{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-008","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-008","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 SPECIFIC PREPLANNED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR USE WHEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE IN PROXIMITY TO GAS FACILITIES. SUCH PROCEDURES SHOULD INCLUDE THE USE OF PRESELECTED AND PRELOCATED VALVES WHICH CAN BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY IN THE EVENT OF A GAS LEAD.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-008.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-008.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-008","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-008","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-008.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE UGI CORPORATION: INITIATE SPECIFIC PREPLANNED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR USE WHEN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE IN PROXIMITY TO GAS FACILITIES. SUCH PROCEDURES SHOULD INCLUDE THE USE OF PRESELECTED AND PRELOCATED VALVES WHICH CAN BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY IN THE EVENT OF A GAS LEAD.\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PLD73XR003\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-01\n\nAddressee Name: UGI Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1974-12-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official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: THESE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A COMPREHENSIVE 'SUBSTRUCTURE DAMAGE PREVENTION MANUAL' WHICH HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY UGI. THIS MANUAL IS A FORMALIZATION OF THE HISTORIC METHODS WE HAVE USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO OUR FACILITIES. SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 2.1 REFERS TO P-74-8 AND SECTION 4.1 THROUGH 4.4 REFERS TO P-74-9. CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTATION INCOMPLETE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1435}