{"operation":"document","citation":"P-77-007","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-007","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-05-26","effective_on":"1977-05-26","summary":"INSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL IN INSPECTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF UNDETECTED FAULTY WELDS AND CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE TO OPERATING PIPELINES.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-007.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-007.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-007","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-77-007","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-77-007.\n\nINSTRUCT ITS PERSONNEL IN INSPECTION TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND EMPHASIZE THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF UNDETECTED FAULTY WELDS AND CONSTRUCTION DAMAGE TO OPERATING PIPELINES.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-05-26\n\nAdopted Date: 1977-05-24\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-11-21\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 25, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA; THE OCCUPANT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THE EXPLOSION.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77MP011\n\nReport Number: PAR-77-04\n\nAddressee Name: Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-11-21\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-12-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PENNSYLVANIA GAS AND WATER COMPANY LTR: WE DO HAVE A CONTINUING PROGRAM AT PENNSYLVANIA GAS AND WATER COMPANY. YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ADOPTED ACT #287 ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO TO SPECIFICALLY PREVENT EXCAVATION WORK FROM DAMAGING UNDERGROUND LINES. THIS ACT HAS GREATLY IMPROVED OUR CONTROL AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-15\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1387}