IncIdent notIfIcatIon GuIde - Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Incident Notification Flowchart
Not notifiable
to AMSA
No
Is the notifying operator an ‘operator’ for the purposes of the
OHS(MI) Act?
Yes
Did an accident occur?
Yes
Not notifiable
to AMSA
Notifiable
(Death)
No
Yes
Did the accident arise at or near a workplace out of the conduct of the
undertaking by the operator?
OHS(MI) Act (s.107)
Yes
Did the accident cause the death of any person?
No
No
Notifiable
(Serious
Personal Injury
(SPI))
Notifiable
(Incapacity)
Not notifiable
to AMSA
Not notifiable
to AMSA
Yes
Yes
No
No
Did the accident cause injury or disease in any person?
AND
Was the injury or disease caused by an accident in the workplace?
AND
Was the person given emergency treatment on the prescribed ship
where the accident occurred; or was the person treated in another
place by a registered medical practitioner; or admitted to a hospital;
or treated in a hospital as a casualty, without being admitted to the
hospital? OHS(MI) regulations (Reg 2)
No
Did the accident cause an employee who performs work in
connection with the undertaking to be incapacitated for a period
of 5 or more successive working days or shifts?
OHS(MI) regulations (Reg 11)
No
Was there a dangerous occurrence at the workplace?
Yes
Did the dangerous occurrence result from operations that arose out of
the conduct of the undertaking conducted by the operator?
OHS(MI) Regulations (Reg 4)
Yes
Notifiable
(Dangerous
Occurrence)
Yes
Could the occurrence have caused death or SPI to any person, or
incapacity of an employee for 5 or more working successive working
days or shifts, but did not? OHS(MI) Regulations (Reg 4)
Not notifiable
to AMSA
No