NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-015

NTSB safety recommendation P-74-015.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SOUTHERN UNION GAS COMPANY: INITIATE A PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION FOR GAS CUSTOMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF NATAURAL GAS. THIS PROGRAM SHOULD INCLUDE MAILING FLYERS TO CUSTOMERS WHICH INCLUDE NAMES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO BE USED IN EMERGENCIES AND PLACING EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN THE NEWS MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM SHOULD, WHERE APPLICABLE, BE BILINGUAL TO REACH BOTH THE ENGLISH AND NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1974-02-20

Adopted Date: 1974-02-13

Overall Date Closed: 1985-08-19

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.

Keywords: Training and Education, Public Education (Pipeline)

Ntsbnumber: PLD73XR007

Report Number: PAR-74-02

Addressee Name: Southern Union Gas Company

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1985-08-19

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1975-01-09

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication 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 FOLLOWUP PROCEDURES CONCERNING LEAKS HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND REVISIONS MADE TO ASSURE THAT THEIR ACTIONS ARE RESPONSIVE AND APPROPRIATE TO THE EMERGENCY.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1985-08-19

Communication Type: Official Correspondence