{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-004","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-004","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; CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED PRECONSTRUCTION MEETINGS FOR ALL PROJECTS TO EXPLAIN THE FULL SCOPE, TIMING, AND CRITICAL OR HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS INVOLVED. AT THESE MEETINGS, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE AFFECTED UTILITY COMPANIES SHOULD BE ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-004.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-004.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-004","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-004","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-004.\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; CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED PRECONSTRUCTION MEETINGS FOR ALL PROJECTS TO EXPLAIN THE FULL SCOPE, TIMING, AND CRITICAL OR HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS INVOLVED. AT THESE MEETINGS, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE AFFECTED UTILITY COMPANIES SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH ANY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE JOBSITE.\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Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Borough of Coopersburg, Municipal Authority\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official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":1419}