{"operation":"document","citation":"P-74-042","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-74-042","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1974-10-24","effective_on":"1974-10-24","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO ASSIST PIPELINE OPERATORS IN TRAINING METER READERS AND OTHERS WHO WORK AT CUSTOMERS' PREMISES TO DETECT VEGETATION AREAS THAT MIGHT BE AN INDICATION OF GAS LEAKAGE.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-042.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-042.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-74-042","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-74-042","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-74-042.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS GAS PIPING STANDARDS COMMITTEE: DEVELOP GUIDELINES TO ASSIST PIPELINE OPERATORS IN TRAINING METER READERS AND OTHERS WHO WORK AT CUSTOMERS' PREMISES TO DETECT VEGETATION AREAS THAT MIGHT BE AN INDICATION OF GAS LEAKAGE.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1974-10-24\n\nAdopted Date: 1974-10-24\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 23, 1973, A SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS, FOLLOWED BY FIRE, OCCURRED AT 12321 WELLING LANE IN BOWIE, MARYLAND. THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE WERE KILLED, AND A FOURTH WAS INJURED; THE HOUSE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. HOUSES IN A FIVE-BLOCK AREA WERE EVACUATED.\n\nKeywords: Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD73XR006\n\nReport Number: PAR-74-05\n\nAddressee Name: American Society of Mechanical Engineers\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-06\n\nAddressee Acronym: ASME\n\nAddressee Organization Type: A-Associations\n\nCommunication Date: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: GUIDE MATERIAL APPENDIX G-11 PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR LOCATING GAS LEAKS 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":1378}