JAN 08 2008

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA)

AFMCI 90-103

Incidents and Investigations and Reports (25 May 2007)

1. American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 214 and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), hereafter referred to as the Union and management, hereby enter into this MOA regarding subject instruction as it applies to bargaining unit members in matters covered by the Master Labor Agreement (MLA) between the parties.

2. Subject instruction implements AFI 44-102, Medical Care Management, AFI 50-503, Aerospace Accident Investigations, AFI 91-204, Safety Investigations and Reports, and incorporates recent AFMC guidance on Command Staff Level reporting of mishaps, accidents, and suicides. The parties accept a shared interest in the proper investigation, analysis and reporting of incidents resulting in the injury or death of Air Force employees. The parties jointly seek to identify and prevent workplace factors, situations and circumstances that contribute to such incidents. This agreement implements AFMCI 90-103, subject to the following provisions:

a. The local union shall be notified of any incident resulting in the death or total disability (Class A Mishap) of a represented employee. If local union wishes to obtain an unclassified/sanitized copy of a Class A Mishap report, a written request must be submitted through Center/Wing safety office to the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland AFB, NM.

b. Suicide reviews of represented employees shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) Only leadership will be briefed regarding any suicide incident in order to impart lessons learned to their employees.

(2) The briefing information will be sanitized to exclude personal information that is not relevant to the cause of suicide.

(3) All civilian employee interviews must be voluntary.

(4) The Parties recognize they share no consensus on the scientific validity or significance of the “four dimensions of wellness” as defined in the Suicide Review Template.

c. The Suicide Event Surveillance System database, referred to in Chapter 6 will be used for military personnel only. No personal information of BUE will be entered into this database.

d. Suicide and violence prevention training will be conducted in accordance with the MOA on AFI 44-154, dated 26 June 2003.

3. All remedies available under the MLA or 5 U.S.C. Chapter 71 are available to the Parties if either party believes the other has failed to comply with any of the requirements of this MOA.

FOR MANAGEMENT FOR THE UNION

//SIGNED// DAVE BRUCKER HQ AFMC/SE	//SIGNED// TOM ROBINSON Executive Assistant, AFGE Council 214
//SIGNED// MSgt David Bourgeois FOR LT COL ROBERT CAMPBELL HQ AFMC/SGOB	//SIGNED// KRISTINE KEELER Executive Assistant, AFGE Council 214
//SIGNED// STEPHANIE PETERANGELO AFMC/A1ZL