NTSB Safety Recommendation P-77-019

NTSB safety recommendation P-77-019.

EXAMINE, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT WHERE NECESSARY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, THOSE SEGMENTS OF CAST-IRON GAS MAINS THAT HAVE BEEN DISTURBED ALREADY BY THIS SEWER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. (URGENT)

Priority: CLASS I

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1977-08-16

Adopted Date: 1977-08-15

Overall Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Synopsis: 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.

Ntsbnumber: DCA77FP028

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: State of Alabama, City of Cherokee, Water and Gas Board

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1978-05-04

Addressee Organization Type: L-Local Government

Communication Date: 1977-09-07

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: CITY OF CHEROKEE LTR: THE CITY OF CHEROKEE WILL REQUIRE THAT THE SEWER CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY ENGINEER, MR. W. M. PAXTON, RE-DO WORK WHERE GAS LINES ARE INVOLVED, AND BRING ALL WORK UP TO STANDARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LETTER FROM ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.