{"operation":"document","citation":"P-72-065","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-72-065","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1972-12-13","effective_on":"1972-12-13","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE RQUIREMENTS CONCERNING REINFORCEMENT, SPECIAL BACKFILL, AND TAMPING OF MAINS AND SERVICE LINES WHERE THEIR INSTALLATION WILL BE SUBJECTED TO EXTERNAL FORCES DUE TO ANTICIPATED ROAD, CURB, OR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-065.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-065.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-72-065","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-72-065","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-72-065.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE RQUIREMENTS CONCERNING REINFORCEMENT, SPECIAL BACKFILL, AND TAMPING OF MAINS AND SERVICE LINES WHERE THEIR INSTALLATION WILL BE SUBJECTED TO EXTERNAL FORCES DUE TO ANTICIPATED ROAD, CURB, OR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1972-12-13\n\nAdopted Date: 1972-12-13\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 4, 1971, A WOMAN WHO RESIDED IN A SMALL, FRAME HOUSE AT 2109 AMANDA STREET IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, LIT A GAS STOVE IN HER KITCHEN. A VIOLENT EXPLOSION BLEW OFF THE ROOF AND BLEW OUT THE FOUR WALLS OF THE HOUSE. THE ROOF FELL BACK INTO THE BURNING RUBBLE AND THE HOUSE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE WOMAN SUFFERED SEVERE BURNS.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD72XR001\n\nReport Number: PAR-72-05\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1973-02-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE WE WILL HAVE OUR DISTRIBUTION SUBCOMMITTEE GET TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PLASTIC REINFORCING SLEEVES AND INSTALLATIONS WHERE SURFACE LOADS ARE ANTICIPATED. 4/74- ADDENDA NO. 9 WAS PUBLISHED BY THE ASME GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1627}