{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-010","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-010","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-02-20","effective_on":"1974-02-20","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: AMEND 49 CFR 192 TO REQUIRE THAT CAST-IRON PIPING OR FITTINGS UNCOVERED DURING CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK IN SUCH A WAY AS TO WEAKEN THEIR SUPPORT FROM BELOW BE REPLACED OR REINFORCED TO PROTECT AGAINST OUTSIDE FORCES WHICH COULD CAUSE FAILURE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-010.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-010.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-010","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-010","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-010.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: AMEND 49 CFR 192 TO REQUIRE THAT CAST-IRON PIPING OR FITTINGS UNCOVERED DURING CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK IN SUCH A WAY AS TO WEAKEN THEIR SUPPORT FROM BELOW BE REPLACED OR REINFORCED TO PROTECT AGAINST OUTSIDE FORCES WHICH COULD CAUSE FAILURE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-02-20\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-02-13\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-09-28\n\nSynopsis: ON APRIL 22, 1973, A VIOLENT EXPLOSION DESTROYED 7 OF 15 UNITS IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN EL PASO, TEXAS. SEVEN PERSONS WERE KILLED, AND EIGHT PERSONS WERE HOSPITALIZED, TWO OF WHOM WERE CRITICALLY INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR007\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-02\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-28","truncated":false,"body_characters":899}