{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-060","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-060","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-07-15","effective_on":"1980-07-15","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY: INSTRUCT ITS EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH COMPANY POLICY REQUIRING THE PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE UNTIL ONSCENE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-060.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-060.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-060","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-060","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-060.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY: INSTRUCT ITS EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH COMPANY POLICY REQUIRING THE PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE UNTIL ONSCENE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-07-15\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-07-08\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1980-09-29\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 30, 1979, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION AND FIRE DEMOLISHED A TOWNHOUSE AT 215 THIRD STREET SE., IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND DAMAGED NEARBY BUILDINGS AND CARS. NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE TOWNHOUSE AT THE TIME, BUT THREE PERSONS IN A STOPPED CAR WERE INJURED WHEN DEBRIS FROM THE EXPLOSION SHATTERED A CAR WINDOW.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD80XR002\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-04\n\nAddressee Name: Washington Gas\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1980-09-29\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-08-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY LTR: A COPY OF A WGL INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION DATED JULY 21, 1980, ADDRESSED TO ALL TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FIELD PERSONNEL TITLED, \"HANDLING OF EVIDENCE AT SITE OF INCIDENT.\" THE COMMUNICATION STATES IN PART: \"ONCE THE JOB SITE IS MADE SAFE AN APPROPRIATE MEMBER OF THE INVESTIGATIVE TASK FORCE SHOULD BE CONTACTED BEFORE THE SITE OR ITEMS OF COMPANY PROPERTY ARE REMOVED, DESTROYED, OR DISTURBED, BEYOND WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE JOB SITE SAFE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-09-29\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1663}