{"operation":"document","citation":"P-75-012","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-75-012","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1975-10-20","effective_on":"1975-10-20","summary":"REVIEW AND REVISE ITS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND ITS EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAM TO INSURE THAT HOUSES IN A SUSPECTED LEAKAGE AREA ARE ENTERED AND CHECKED FOR GAS. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-012.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-012.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-75-012","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-75-012","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-75-012.\n\nREVIEW AND REVISE ITS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND ITS EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAM TO INSURE THAT HOUSES IN A SUSPECTED LEAKAGE AREA ARE ENTERED AND CHECKED FOR GAS. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1975-10-20\n\nAdopted Date: 1975-09-23\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1985-07-09\n\nSynopsis: ON JUNE 17, 1975, A HOUSE IN STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, EXPLODED AND BURNED WHEN THE OWNER TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC STOVE. THE BLAST FROM THE EXPLOSION SEARED HIS FACE, NECK, ARMS, AND LEGS; HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR BURNS AND SHOCK AND DIED ON JUNE 18.\n\nProbable Cause: The National Transportation Safety Board's investigation of the accident disclosed that gas had been leaking from a corrosion hole, 2 1/2-inches long and 1/8 inch wide, which was located in a 3/4-inch galvanized steel gas service line capped in the basement of the house.\n\nKeywords: Training and Education\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA75FP004\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Stroudsburg Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1985-07-09\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1975-11-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR FROM STROUDSBURG GAS COMPANY: THE STROUDSBURG GAS COMPANY EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD 5 TRAINING PROGRAMS SINCE JUNE 17, 1975, FEATURING LEAK INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES FROM THE INITIAL REPORT OF A LEAK UNTIL IT IS REPAIRED OR ELIMINATED AS ONE. TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL BE HELD FROM TIME TO TIME TO IMPROVE LEAK INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES, AND TO IMPLEMENT NEW PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1985-07-09\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1758}