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093-401-5040 (SL1) - React to Unexploded Ordnance Hazards. Standards: Identified UXO by type and subgroup; recognized associated hazards; took immediate action to prevent death, injury, or damage to materiel; reported the UXO hazard using the UXO Spot Report format. materials, and a UXO Spot Report format.
React to Unexploded Ordnance Hazards Figure 093-401-5040-5a Figure 093-401-5040-5b ( c) Rockets (see figures 093-401-5040-6a through 093-401-5040-6c). -May or may not have fins; have some sort of rocket motor vents in back. -Range in size from 24 inches to several feet in length. -Can contain explosive, chemical, and/or incendiary hazards.
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a. Report UXO hazard to your chain of command. You or your chain of command should request explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) support using the 9- Explosive Hazard Spot Report (formally the UXO Spot Report) b. Be prepared to provide a guide for the EOD team.
that they cause hazards, and (3) remain unexploded either through malfunction or design. A person's ability to recognize a UXO is the first and most important step in reducing the risk posed by a UXO hazard. This section presents information on the most common types of UXO and how it may be found in the field. 2.2 TYPES OF UXO
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) The Department of Defense (DoD), DENIX, defines military munitions (ammo) as “projectiles, bombs, hand grenades, and other types of ammo that the military use in training and combat. Ammo that did not work as it was supposed to work is called UXO or unexplod-ed ordnance.”
UXO is military munitions/explosive ordnance that has been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and that has been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material, and remains unexploded either by malfunction, design, or for any ...
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The Army has developed this web site to educate the public about the hazards associated with military munitions, particularly unexploded ordnance (UXO). Army-wide analyses of accidents involving military munitions and civilian personnel indicate that failure to respect the explosive hazards associated with munitions, particularly UXO, is the ...
