# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-010

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- **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.
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NTSB safety recommendation P-74-010.

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.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1974-02-20

Adopted Date: 1974-02-13

Overall Date Closed: 1978-09-28

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: PLD73XR007

Report Number: PAR-74-02

Addressee Name: RSPA

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-09-28
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