{"operation":"document","citation":"P-73-046","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-73-046","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1973-08-24","effective_on":"1973-08-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE ATLANTIC GAS LIGHT COMPANY: DEVELOP A SECTIONALIZING PROGRAM OF ITS HIGH-PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SO THAT PREPLANNED PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE TO ISOLATE ANY SECTION OF ITS SYSTEM IN AN EMERGENCY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-046.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-046.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-73-046","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-73-046","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-73-046.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE ATLANTIC GAS LIGHT COMPANY: DEVELOP A SECTIONALIZING PROGRAM OF ITS HIGH-PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SO THAT PREPLANNED PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE TO ISOLATE ANY SECTION OF ITS SYSTEM IN AN EMERGENCY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1973-08-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1973-08-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nSynopsis: A GAS EXPLOSION OCCURRED ON AUGUST 31, 1972 IN THE ANNEX BUILDING OF AN ATLANTA, GA., HIGH SCHOOL. GAS HAD LEAKED INTO THE BUILDING FROM A CRACKED CAST-IRON MAIN LOCATED BENEATH THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE ANNEX. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY (AGL) PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE LEAK SITE APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AFTER AGL WAS FIRST NOTIFIED OF THE LEAK AND APPROXIMATELY 1/2 HOUR BEFORE THE EXPLOSION. ONE PERSON DIED AND SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD72XR005\n\nReport Number: PAR-73-03\n\nAddressee Name: Atlanta Gas Light Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-07-20\n\nAddressee Acronym: AGL\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-07-12\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY: THROUGHOUT THE HIGH-PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF VALVES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO ALLOW FOR ISOLATION OF A SPECIFIC SECTION OF THE SYSTEM IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. A PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY TO UPDATE OUR \"CUT-OFF DISTRICT PLAN\" TO PROVIDE PREPLANNED PROCEDURES FOR ISOLATING THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE SYSTEM.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1606}