Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com (e) Authority of board presidents for determining the scope, equipment, technical assistance, and other support necessary to accomplish investigations. (f) Those installation-level organizations required to support investigations and the type of support required. (g) Provisions for command review and briefings. (h) Internal procedures necessary to safeguard the privileged nature of accident reports maintained under their control. (i) Procedures for establishing and maintaining an accident recommendation tracking system for recommendations within their assigned area of responsibility.
(15) Ensure subordinate organizations develop, coordinate, and exercise aviation and ground emergency plans (see DA Pam 385–10 and DA Pam 385–40). (16) Ensure that the commander or director appoints additional duty safety personnel to perform required safety and accident prevention functions at troop/industrial/administrative units. This includes company-level or equivalent or- ganizational component. (17) Ensure subordinate organizations maintain an effective safety program consisting of the specific safety program elements listed in table 1–1, above, based on operational and mission requirements. z. Army service component commands.
The ASCCs operating outside the United States will— (1) Address the applicability of host nation (HN) safety and occupational health standards to Army operations in regulations and policies. (2) Establish the theater-unique policy and procedures for safety and occupational health requirements to address theater-unique hazards and to ensure compliance with applicable status of forces agreements (SOFAs), supplements, and undersigned protocols thereto. (3) Advocate establishment of safety and occupational health requirements in SOFAs that are common for U.S. and HN personnel.
(4) Comply with Army safety standards applicable to operations and missions within the United States and its territories unless compliance is impracticable or would violate applicable SOFAs, supplements, and undersigned protocols thereto. aa. U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosives Safety. The USATCES will execute technical aspects of the Army ESMP for the DASAF, including the following: (1) Assign hazard classification to explosives and ammunition and ensure proper coordination with DOD and the military Services. (2) Provide final Army review and approval of explosives and chemical agent safety site and construction plans being submitted for approval on behalf of the ODASAF to the DDESB.
(3) In coordination with the ODASAF, continually assess and identify explosives and chemical agent safety training requirements for the Army and for other Services in accordance with the Single Manager for Conventional Ammuni- tion charter. (4) Provide explosives and chemical agent safety training to support Army safety career program requirements (with the exception of the Chemical Demilitarization Program) through the Defense Ammunition Center. (5) Provide technical assistance and track explosives and chemical agent safety waivers, exemptions, Certificates of Risk Acceptance, and CCRs.
(6) Provide technical support to the Army staff for budgetary planning on matters affecting explosives safety. (7) Provide explosives safety and chemical agent safety technical information and assistance to HQDA, ACOMs, ASCCs, DRUs, FOAs, and installations in support of Armywide operations. (8) Establish and maintain an explosives safety technical database and a comprehensive explosives safety technical library. (9) Maintain and execute the U.S. Army Explosives Safety Test Management Program to validate, establish, or modify explosives safety requirements promoting research, development, promulgation, and application of explosives safety technology.
(10) Provide explosives and chemical agent accident investigation assistance, analyzing explosives and chemical agent accident data and tracking remedial actions to develop and recommend corrective measures to the ODASAF. (11) Track and follow-up inspection results; provide consolidated trend data to ODASAF to develop recommended improvements, prioritization, and program policy changes. (12) Review, approve, and support explosive safety submissions and explosives safety quantity-distance site plans for munitions response development. (13) Perform initial and periodic validation of explosives manufacturing and load, assembly, and pack processes. Provide copies of validations to ODASAF.
(14) Conduct explosives safety assistance visits of ammunition activities as requested by HQDA or the ACOMs, ASCCs, DRUs, or NGB. Reports will be provided directly to the commander involved and will contain observations, comments, and recommendations for improvements or changes to specific ammunition operations or processes to enhance safety. 11 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007/RAR 4 October 2011