{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-003","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-003","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 MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF THE BOROUGH OF COOPERSBURG, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, AND THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS: INITIATE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND MORE CONTROLLING INSPECTION PROCEDURES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO INSURE THAT ALL WORK IS PERFORMED SAFELY AND CORRECTLY AS DETAILED IN CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHERE BLASTING ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-003.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-003.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-003","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-003","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-003.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OF THE BOROUGH OF COOPERSBURG, THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, AND THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS: INITIATE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND MORE CONTROLLING INSPECTION PROCEDURES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO INSURE THAT ALL WORK IS PERFORMED SAFELY AND CORRECTLY AS DETAILED IN CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WHERE BLASTING IS INVOLVED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-02-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-02-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1983-04-01\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Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Borough of Coopersburg, Municipal Authority\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-10-08\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1333}