{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-012","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-012","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 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR PINPOINTING THE LOCATION OF REPORTED GAS LEAKS. THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD INCLUDE PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF HAZARD THAT EXISTS AS A RESULT OF THE REPORTED LEAK.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-012.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-012.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-012","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-012","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-012.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT: THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR PINPOINTING THE LOCATION OF REPORTED GAS LEAKS. THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD INCLUDE PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE OF HAZARD THAT EXISTS AS A RESULT OF THE REPORTED LEAK.\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: 1979-02-06\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Number: PAR-74-02\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-09-06\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ASME LTR: GUIDE MATERIAL APPENDIX G-11 PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR LOCATING REPORTED GAS LEAKS AND FOR CLASSIFYING THE LEAK AS RECOMMENDED BY NTSB.\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-05-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1353}