Acti ons whi l e In ju ry onb oard.

W henever t here is a death, i nj ur y or even an all egati on of i nj ury on board, o r i n the vi ci ni t y of t he shi p, al wa ys i nform t he l ocal C lub correspondent, regardl ess of whether the i nj ured person i s a crew m em ber.

Gen eral Proced u res R ecover and arrange fi rst aid t o injured persons. If required contact rel evant parti es and i mm edi at el y hospit al iz ed t hem . Al wa ys i nvesti gat e and compl et e your com pan ys acci dent report form (for al l acci dents not j ust for crew injuries) . R eport the i nci dent to your owner or m anager . Ot her than com pl etion of your com pan ys acci dent report form , never m ake a form al st at em ent or express an opi nion as t o what occurred. C om pl et e your accident report form but do not give any ot her st at em ent ex cept t o t he l aw yer appoint ed b y t he C lub. This wi ll be privi l eged and cannot be used against your emplo yer i n court . In t he event of i nj ury fol l owi ng an acci dent : - in port , noti f y your owner or m a nager and t he P &I correspondent . At sea, noti f y your owner or m ana ger, obt ai n radi o m edi cal advice. As well as com pl et ing t he accident report , wri t e a det ai l ed descripti on of what occurred ( these not es wil l hel p to refresh your m em or y duri ng t he subsequent int ervi ew wi th a l awyer). As k wit nesses t o writ e a det ail ed descr ipt ion of what t hey saw or heard ( you wi ll need a speci al form for this whi ch is supp li ed by your owner or m anager). If s hips equipm ent or t he shi ps st ruct ure was involved in the inj ur y, ex ami ne the equi pment , t ake photographs of the pl ace where t he acci dent is said t o have occurred ( and record t he t im e and the dat e of phot ographs). R et ai n and properl y l abel broken pi eces . Aft erwards, obt ain a copy of t he m ai nt enance record of t he equipm ent and an y appli cabl e t ests. C onduct an i nspection of t he locati on w here t he accident occurred wit h t he Cl ubs appoi nt ed su rveyor or local correspondent . Al wa ys keep det ail ed records of all m edi cal t reatm ent given on board and an y i ndependent advi ce received . W hil e i t is appreci ated that your S afet y Managem ent S yst em has a procedure coveri ng acci dents and i nj uri es on board, requirem ent for the Mast er or Operator t o report Acci dents and Maj or Inj uri es b y t he qui ckest m eans poss ible and as soon as possi bl e aft er the occurrence to t he Marine Acci dent Inves t i gat ion Branch. S eri ous Inj uri es shoul d be report ed wit hi n 14 days and

whil st t here i s no requirem ent to report a haz ardous Inci dent it i s recomm ended that a report i s sent. The definiti ons of Acci dents and Maj or Inj uri es and S eri ous Inj uri es are contained i n MGN 289. Acci dents shoul d be report ed t o t he Mari ne Accident Investigat i on b ranch on form IR F and you should have copi es of t hi s form on board. It can al so be downl oaded from the Mari ne Accident Investi gat ion Branch websi t e: www.m aib.gov.u k .