INTRODUCTION
DURING AN ESCORT MISSION, A HMMWV DRIVER FELL ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND OVERTURNED, INJURING THE DRIVER. THE SOLDIER HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR NINE CONTINUOUS HOURS AND ON DUTY WITHOUT SLEEP FOR TWENTY-THREE CONTINUOUS HOURS. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED EXTENSIVELYAND WAS LOST TO THE COMPANY FOR SIX WEEKS FOR REPAIRS. |
The Army defines an accident as: "An unplanned event or series of events that results in injury/illness to either Army or non-Army personnel, and/or damage to Army or non-Army property as a direct result of Army operations (caused by the Army)."
--AR 385-40, Accident Reporting and Records
Foreword
What
is protection?|
NEWSLETTER
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