NTSB Pipeline RSS Feed http://ntsb.gov/Surface/pipeline/pipeline.htm Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:03:31 -0400 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:02:53 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board determined today that the probable cause of the 2007 pipeline rupture near Carmichael, Mississippi was the failure of a weld that caused the pipe to fracture along the longitudinal seam weld, a portion of the upstream girth weld, and portions of the adjacent pipe joints. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/091014b.html 62DA5192-AE8E-4213-8C41-FA5F1DF8ACDB Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:02:53 -0400 Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended that the U.S. Department of Transportation modify current federal regulations addressing the adequacy of mobile acetylene trailer design for protection during transport and the effectiveness and safety of current unloading procedures. Additionally, the Board asked the Compressed Gas Association to review its standard for fire suppression systems at loading and unloading facilities for these vehicles. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090305.html 06F5B509-D6A1-4337-9740-6CB3A0C92234 Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:02:52 -0500 WASHINGTON, DC - National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today challenged excavators and pipeline safety regulators to build on the progress already made in decreasing the number of pipeline and gas line excavation related accidents, and to be vigilant about safety to lower the accident rate further. http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/081210.html 4437D7B6-7541-4291-BDBF-99EA90E29011 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:53:08 -0500 Washington, DC - National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker said today that the occasion of National Sleep Awareness Week (March 3-9) should remind operators of vehicles in all modes of transportation about the inherent dangers of fatigue. http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2008/080305.html NTSB E51D662E-4996-444F-AB01-F9A0EAC95ADE Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400