Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com (7) Monitor and measure Army Safety Program effectiveness through triennial auditing and management evaluation visits of ACOMs, ASCCs, DRUs, NGB, field operating agencies (FOAs), and their subordinate organizations. (8) Provide direction and tasking to the Director, U.S. Army Technical Center for Explosives Safety (USATCES), on explosives and chemical agent safety matters. (9) Advocate a program of specialized safety training courses for the Army. (10) Establish procedures for accident reporting and recording Armywide. (11) Determine which accidents will be investigated by the USACR/SC under the centralized accident investigation (CAI) criteria.
(12) Support appropriate funding to provide for an effective Army Safety Program. (13) Periodically, at intervals not to exceed 5 years, review all Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA)- approved Certificates of Risk Acceptance (CORAs) and Certificates of Compelling Reasons (CCRs) to ensure risk assessments are current; that all exposures, risks, and mitigating actions are identified and the need for continuance; and provide endorsement to the Secretariat for approval of continuation of the CORA or CCR and any changes to be made to mitigating measures.
(14) Provide Army staff oversight of the Army Radiation Safety Program; designate, in writing, a qualified health physicist to serve as the Army radiation safety officer (RSO) to manage the Army Radiation Safety Program in accordance with DOD, Army, and Federal regulations. (15) Serve as proponent for the Army explosives safety, chemical agent safety, and biological safety programs. Serve as proponent for explosives, biological agent, and chemical agent safety training; review programs of instruction on at least a 3–year basis. (16) Conduct preoperational surveys of selected chemical agent and biological operations and all biosafety level 3 (BSL–3) and BSL–4 facilities.
(17) Monitor compliance with conditions of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licenses, Army radiation authorizations (ARAs), and AMC-held radioactive commodity licenses. (18) Coordinate with The Surgeon General (TSG) and the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) functional proponent for preventive medicine (PVNTMED) on the Army Occupational Health Program and on occupational safety issues including medical aspects of safety policy regarding hazard communication and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) program requirements. (19) Exchange accidental injury data with TSG for an accurate assessment of the Army health status.
(20) Approve protective clothing and equipment use in chemical agent operations in accordance with DA Pam 385–61. (21) Serve as HQDA focal point for integration and coordination of explosives safety activities and approve all actions that establish an Army explosives safety position. (22) In coordination with the Department of the Army Explosives Safety Council (DAESC), submit recommenda- tions for the Army military representative to the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board (DDESB) and primary and alternate DDESB voting members to the ASA (IE&E) for approval. (23) Oversee, in coordination with DCS, G–4, safety aspects of the Ammunition Logistics Reviews.
Provide input to DCS, G–4 on explosives safety inspection criteria and special emphasis items. (24) Assist the EDES with defining the resources, including funding for USATCES, necessary to accomplish the Army’s Explosive Safety Management Program (ESMP) per this regulation. (25) Provide Letter of Input for performance evaluations for the Director, USATCES. h. Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1. The DCS, G–1 will— (1) Support safety policy and procedure development. (2) Implement policy with advocacy for Soldier-oriented research and development, including issues in manpower, personnel, training, human factors engineering, health hazards, systems safety, and Soldier survivability.
(3) Ensure systems safety is integrated into materiel development and acquisition phases through the Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) Program; include safety concerns and issues on Army materiel in MANPRINT assessments and presentations at the Army System Acquisition Review Council. (4) Integrate system safety and health hazard reviews into MANPRINT. i. Deputy Chief of Staff, G–3/5/7. The DCS, G–3/5/7 will— (1) Establish policy, standards, and procedures for the physical security of chemical weapons. (2) Establish operational controls for chemical agents, munitions, and related weapons systems.
(3) Establish policy, standards, and procedures for inspections of storage depots, demilitarization facilities, contrac- tor operations, and commands or agencies with chemical agent oversight responsibilities. (4) Verify the safe disposal, demilitarization, and decontamination of chemical agents and munitions. (5) Ensure safe transit of arms, ammunition, and explosives. (6) Act as focal point for chemical agent matters in the Army. 3 AR 385–10 • 23 August 2007/RAR 4 October 2011