{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-013","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-013","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 SOUTHERN UNION GAS COMPANY: INSTRUCT THE MAINTENANCE CREWS CONCERNING THE HAZARDS OF INADEQUATE SUPPORT DURING THE FILLING OF RECENTLY EXCAVATED PIPING FACILITIES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-013.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-013.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-013","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-013","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-013.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SOUTHERN UNION GAS COMPANY: INSTRUCT THE MAINTENANCE CREWS CONCERNING THE HAZARDS OF INADEQUATE SUPPORT DURING THE FILLING OF RECENTLY EXCAVATED PIPING FACILITIES.\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: 1976-09-10\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PLD73XR007\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-02\n\nAddressee Name: Southern Union Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-01-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: SOUTHERN UNION GAS COMPANY LTR: WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THOSE PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED. WE HAVE REEMPHASIZED THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR COMPLIANCE ON THE PART OF OUR PERSONNEL. 1/17/75 - IN TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, SOUTHERN UNION STATED THAT ALL MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED AS RECOMMENDED","truncated":false,"body_characters":1234}