{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-005","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-005","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: 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-005.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-005.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-005","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-005","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-005.\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: 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.\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Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Borough of Coopersburg, Municipal Authority\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1983-04-01\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1983-04-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official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":1258}