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FPCD-81-16 1 (1980-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbds0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ,it PEDERAL PERSONNEL AND OCTOBER 22, 1980 COMPKNSATION DIVISION B-200949 The Honorable Mario Biaggi III 1111111111 House of Representatives 113624 Dear Mr. Biaggi: Subject: Adequacy of Safety Procedures at Fort A.P. Hill and National Guard Training Facilitie (FPCD-81-16) In your letter of June 3, 1980, you requested that we inquire into National Guard safety programs. More specif- ically, you asked that we conduct an investigation of the following at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, because of the deaths of two National Guardsmen which occurred while their units were training at this facility. --Whether safety procedures are adequate. --The extent to which safety procedures are followed and enforced at Fort A.P. Hill. --Whether any previous accidents involving fatalities or serious injuries have occurred at Fort A.P. Hill. Subsequent discussions with your office indicated we should determine whether the two deaths at Fort A.P. Hill might be indicative of safety problems throughout the National Guard. In our opinion, the safety procedures of the National Guard are equal to those of the Active Army. Moreover, the District of Columbia and Virginia National Guard safety pro- cedures are further supplemented with separate procedures for individual training activities. The enforcement of safety procedures at Fort A.P. Hill is the responsibility of the units being trained, in this case, District of Columbia and Virginia Guard units. Accident investigation reports indicate that those units either did not enforce and/or did not follow estaolished safety procedures in the two fatal accidents at Fort A.P. Hill. The Commanding General of the District of (961126)

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