{"operation":"document","citation":"P-88-004","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-88-004","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1988-11-21","effective_on":"1988-11-21","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY: RELOCATE GAS METERS INSTALLED IN PITS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO BUILDING OPENINGS.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-004.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-004.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-88-004","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-88-004","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-88-004.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE PIEDMONT NATURAL GAS COMPANY: RELOCATE GAS METERS INSTALLED IN PITS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO BUILDING OPENINGS.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1988-11-21\n\nAdopted Date: 1988-10-25\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1990-11-21\n\nSynopsis: ON JANUARY 18, 1988, A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYED THE BUILDING HOUSING THE K&W CAFETERIA AND THE LOBBY OF THE SHERATON MOTOR INN AT 380 KNOLLWOOD STREET, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA. TWO ADJOINING MOTEL WINGS SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. OF THE FOUR PERSONS IN THE LOBBY/ CAFETERIA BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION, THREE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FOURTH PERSON SUSTAINED A FRACTURED ANKLE. ONE MOTEL GUEST ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS BUT REFUSED TREATMENT.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA88MP008\n\nReport Number: PAR-88-01\n\nAddressee Name: Piedmont Natural Gas Company\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1990-11-21\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-04-03\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: ALL METER SETS LOCATED IN PITS ADJACENT TO BUILDING OPENINGS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE TO RELOCATE THE METER SETS OR TO SEAL THE BUILDING OPENINGS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1990-05-31\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: PIEDMONT HAS EITHER RELOCATED THE METER SETS OR SEALED BUILDING OPENINGS FOR THOSE METER SETS KNOWN TO BE LOCATED IN PITS ADJACENT TO BUILDING OPENINGS.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-03-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1989-07-27\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1990-11-21\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":2004}