# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-002

- **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.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-74-002.

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.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1974-02-07

Adopted Date: 1974-02-07

Overall Date Closed: 1985-07-29

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: PLD73XR003

Report Number: PAR-74-01

Addressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1984-02-02

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1978-09-06

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: ASME LTR: ASME-GPSC IS REVIEWING THIS RECOMMENDATION.

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1985-07-29

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Acronym: ASME

Addressee Organization Type: A-Associations

Communication Date: 1978-05-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence
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