PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-691
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 691
JUNE 2010
52
PS 691
JUN 10
53
PS 691
JUN 10
•
Horizontal dash (-): A required inspection, component replacement, or
maintenance operation check/test is due but has not been done, or an overdue
MWO has not been completed.
•
Diagonal slash (/): A material defect other than a deFciency must be
corrected to increase efFciency or make the item serviceable.
•
Last name initial: A completely satisfactory condition exists.
According to DA PAM 750-8, the status symbol chosen reflects the judgment
of the person making the inspection, operating the equipment, or doing the
maintenance.
No one can order someone else to change a status symbol.
All changes become permanent, except Circled X, until the fault is corrected
or it is otherwise overridden by the commander’s designated representative,
who is knowledgeable about maintenance.
Limited conditions apply in changing status symbols and are fully explained
in Section 6 (a) of DA PAM 750-8. ±aults are corrected per the Army -10
and -20 PMCS maintenance standards noted in AR 750-1,
Army Materiel
Maintenance Policy.
Dear Chief D.C.,
You bet! DA PAM 750-8,
The Army Maintenance Management System
(TAMMS) User’s Manual,
explains the proper use of status symbols (fault
codes).
Status symbols detail the seriousness of equipment faults or problems.
±ollowing are the Fve status symbols used and their meanings:
•
X: A deFciency in the equipment places it in an inoperable status.
•
Circled X: A deFciency exists where the equipment may be operated under
speciFc limitations authorized by the commander until corrective action can
be taken.
Dear Half-Mast,
DA Form 2404
(Equipment Inspection and Maintenance
Worksheet)
clearly states that an inspection fault status symbol will
be a dash. I am being instructed to use a slash instead. The reason I am
being told is that “everyone else does it like this.
.. .”
Would you please address the proper use of status symbols, backed by
an Army Regulation?
CW2 D.C.
DA Form 2404…
Don’t Slash When
You Should Dash
as you can see,
soldier, I’ve got
it made! status
symbols up the
wazoo!
that’s great,
sir, really, it
is. but the only
status symbols
I care about
are the ones
that explain
fault codes.
691.52-53.indd
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2:17:41 PM
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