Report all incidents and dangerous occurrences to the Inspectorate as required by section 107 of the OH&S(MI) Act
Reporting incidents and dangerous occurrences to the Inspectorate enables AMSA to monitor and improve health and safety for seafares.
What to report
Under the OH&S(MI) Act, ship masters and operators are required to make reports on incidents to the Inspectorate, being accidents referred to in section 107(1)(a) and (b) and dangerous occurrences as defined.
All accidents that cause death or serious personal injury or cause an employee to be incapacitated for 5 or more successive days must be reported to the Inspectorate.
A dangerous occurrence is an incident that has occurred in the workplace as part of work operations that had the potential to cause serious personal injury or death to a person but did not cause any such injury. For example, an object such as a spanner falling from a height but did not injure anyone. It is also an incident which could have caused an employee incapacity for duration of 5 or more successive working days.
Dangerous occurrences must be reported to the Inspectorate. 
When and how to report
When an incident or dangerous occurrence has occurred on a prescribed ship or prescribed unit, the operator must notify the Inspectorate by any means available within 4 hours of becoming aware of the incident or dangerous occurrence. (Preferably reported in the format contained in AMSA Form 18[
PDF: 93Kb]. A follow up report within 72 hours in the format contained in AMSA Form 19] [ PDF: 71Kb] is then required).
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