{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-016","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-016","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-04-25","effective_on":"1978-04-25","summary":"INSTRUCT ITS SUPERVISORS IN EACH ZONE TO SCHEDULE THEIR SERVICEMEN SO THAT EMERGENCIES CAN BE HANDLED PROMPTLY AT ALL TIMES. (URGENT)","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-016.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-016.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-016","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-016","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-016.\n\nINSTRUCT ITS SUPERVISORS IN EACH ZONE TO SCHEDULE THEIR SERVICEMEN SO THAT EMERGENCIES CAN BE HANDLED PROMPTLY AT ALL TIMES. (URGENT)\n\nPriority: CLASS I\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-04-25\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-04-25\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1978-09-28\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 14, 1977, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED A TWO-FAMILY HOUSE AT 4930 W. CORTEZ STREET IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED, AND TWO ADJACENT HOUSES WERE DAMAGED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78FP001\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Peoples Gas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1978-09-28\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-06-02\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY LTR: PEOPLE'S HAS INSTITUTED MORE FORMALIZED CONTROLS FOR SERVICEMEN LUNCH BREAKS TO INSURE THAT AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AT ALL TIMES. MEETINGS WERE HELD WITH SERVICEMEN TO REVIEW THESE CONCEPTS. CLERICAL PERSONNEL WHO ACT AS DISPATCHERS WERE REMINDED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEED TO CONTROL THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE AT LUNCH AT A GIVEN TIME.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-06-28\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1404}