{"operation":"document","citation":"P-77-018","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-018","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-08-16","effective_on":"1977-08-16","summary":"REQUIRE, DURING THE REMAINDER OF ITS SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND ALL FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, THE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF ITS CAST-IRON GAS MAINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-77-018","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-77-018","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-77-018.\n\nREQUIRE, DURING THE REMAINDER OF ITS SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND ALL FUTURE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS, THE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF ITS CAST-IRON GAS MAINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-08-16\n\nAdopted Date: 1977-08-15\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-05-04\n\nSynopsis: ON JULY 30, 1977, A LOW-ORDER EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY FIRE DESTROYED A HOUSE IN CHEROKEE, ALABAMA. ONE PERSON IN THE HOUSE SUFFERED THIRD-DEGREE BURNS, WAS HOSPITALIZED, AND DIED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA77FP028\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Cherokee, Water and Gas Board\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04\n\nAddressee Organization Type: L-Local Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-09-07\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CITY OF CHEROKEE LTR: THE CITY OF CHEROKEE HAD RECEIVED GUIDELINES SUCH AS THOSE SUGGESTED BY NTSB FROM ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. THE CITY IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE SUGGESTED MONITORING PROCEDURES. THE CITY WILL REQUIRE THAT THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE CONTRACTOR REDO THE WORK WHERE GAS LINES WERE INVOLVED TO BRING THEM UP TO STANDARD. THE CITY WILL FOLLOW ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALABAMA PSC WHICH INCLUDE ADHERENCE TO 49 CFR 192.755.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1442}