NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-005

NTSB safety recommendation P-74-005.

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: INSURE THAT ANY UTILITY COMPANY AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION HAVE A PREPLANNED EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WHICH IS UNDERSTOOD BY ALL PARTIES AND WHICH CAN BE CARRIED OUT EXPEDITIOUSLY.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Unacceptable Action

Issued Date: 1974-02-07

Adopted Date: 1974-02-07

Overall Date Closed: 1983-04-01

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: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Borough of Coopersburg, Municipal Authority

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1983-04-01

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1982-10-08

Communication Type: Official Correspondence