Enclosure 8

REASONS FOR ACCIDENT RISK IN METL TASKS

1. TRANSITION TO MISSION - MEDIUM RISK

- First mission

- Many inexperienced/untrained crews

2. DEPLOY/REDEPLOY - HIGH RISK

- First and last mission

- Fatique and many hours of driving

- 100+ vehicles in convoy, 80+ vehicles by rail

- German roads in adverse weather

- New crews and leaders (rail loading experience)

- Too many distractors

3. PERFORM TACTICAL ROAD MARCH - MEDIUM RISK

- Tired soldiers anticipating next mission

- German roads in adverse weather

4. FIGHT MEETING ENGAGEMENT - HIGH RISK

- Maneuver in highly fluid environment

- Untrained/inexperienced personnel

- All new drivers, little time in vehicles practicing maneuvers

- Minimal training between crews and squads

- Too many distractors

- New soldiers not trained to fight as a crew

5. ATTACK - HIGH RISK

- Moving fast

- Night/early morning, little sleep, late in rotation

- Untrained/inexperienced personnel

- New drivers in all vehicles, little time in vehicles practicing maneuvers

- Handling of demolitions, increased use of heavy equipment

6. DEFEND - MEDIUM RISK

- Long hours with little rest

- Untrained personnel

7. PEACEKEEPING/ENFORCEMENT- HIGH RISK

- New mission (confusion)

- Civilians on battlefield around vehicles

- Decentralized operations (platoons and squads on their own)

- Sleep deprivation

- New soldiers not task trained

- Route clearing, mines, etc. (Cbt Eng)

- Soldier discipline

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