN EXACT SITE INFORMATION CANNOT BE PROVIDED, P-96-10 IS CLASSIFIED \"CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATE ACTION.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: PA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 2000-06-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: TO DATE THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE TO P-96-8, -9 AND -10. THE SAFETY BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING WHAT ACTION YOUR STATE HAS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2901}