{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-067","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-067","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1976-10-02","effective_on":"1976-10-02","summary":"INSPECT ITS CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEM THROUGH A RANDOM SAMPLING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE IF OTHER AREAS ARE COVERED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS, IF PIPING IN OTHER AREAS IS GRAPHITIZED TO A DEGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND TO RECTIFY ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOUND. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-067.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-067.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-067","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-067","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-067.\n\nINSPECT ITS CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEM THROUGH A RANDOM SAMPLING PROGRAM TO DETERMINE IF OTHER AREAS ARE COVERED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS, IF PIPING IN OTHER AREAS IS GRAPHITIZED TO A DEGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND TO RECTIFY ANY POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOUND. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1976-10-02\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-09-08\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-02-02\n\nSynopsis: ON MARCH 27, 1976, A TWO-STORY BUILDING THAT HOUSED PHENIX CUTTING AND SEWING, INC., IN PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA, EXPLODED AND BURNED. THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE KILLED THE SIX PERSONS IN THE BUILDING.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA76FP019\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Phenix City, Utilities Board\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-02\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1976-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: LTR. FROM THE UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF PHENIX CITY: INSPECTIONS OF THE CAST IRON PIPE SYSTEM ARE BEING MADE WHEN A LEAK IS FOUND AND IN CASES WHERE THE PIPE IS FOUND TO BE UNSAFE, REPLACEMENT IS BEING SCHEDULED. CHECKS ARE BEING MADE TO DETERMINE IF THE PIPE IS BURIED SUFFICIENTLY TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM EXTERNAL LOADS.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1389}