Minor injuries are those involving the individual's return to duty
on the same day on which the accident occurs; disailing injuries are those
in which the indi-idual does not return to duty the same day, and are
considered "lost time" cases.
Vehicle, aircraft and property damage
involves accidents resulting in damage to any Air Force property, regardless of the costs.
The costs indicated on the above tables reflect the
dollar value determined by the type of injury which occurs, as follows:
Minor Injury - $7.00 each
.
Disabling Injury - $30.00 for each day hospitalized or quartered
Fatal ~ $31,590 each.
These are charged as disabling injuries.
The commanders of the Test Services Unit, Test Aircraft Unit, and
Test iiase Unit had the responsibility for conduct of an effective ground
safety program within their organizations.
To assist them during the
op2rational period, a tround Safety Technician was furnished by Headquarters
Air Force Special Weapons Center, at Kirtland Air Force Base.
This indi-
vidual worked from the Task Group Headquarters, providing staff-level assis¢
tance, inspecting facilities and assisting in preparation of Ground Accident
Reports.
He also received and made distribution of safety posters and
other promotional materials and conducted occasional meetings with
flisht line and maintenance personnel.
Frequent safety inspections were conducted of all organizations to
determine unsafe conditions and pinpoint existing inadequate satety measures,
From the results of these inspections, corrective action was taken by
commanders and supervisors to preclude recurrence.
A total of 2h6 discrep-
ancies were noted during the test period, all of which were corrected or
minimized, resulting in less exposure to hazardous conditions.
Te safety
education progrem aided in eliminating most unsafe acts of personnel.
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