NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-016

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-016.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION: IN REGARD TO RECOMMENDATION 2(A), DEVELOP SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR COORDINATING AND REGULATING THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL PARTIES WORKING NEAR UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Synopsis: "SPECIAL STUDY - PREVENTION OF DAMAGE TO PIPELINES." THIS SPECIAL STUDY CONCERNS DAMAGE TO GAS AND LIQUID PIPELINES CAUSED BY EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BLASTING.

Ntsbnumber: 80571

Report Number: PSS-73-01

Addressee Name: American Public Works Association

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29

Addressee Acronym: APWA

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1973-07-24

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: LETTER FROM APWA: A MEETING HAD BEEN SET UP TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH APWA MAY IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 1/4/77 - LTR. FROM UTILITY LOCATION AND COORDINATION COUNCIL: INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT IS OFTEN INCLUDED IN GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MANUALS, BUT IS SKETCHY. ASSUMING THAT NO SINGLE CONCISE DOCUMENT OF THIS TYPE EXISTS, THE ULCC COULD DEVELOP AND PUBLISH A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. OR IT COULD INCLUDE A SECTION ON THIS IN THE GUIDELINES FOR FORMING COMMITTEES.