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ARMY ACCIDENT CLASSIFICATION CHART
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Accident
Class
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A
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An Army accident in which the resulting total cost of property damage is $2,000,000 or more; an Army aircraft or missile is destroyed, missing, or abandoned; or an injury and/or occupational illness results in a fatality or permanent total disability. Note that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) accidents are classified based on the cost to repair or replace the UAS. A destroyed, missing, or abandoned UAS will not constitute a Class A accident unless replacement or repair cost exceeds $2,000,000 or more.
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B
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An Army accident in which the resulting total cost of property damage is $500,000 or more, but less than $2,000,000; an injury and/or occupational illness results in permanent partial disability, or when 3 or more personnel are hospitalized as inpatients as the result of a single occurrence.
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C
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An Army accident in which the resulting total cost of property damage is $50,000 or more, but less than $500,000; a nonfatal injury or occupational illness that causes 1 or more days away from work or training beyond the day or shift on which it occurred or disability at any time (that does not meet the definition of Class A or B and is a lost time case).
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D
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An Army accident in which the resulting in total cost of property damage is $2,000 or more, but less than $50,000; a nonfatal injury or illness resulting in restricted work, transfer to another job, medical treatment greater than first aid, needle stick injuries and cuts from sharps that are contaminated from another person’s blood or other potentially infectious material, medical removal under medical surveillance requirements of an OSHA standard, occupational hearing loss, or a work–related tuberculosis case.
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E aviation accident
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An Army accident in which the resulting total cost of property damage is less than $2,000.
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F aviation incident
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Recordable incidents are confined to aircraft turbine engine damage because of unavoidable internal or external foreign object damage, where that is the only damage (does not include installed aircraft auxiliary power units). These incidents will be reported using DA Form 2397–AB–R (Abbreviated Aviation Accident Report); check “F” in the “Accident Classification” block. Note that when appropriate, it is the unit commander’s responsibility to ensure that an SF Form 368 (Product Quality Deficiency Report) or equipment improvement report (EIR) for Category II or message for Category I is completed and forwarded to the appropriate agency per AR 750–6, DA Pam 750–8, or DA Pam 738–751. The USACRC and the appropriate Army Headquarters will be information addressees on all Category I EIRs and product quality deficiency reports.
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NOTES
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When appropriate, it is the unit commander's responsibility to ensure that an SF Form 368 (Product Quality Deficiency Report) or equipment improvement report (EIR) for Category II, or message for Category I is completed and forwarded to the appropriate agency per AR 750-6, DA Pam 750-8, or DA Pam 738-751. The USACR and the appropriate Army Headquarters will be information addressees on all Category I EIRs and product quality deficiency reports.
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