Incident Reporting Updated

Recently a number of members have expressed concerns around the usage of data submitted by the Incident Reporting Form (accessible from the front page top menu item titled "Incident Reporting").  This policy has been clarified and added to the form:

"Incident Data Collection Policy

The data collected in this form is for incident analysis and collection and is an important input to the development of ongoing caving and cave diving standards in Australia. Any information that you supply will be kept for a period of 7 years, after which it will be destroyed. All incidents submitted will be de-personalised for reporting purposes. All information submitted via this form will not be used as evidence to support formal investigations into CDAA members. If you supply your name, the CDAA Safety Officer may contact you for further information, but your name will not be made known to any other persons.

We are interested in learning about any incident that either caused injury, or had the potential to cause injury when it happened. Injuries include decompression sickness, climbing and dry caving accidents or other near misses in the water.

Thank you for completing this incident reporting form and contributing to make caving and diving safer for all.

Rowan Stevens | Publications and Records Director | On Behalf of the National Committee, 27 Dec 2011"

Safety is a primary concern of the CDAA and this information will assist us in developing, enhancing or modifying standards. 

Your contributions are invaluable.

Rowan Stevens

On Behalf of the National Committee