# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-019

**Citation:** P-77-019  
**Type / status:** guidance / guidance  
**Agency:** National Transportation Safety Board  
**Effective:** 1977-08-16  
**Published:** 1977-08-16

EXAMINE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT WHERE NECESSARY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THOSE SEGMENTS OF CAST-IRON GAS MAINS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTURBED ALREADY BY THIS SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. (URGENT)

## Document text

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-019.

EXAMINE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT WHERE NECESSARY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THOSE SEGMENTS OF CAST-IRON GAS MAINS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTURBED ALREADY BY THIS SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-08-16

Adopted Date: 1977-08-15

Overall Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Synopsis: ON JULY 30, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN CHEROKEE, ALABAMA. ONE PERSON IN THE HOUSE SUFFERED THIRD-DEGREE BURNS, WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND DIED.

Ntsbnumber: DCA77FP028

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Cherokee, Water and Gas Board

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1977-09-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: CITY OF CHEROKEE LTR: THE CITY OF CHEROKEE WILL REQUIRE THAT THE SEWER CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY ENGINEER, MR. W. M. PAXTON, RE-DO WORK WHERE GAS LINES ARE INVOLVED, AND BRING ALL WORK UP TO STANDARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LETTER FROM ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-77-019>
- Source ID: `ntsb-pipeline`
- SHA-256: `3378ff8407dc6559057e7d084bfd8aa1052aaddc9c8f6e4c2d1c1f42f8994a9a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T04:57:24.741Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:53:33.300Z
- Document slug: `ntsb-recommendation-p-77-019`

### Source metadata

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  "priority": "CLASS I",
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  "overallDateClosed": "1978-05-04",
  "lastModifiedDate": "2017-09-06",
  "reportNumber": "None",
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