After Mass. gas explosions, urgent recommendations from NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued urgent safety recommendations based on its investigation into the gas explosions and fires that rocked a residential section of a Massachusetts town in September. The incident in Merrimack Valley killed one person, sent at least 21 others to area hospitals and destroyed dozens of buildings.
The first item on the safety recommendation report : that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts eliminate exemptions for the professional engineer licensure for public utility work and a for requirement for a professional engineer’s seal on public utility engineering drawings.