# NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-007

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- **citation:** P-93-007
- **title:** NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-007
- **source type:** guidance
- **agency:** National Transportation Safety Board
- **status:** guidance
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1993-08-23
- **effective on:** 1993-08-23
- **summary:** THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN AMENDMENT TO CENTRAL HUDSON'S GAS OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE NO. 360. "REPLACEMENT OF EXPOSED CAST IRON," THAT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF SUPERVISIORY RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REGULARLY ASSIGNED SUPERVISOR, FOR THE TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION OF THE SAFETY INTEGRITY OF EXPOSED CAST IR
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NTSB safety recommendation P-93-007.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN AMENDMENT TO CENTRAL HUDSON'S GAS OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE NO. 360. "REPLACEMENT OF EXPOSED CAST IRON," THAT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF SUPERVISIORY RESPONSIBILITY, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REGULARLY ASSIGNED SUPERVISOR, FOR THE TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE VERIFICATION OF THE SAFETY INTEGRITY OF EXPOSED CAST IRON PIPE.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1993-08-23

Adopted Date: 1993-08-09

Overall Date Closed: 1993-12-13

Synopsis: A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYED A HOUSE AT 26 LIBERTY STREET IN CATSKILL, NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 6, 1992, ABOUT 7:45 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. THE TWO-STORY WOOD-FRAME HOUSE HAD NOT HAD ACTIVE GAS SERVICE 1969. THE EXPLOSION KILLED A WOMAN IN THE HOUSE, SERIOUSLY INJURED HER DAUGHTER, AND SLIGHTLY INJURED TWO CHILDREN IN A NEIGHBORING HOUSE.

Probable Cause: None

Ntsbnumber: DCA93FP002

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation

Addressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Addressee Date Closed: 1993-12-13

Addressee Acronym: CHG&E

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1993-12-13

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT CENTRAL HUDSON HAS REVISED THE PROCEDURE ACCORDINGLY. CONSEQUENTLY, RECOMMENDATION P-93-7 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION."

Addressee Acronym: CHG&E

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1993-10-22

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: CENTRAL HUDSON HAS AMENDED ITS OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE NUMBER 360, BY ADDING A SUPERVISORY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE CONTINUITY OF SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REGULARLY ASSIGNED SUPERVISOR.
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