{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-007","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-007","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 UGI CORPORATION: INITIATE MORE CONTROLLING INSPECTION PROCEDURES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY OF ALL GAS FACILITIES. WHERE THESE PROJECTS INVOLVE BLASTING, THE UGI INSPECTOR SHOULD OBSERVE THE SHOT HOLE LOADINGS AND OBTAIN A COPY OF THE BLASTER'S \"DIARY\" FOR UGI RECORDS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-007.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-007.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-007","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-007","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-007.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE UGI CORPORATION: INITIATE MORE CONTROLLING INSPECTION PROCEDURES ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY OF ALL GAS FACILITIES. WHERE THESE PROJECTS INVOLVE BLASTING, THE UGI INSPECTOR SHOULD OBSERVE THE SHOT HOLE LOADINGS AND OBTAIN A COPY OF THE BLASTER'S \"DIARY\" FOR UGI RECORDS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-02-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-02-07\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-09-10\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PLD73XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-01\n\nAddressee Name: UGI Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-12-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM UGI CORPORATION: OUR PEOPLE ARE INSTRUCTED TO OBSERVE THAT BLASTING IS CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DER TITLE 25 REGULATIONS. CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTATION INCOMPLETE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1250}