ASTM F3284-18

5.2.1 46 CFR 4.03-1 Regulatory Text Definition for Marine Casualty or Accident: 

5.2.2 Marine Casualty or Accident—Some incidents defined as a “marine casualty or accident” per 46 CFR 4.03-1 will not meet the criteria in 46 CFR 4.05-1(a) requiring initial reporting and CG-2692 submissions to the USCG. However, owners, agents, masters, operators, or persons in charge need to consider whether notification to the USCG is still required under other regulations, including 33 CFR 160.216, for the reporting of a hazardous condition.

5.2.3 46 CFR 4.05-1: Notice of Marine Casualty—Immediately after addressing the resultant safety concerns, the owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge shall notify the nearest Sector Office or any USCG office whenever a vessel is involved in a marine casualty consisting of:

5.2.4 As a best practice supplement to 46 CFR 4.05-1, each maritime organization should record and report each injury or illness that meets one or more of the following criteria:

5.2.5 Each maritime organization should record and report all injuries requiring only first aid and incidents resulting in near misses (see this guide).

5.2.6 The vessel owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge shall complete the CG-2692 form as required by the USCG and are encouraged to record the supplemental fields included in this guide. This form should be completed as completely and accurately as possible with clear type or print. Fill in all blanks that apply to the kind of incident that occurred. If a question is not applicable, the abbreviation “NA” should be entered in that space. If an answer is unknown and cannot be obtained, the abbreviation “UNK” should be entered in that space. If “NONE” is the correct response, then enter it in that space.

5.2.7 Once the form is completed and the incident meets the USCG reporting threshold outlined in 46 CFR 4.05, deliver, e-mail, or fax this form within five days of the casualty to the USCG Sector, Marine Safety Unit, or Activity nearest the location of the casualty or, if at sea, nearest arrival point.

5.2.8 When a casualty meets the requirements of a serious marine incident as defined in 46 CFR 4.03, the owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge is required to submit a CG-2692B in accordance with 46 CFR 4.06-60.

5.2.9 Example best practice injury/illness recording/reporting fields that supplement the required CG-2692 are provided in Appendix X2. These fields also satisfy the best practices set forth in this guide and are intended to enhance the value of injury and illness recording/reporting through higher quality and consistency of the data. The intention is that higher quality and consistent data may lead to improved corrective action development, lessons learned discrimination, and industry benchmarking. Appendix X2 is not intended to replace the regulatory requirements of CG-2692, but it does contain some over lapping fields.