Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com will be suspended and guidance will be requested from the Director of Army Safety. The request will document a demonstrated effort to correct or reduce the hazard. d. New equipment or systems acquired will meet Army and Federal safety and health standards so that engineering modifications, management controls, or the use of PCE will not be required to provide a safe and healthful workplace. Guidance for providing safety and health input throughout the acquisition cycle is in AR 385–16 and AR 40–10. 3–9. Abatement program a. Procedures. An analysis of all hazards will be made to determine the degree of risk.
The procedures below will be followed in analyses of safety hazards. (1) Hazards will be risk assessed in terms of hazard severity (table 3-1) and accident probability (table 3-2) and assigned a risk assessment code (RAC) (table 3-3). Cost of correction, future intended use of the facility, and availability of desirable alternative methods of control will be considered. Coordination will be effected between fire department and OH personnel to ensure that hazards identified by those organizations are entered into appropriate abatement plans according to AR 420–90, paragraph 6-9, and TB Med 503, paragraph 3-2e(2). (2) Hazards will be eliminated on a worst-first basis.
An abatement plan must be prepared for each RAC 1 or 2 hazard whose correction will exceed 30 days. Individual deficiencies of an identical character may be grouped together into a single abatement plan or into an associated abatement project. The plans will be kept current by adding new projects and by placing completed projects in a completed projects section. Corrections of violations that have a high dollar cost can be included in the abatement. The command element involved will approve abatement plans. (3) Procedures such as spot checking or sampling will be used to ensure that interim control measures are being implemented.
(4) Copies of abatement plans will be placed in each unit in the place where personnel notices are usually posted. (5) Violations that are the responsibility of another Army command or installation, DOD, or outside agency will be brought to the attention of the responsible official for action. (6) MACOM representatives will review installation abatement plans at least annually to ensure adequate resource allocation and ensure nonresource-intensive corrective actions are accomplished. These plans are also subject to review by HQDA, OSHA, and union representatives. Table 3–1 Hazard severity Category: I Description: Catastrophic Definition:
Loss of ability to accomplish the mission or mission failure. Death or permanent total disability (accident risk). Loss of major or mission-critical system or equipment. Major property (facility) damage. Severe environmental damage. Mission-critical security failure. Unacceptable collateral damage. Category: II Description: CRITICAL Definition: Significantly (severely) degraded mission capability or unit readiness. Permanent partial disability, temporary total disability exceeding 3 months time (accident risk). Extensive (major) damage to equipment or systems. Significant damage to property or the environment. Security failure. Significant collateral damage. Category: III Description:
MARGINAL Definition: Degraded mission capability or unit readiness. Minor damage to equipment or systems, property, or the environment. Lost day due to injury or illness not exceeding 3 months (accident risk). Minor damage to property or the environment. Category: IV Description: NEGLIGIBLE Definition: Little or no adverse impact on mission capability. First aid or minor medical treatment (accident risk). Slight equipment or system damage, but fully functional and serviceable. Little or no property or environmental damage. 12 AR 385–10 • 29 February 2000