Risk Management Magazine

I think everybody has at least one “there-I-was” story. In my years in Army aviation, I have acquired a few. To me, these stories are life lessons. After all, if it didn’t kill you, it should make you smarter. Here’s one of my life lessons.

Several Army organizations have received notices of violation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for not having their break area in their maintenance facility as clean as practicable of contaminated dust.

During fiscal year 2019, the Army lost 27 Soldiers to PMV-2 (motorcycle-related) mishaps. From the 13 PMV-2 preliminary loss reports (PLRs) published last year by the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center, one can clearly glean the common fatal threads that led to the loss of these great Americans.