Mishap Reporting

Classifications of Mishaps:

Class A Mishap. Fatality or permanent total disability that resulted from a reportable injury or illness; or, a total cost of damages for DoD or non-DoD property of $2.5 million or more.

Class B Mishap. Permanent partial disability that resulted from a reportable injury or illness; hospitalization for inpatient care of three or more personnel as a result of a single mishap (i.e., for mishap reporting purposes only, inpatient care does not include individuals hospitalized for observation, diagnostic or administrative purposes that were treated and released); or, a total cost of damages for DoD or non-DoD property of $600,000 or more, but less than $2.5 million.

Class C Mishap. Nonfatal reportable injury or illness that resulted in the loss of one or more days away from work, not including the day or shift that the mishap occurred (i.e., a Lost-Time Case); or, a total cost of damages for DoD or non-DoD property of $60,000 or more, but less than $600,000.

Class D Mishap. A reportable event in which the resulting total cost of damage to DoD or non-DoD property is $25,000 or more, but less than $60,000; or, an on-duty injury or illness not otherwise classified as a Class A, B or C mishap (e.g., illness or injury that involves medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness, light or limited duty for military personnel or restricted work or job transfer for on-duty Navy and Marine Corps civilian employees)

For all Class A mishaps. Commanders, AC/Ss, Department Heads and Directors will immediately report all Class A mishaps of all on-duty or off-duty military and on-duty DoD civilian employees to the Naval Safety Center via phone 757-444-3520 ext. 7017 within 1 hour of knowledge of occurrence during normal working hours or after normal working hours. Subsequently brief the Commanding General, MCIEAST–MCB CAMLEJ of all on- or off-duty fatalities, and all Class A mishaps for service members. This is still a requirement

MCIEAST-MCB CAMLEJO 3040.1 (ADJ) Personnel Casualty Reporting (PCR) and Serious Incident Reporting (OPREP-3 SIR) Notification Procedures

Regulations and Documents

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Mishap Definition

Any unplanned or unexpected event causing death, injury, occupational illness, including days away from work, job transfer or restriction, and material loss or damage.

Reportable Mishaps

Mishaps will be reported to COMNAVSAFECEN in the following cases:

Class A, B and C government property damage mishaps. This includes property damage caused by a government evolution, operation or vehicle to other government or non-government property.
Class A, B, and C on-duty DoD civilian mishaps and military on/off-duty mishaps.
(1) For military fatalities and injuries occurring during Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders, it is the responsibility of the gaining command to submit to mishap report.
(2) For mishaps occurring to personnel assigned to unified or joint task force commands, Navy and Marine Corps activities will submit mishap reports per this manual and any Memorandums of Agreement.
(3) For mishaps associated with the secondary side of naval nuclear propulsion plant or non-nuclear components, report per this manual.
Any other occupational illness or injury that involves medical treatment beyond first aid, if it results in days light duty or limited duty for on/off-duty military personnel, or days of job transfer or restricted work for on-duty civilians.
Other incidents of interest to the Navy and Marine Corps for mishap prevention purposes are reportable mishaps:
(1) All on-duty military fatalities or permanent total disabilities that are the result of a medical event that commenced within one hour of a command-sponsored Physical Training (PT), Physical Readiness Test (PRT), Physical Fitness Test (PFT), or Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) (e.g., chest
pains, heart attack, coma, etc.)
(2) Class A and B mishaps occurring as the result of a DoD activity, operation, or evolution that results in the serious injury or death of a guest or military dependent.
(3) All on-duty military training-related fatalities, and any high or moderate risk training mishaps that result in the loss of one training day, rolling back or disenrollment of the student from a course.
(4) All explosive mishap reports of Navy and Marine Corps munitions and weapon systems, all ordnance incidents resulting in injury and all ordnance impacting off-range.
(5) All on-duty diving cases involving the Central Nervous System (CNS), oxygen toxicity, Pulmonary Over Inflation Syndrome (POIS), or hyperbaric treatment.
(6) All afloat cases of grounding, collision and flooding. In the case of collisions involving only U.S. Navy or Military Sealift Command ships or craft, the senior command will submit a consolidated report of the event. In all other collisions (including a vessel running into a stationary object), the report will include an estimate of the damage to the other ship, craft, or object.
(7) All fires occurring afloat (all cases except small trash fires in which no personnel were injured and the material property damage was limited to trash.)
(8) All Government Motor Vehicle (GMV) or Government Vehicle Other (GVO) mishaps resulting in $5000 or more government vehicle or government property damage, and/or injury/fatality of DoD-personnel; or a mishap caused by a GMV/GMO resulting in $5000 or more total damage including any
private vehicle or private property damage, and/or injuries/fatalities to non-DoD personnel.
(9) Any mishap involving Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST), air cargo drop, and/or parachuting, regardless of damage costs or extent of injuries.
(10) All reportable injury and occupational illness mishaps involving a contractor, where DoN provided direct supervision of the contractor, the mishap was caused wholly or in part by DoD operations, and DoN has the means to affect change to prevent reoccurrence of the mishap.
(11) Any medically diagnosed occupational illness and injury, such as cumulative trauma disorder or musculoskeletal disease, whether or not involving further medical treatment or any time away from work.
(12) Work-related Significant Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing averaging 10 dB or more at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz in one or both ears, and the person’s total hearing level is 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero in the same ears (averaged at 2000, 3000, 4000 Hz) when an audiologist, otologist, or occupational medicine physician confirms the shift is toward deteriorated hearing, is permanent, and is considered to be of occupational origin. Age corrections shall not be used for calculating reportable hearing loss. That loss shall only be reported once unless an additional reportable loss of hearing
is incurred. When a reportable hearing loss occurs from an instantaneous event (e.g., acoustic trauma from a one-time blast or over-pressure) the hearing loss shall be reported as an injury.
(13) Any work-related needle stick injury or cut from a sharp object that is contaminated with another person’s blood or other potentially infectious material.
(14) Occupationally-related tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, after exposure to a known case of active tuberculosis.
(15) Any on-duty military heat stress or cold injury requiring medical treatment.
(16) Any case requiring a military member or civilian employee to be medically removed under the requirements of an OSH health standard.

Recordable Mishaps

Includes all Reportable Mishaps, plus all First Aid Cases

First Aid Treatment

Any one time treatment, with followup treatment if required, to clean, bandage, or observe a scratch, cut, burn, splinter, sprained ankle, etc., not necessarily provided by competent medical authority. First Aid, for purposes of this instruction and 29 CFR Part 1904, are not required to be recorded or reported, using the following definition of first aid:

a. Using a non-prescription medication at nonprescription strength (for medications available in both prescription and non-prescription form, a recommendation by a physician or other licensed health care professional to use a non-prescription medication at prescription strength is considered medical treatment for record keeping purposes).

b. Administering tetanus immunizations (other immunizations, such as hepatitis B vaccine or rabies vaccine, are considered medical treatment).

c. Cleaning, flushing or soaking wounds on the surface of the skin.

d. Using wound coverings such as bandages, Band-Aids™, gauze pads, etc.; or using butterfly bandages or Steri-Strips™ (other wound closing devices such as sutures, staples, etc., are considered medical treatment);

e. Using hot or cold therapy.

f. Using any non-rigid means of support, such as elastic bandages, wraps, non-rigid back belts, etc. (devices with rigid stays or other systems designed to immobilize parts of the body are considered medical treatment for record keeping purposes).

g. Using temporary immobilization devices while transporting an accident victim (e.g., splints, slings, neck collars, back boards, etc.).

h. Drilling of a fingernail or toenail to relieve pressure, or draining fluid from a blister;

i. Using eye patches;

j. Removing foreign bodies from the eye using only irrigation or a cotton swab.

k. Removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton swabs or other simple means;

l. Using finger guards;

m. Using massages (physical therapy or chiropractic treatment are considered medical treatment for record keeping purposes);

n. Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress.

Near Miss

Near misses are often referred to as “close calls”. A near miss is an unplanned event that did not result in injury, occupational illness, or property damage, however could have been a mishap had a change in timing, location or distance occurred; i.e. someone slips on the ice, but catches themselves by grabbing a handrail and breaks their fall. If the person received injuries, or there was some property damage it would have been a MISHAP, not a NEAR MISS. This incident should be reported as a near miss to allow for corrective action.

DoD civilian employees are required to immediately report all on-duty injuries and occupational illnesses to their supervisor. Those personnel who desire non-emergency medical attention may choose to see a private medical provider, but are highly encouraged to seek treatment at the NMCCL Occupational Health Clinic (Bldg. 65). This includes treatment for first aid cases. In order to be seen at the Occupational Health Clinic (Bldg. 65), employees should request their supervisor provide an Occupational Health Permit (Form MCBCL 5100/3) to the injured employee who needs treatment. A “Fillable .PDF” and applicable instructions are provided below for your use.

Instructions Regarding the Occupational Health Permit

MCBCL 5100/3 Occupational Health Permit (Fillable)

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