{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-035","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-035","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-08-21","effective_on":"1974-08-21","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT COLUMBIA GAS OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.: INITIATE A MORE INTENSE GENERAL PUBLIC AND GAS CUSTOMER INFORMATION PROGRAM AS TO THE NATURE, CHARACTERISTICS, AND HAZARDS OF NATURAL GAS AND THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN WHEN IT IS ENCOUNTERED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-035.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-035.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-035","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-035","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-035.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT COLUMBIA GAS OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.: INITIATE A MORE INTENSE GENERAL PUBLIC AND GAS CUSTOMER INFORMATION PROGRAM AS TO THE NATURE, CHARACTERISTICS, AND HAZARDS OF NATURAL GAS AND THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN WHEN IT IS ENCOUNTERED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-08-21\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-08-21\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nSynopsis: On December 2, 1973, an explosion followed by an intense fire killed three persons, injured two others, and destroyed a house on the outskirts of Charleston, W. Va. Fire, fueled by natural gas which had saturated the soil, later rekindled briefly in the ground around the house.\n\nKeywords: Hazmat\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD74XR008\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-04\n\nAddressee Name: NiSource, Inc. (formerly Columbia Gas)\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1976-09-10\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-02-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LETTER FROM COLUMBIA GAS: THEY WILL USE \"GAS SCRATCH CARD\" ONCE A YEAR AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT REGARDING SAFETY AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. ALSO THEY ARE WORKING ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN WHICH GREATER EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON INSTRUCTING THE CUSTOMER AND GENERAL PUBLIC TO CALL IN EMERGENCIES. 2/23/78 - LTR FROM COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM SERVICE CORPORATION: A SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES OVER THE SEVEN STATES IN WHICH CDC OPERATES DURING 1978. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM DIRECTED AT THE PUBLIC-AT-RISK RATHER THAN JUST GAS CUSTOMERS. CORRESPONDENCE DOCUMENTATION INCOMPLETE.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1716}