MAAA Wingspan - Quarterly Magazine

6 WING SPAN MAY Follow the 7 simple steps for managing an incident and accident 1. The Club (or Contest/Display Director of an event) should advise the MAAA Secretary immediately when an incident or accident has occurred. This can be done 24/7 via email ( secretary@maaa.asn. au ) or via phone (07 3207 9067) (leave a phone message after hours). 2. The Club (or Contest/Display Director of an event) should obtain a MAAA Incident Report form and MAAA Incident Investigation form available from the MAAA website www.maaa.asn.au/forms. These forms should be completed with witness statements, photos, plans, maps and any other documentation considered necessary. 3. The Club (or Contest/Display Director of an event) should investigate and identify corrective actions to minimise the possibility of the accident/ incident reoccurring. The Club should complete a MAAA Incident Report form and MAAA Incident Investigation forms and send the completed forms to the MAAA Secretary. It is important the Club (or Contest/Display Director of an event) includes recommended corrective actions in the appropriate section of the Investigation Report to assist the MAAA Executive in considering ‘close out’ of the incident. 4. The MAAA Secretary will send the Incidents Report and the Investigation Report to the MAAA executive and the state associations receive a copy too. Where there is a potential insurance claim, the MAAA secretary will also forward the reports to the insurance broker to advise the insurance company of an accident/incident and the potential of a claim. 5. The MAAA Executive will review at the next executive meeting all new Incident Reports and Investigation Reports and make a decision about closing the incident/accident. 6. The MAAA office communicates with the member and club about the decision and course of action that needs to be taken. Following the completion or closing of an accident, clubs are expected to implement and enforce the agreed effective risk management strategies to reduce the possibility of the accident reoccurring. 7. Once the incident is closed, a summary is than placed on a 12-month rotational table within the executive minutes, which are circulated to all state associations. For further information on incident management please click here: http:/ / www.maaa.asn.au/incident/accident- management . You can also consult our incident and accident FAQs here: http:/ / www.maaa.asn.au/incident-accident-faq