NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-018

NTSB safety recommendation P-73-018.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION: DEVELOP STANDARD COLORS FOR IDENTIFYING UNDERGROUND FACILITIES TO BE USED FOR TEMPORARY MARKING AND STAKING BY OPERATORS OF SUCH FACILITIES, AND URGE LOCAL CHAPTERS TO SUPPORT ADOPTION AND USE OF THESE STANDARD COLORS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1973-06-18

Adopted Date: 1973-06-07

Overall Date Closed: 1976-09-10

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Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable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: 1976-09-10

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. 1975 - IN VOL. I OF THE UTILITY LOCATION & COORDINATION COUNCIL'S PUBLICATION "THE COORDINATOR", THE COLOR STANDARD RECOMMENDED WAS PUBLISHED.