{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-032","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-032","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"INCLUDE IN ITS EMERGENCY PLANS THE AFTER-HOURS TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES TO WHICH ACCIDENTS MUST BE REPORTED, AND INSTRUCT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY AFTER HAZARDS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-032.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-032.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-032","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-032","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-032.\n\nINCLUDE IN ITS EMERGENCY PLANS THE AFTER-HOURS TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES TO WHICH ACCIDENTS MUST BE REPORTED, AND INSTRUCT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TO NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY AFTER HAZARDS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-07-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-07-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 15, 1977, A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN UNDER AN ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS, PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING WHICH JOINED IT TO A STEEL GAS MAIN. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE MAIN AND MIGRATED THROUGH THE STONE FOUNDATION WALLS OF TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS IN THE TWO BUILDINGS IGNITED. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE OTHER BUILDING, AND BROKE NEARBY WINDOWS. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1982-08-03\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LTR: INCLUDED IN THE COMPANY EMERGENCY PLAN ARE AFTER HOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF AGENCIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-14\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-08-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1774}