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Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

MEDIA Preliminary Loss Reports

About Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

PLRs are intended to be used as an engagement tool for leaders to discuss the hazards and trends impacting Soldier safety and readiness. A PLR contains only basic information, as the investigation is ongoing, but provides sufficient background to allow leaders an opportunity to communicate risk at the Soldier level.

 

PLR 18-052 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A 19-year-old Private assigned to 20th Engineering Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died in a PMV-4 mishap 17 March 2018 in Floyd County, Indiana, at 0230 local. The Soldier’s vehicle exited the interstate, traveled into the median and rolled numerous times before coming to a rest inverted. He was reportedly not wearing a seat belt.

ENGAGEMENT TIPS:

  • Forty-eight percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in traffic crashes in 2016 were unrestrained.

  • Seat belts saved an estimated 14,668 lives of passenger vehicle occupants 5 and older in 2016.

  • Research has found that lap/shoulder seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent.

PLR 18-051 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 21-year-old Private First Class assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, died in a PMV-2 mishap 15 March 2018 in Pembroke, Georgia, at 1850 local. The Soldier was operating his motorcycle when it struck a minivan. He was wearing his personal protective equipment and had completed Motorcycle Safety Foundation training.

PLR 18-050 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 46-year-old Major assigned to Joint Force Headquarters Montana, but serving on Active Guard Reserve orders at the Professional Education Center, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, died in a PMV-2 mishap 14 March 2018 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, at 0730 local. The Soldier was traveling through a construction zone, en route to his duty location, when a tractor-trailer struck his motorcycle. He was wearing his personal protective equipment and had completed Motorcycle Safety Foundation training.

PLR 18-049 - POW Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Privately Owned Weapons
A 26-year-old Sergeant assigned to 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in a privately owned weapon mishap 12 March 2018 in Clarksville, Tennessee, at 1630 local. He was fatally injured by a discharged round while handling a privately owned weapon at his personal residence.

PLR 18-048 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A 25-year-old Private assigned to 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in a PMV-4 mishap 10 March 2018 in Mayfield, Kentucky, at 0200 local. The Soldier was operating a PMV-4 when it exited the roadway, traveled sideways through a field and struck a tree. Excessive speed and wet road conditions are reported as contributing factors.

ENGAGEMENT TIPS:

  • Slow down at the first sign of rain, drizzle, or snow on the road as this is when many road surfaces are most slippery because moisture mixes with oil and dust that has not been washed away.

  • Be sure to turn on your low-beam headlights in reduced visibility instances.

  • Heavy rainfall can reduce visibility to zero. Pull over and wait for the rain to subside, or until visibility is restored.
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