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DD Form 862 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 862, Daily Inspection Worksheet for Diesel Electric Locomotives and Locomotive Cranes, May 1994.. Stated purpose: Daily Inspection Worksheet for Diesel Electric Locomotives and Locomotive Cranes. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 115.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- Item number, line 1.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 2.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 3.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 4.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 5.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 6.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 7.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
- Item number, line 8.
- Repairs needed (reported by road inspector or operator).
- Corrected (mechanic's initials).
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Signature is manual ink on printed copies and digital where the receiving system accepts it. A typed name in a signature field is a name, not a signature. Common Access Card credentials support digital signature in pdf where the form and the reader permit.
Where personal information is collected, a Privacy Act Statement appears on or with the form. It names the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses of the data and the consequence of withholding it. Reading it precedes filling the form.
Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 862 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 862?
- DD Form 862, Daily Inspection Worksheet for Diesel Electric Locomotives and Locomotive Cranes, May 1994.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?