{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-002","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-002","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-02-07","effective_on":"1974-02-07","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR USE BY PIPELINE OPERATORS TO PROTECT PIPELINE FACILITIES AFFECTED BY BLASTING OPERATIONS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-002.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-002.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-002","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-002","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-002.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR USE BY PIPELINE OPERATORS TO PROTECT PIPELINE FACILITIES AFFECTED BY BLASTING OPERATIONS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-02-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-02-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-07-29\n\nSynopsis: IN COOPERSBURG, PA., ON FEBRUARY 21, 1973, A GAS PIPELINE WAS RUPTURED BY DYNAMITE AND GAS AT 50 PSIG ENTERED AN APARTMENT HOUSE AND EXPLODED. FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED, 16 PERSONS WERE INJURED, AND 2 BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-01\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1984-02-02\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-06\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ASME LTR: ASME-GPSC IS REVIEWING THIS RECOMMENDATION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-07-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-05-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1346}