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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
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 .
These forms should be completed with witness
statements, photos, plans, maps and any other
documentation considered necessary. Too much
information is better than not enough.
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 that
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. 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.
7 simple steps
WING SPAN NOVEMBER