Mosher and experts from Martin-Marietta Co., builders of the missile, had initially recommended against entry during a conference call with Leavitt, according to individuals who were party to the discussions. The airman who died, David Livingston, was one of the four men involved in the entry operation. At issue has been Leavitt's order that two teams reenter the missile complex to measure the toxic vapor levels six hours after the fuel began to spill out from the missile. Relieving Mosher of his Titan command, however, revived complaints among some airmen involved that the accident had been incorrectly handled by the vice commander of SAC, Lt. The announcement that Mosher had been relieved after only six months at the Little Rock base was greeted by several survivors of the accident with the comment that "the wrong man got fired," according to one source.Ī Pentagon official said that Mosher's removal as Little Rock commander related more "to how he handled matters after the accident occurred than during the accident itself." He said top SAC officers believed "he was just a guy over his head when put in the spotlight." Another official noted that SAC had a record of replacing Titan commanders after major accidents, pointing out the same thing happened after the Rock, Kan., oxidizer spill in August 1978 in which two airmen died. Among the others:Ī siren warning system, just months ago described by SAC as too costly and unnecessary for the protection of civilians living or working near the 54 Titan sites, is being developed for each missile complex.Įvery portable tool carried into the silo, according to a new SAC directive, must be tied on a lanyard and attached either to the airman using it or the silo wall.A dropped wrench socket punctured the Titan II's fuel tank and started the Damascus accident.Ī costly, remote moinitoring system is being studied for placement in each underground silo so that in case of a spill or leak, vapor levels could be read from above ground without having to send men into the missile complex. Mosher, announced Wednesday at the base, was one of several actions taken by the Strategic Air Command since the accident occurred to meet complaints about operation of the 18-year-old, liquid-fueled, missile system. _ Showers the greater of: - 36 m 3/h per square metre of the room’s surface area, and - 90 m 3/h per shower head, but not less than 350 m 3/h.The commander in charge of the Titan II missiles at Little Rock Air Force Base has been replaced in a disciplinary action related to the explosion last September at the Titan site near Damascus, Ark., that killed one airman and injured 21 others. _ Toilets and the greater of: urinals - 36 m 3/h per square metre of the room’s surface area, and - 45 m 3/h per toilet or urinal, but not less than 350 m 3/h. clothes _ hooks or lockers the greater of: for damp work 36 m 3/h per square clothes (drying metre of the room’s facilities) surface area, and 12 m 3/h per locker. _ Place Ventilation (in cubic metres of air per hour) _ Change hooks or lockers 18 m 3/h per square rooms for street clothes metre of the room’s or unsoiled work surface area. “physical hazards not otherwise classified”. “self-reactive substances and mixtures”, types A to F – “serious eye damage/eye irritation” category 1 – “skin corrosion/irritation”, category 1 Products classified in one of the following categories: “health hazards not otherwise classified” “specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure” “reproductive toxicity”, categories 1 and 2 “serious eye damage/eye irritation”, category 2 “oral, dermal or inhalation acute toxicity” categories 1, 2 and 3 “substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases” Hazard Classes (Hazardous Products Regulations, SOR/2015-17) Classes (Controlled Products Regulations, SOR/88-66)
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