PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-728

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 728

JULY 2013
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PS 728
JUL 13
F
ood service specialists, take extra care when cooking with the M59A field range, NSN
7360-01-479-0312, or you could get burned.
Units have reported a safety hazard while heating
liquid in a 10- to 15-gal stock pot in the range: The pot
jams on the rollers as it’s being removed. Hot liquid
spills out. Soldiers not wearing protective gloves get
their hands and forearms severely scalded.
When cooking with the M59A range you must
wear the protective gloves, NSN 8415-01-511-4637,
included with the basic issue items (BII) of both
the Army kitchen module (assault) and the food
sanitation center (FSC).
All M59As issued from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) since March 2012 have been
modified by replacing the defective rollers. These ranges have a MODIFIED label on the
door. Inspect your range for the MODIFIED label. If it has one, the range is safe for cooking,
but you should still wear the protective gloves. The old M59, NSN 7360-00-702-1719, does
not present this safety hazard.
If your range doesn’t have a label, replace the rollers by getting the free M59A roller kit,
NSN 7310-01-600-2290, from DLA. It comes with installation instructions, parts, tools and a
MODIFIED label. You can also find installation instructions online at the U.S. Army TACOM-
Unique Logistics Support Applications (TULSA) website:
For the whole story on the M59A safety hazard, see TACOM LCMC SOUM 12-011 at the
TULSA LCMC Safety First website:
Differences Between M59s and M59As
Item
NSN 7360-
Mobile
kitchen
trailer
(MKT)
00-138-7782
01-092-0470
01-155-6020
01-214-1176
01-246-4646
01-313-2238
01-417-4635
01-483-8617
Item
NSN 7360-
Army kitchen module
(assault)
Kitchen, company level
field feeding (KCLFF)
Kitchen, company level
field feeding-enhanced
(KCLFF-E)
01-558-3100
01-200-9828
01-374-1980
Pot jams on rollers and
hot liquid spills out
Wear gloves
when cooking
with field
range!
M59 Field Range
M59A Field Range
Curved
handle
Labels,
no vents
Sliding
vents
Straight
handle
M59A
Field
Range…
Bad Rollers + Hot Pot =
SCALDED HANDS!
The following
field feeding
equipment may
have an M59A as
a component of
end item (COEI)…
what’s
up with
all the
bandaged
hands?
we’ve all had
kitchen duty…
…working
with the
M59A!
Modified
M59As have
a MODIFIED
label on door
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