Examples of incident types you need to report. (NOTE that this is not just on the water but everything to do with rowing and the club wherever so situated)
Capsize or falling out of boat through: inexperience, contact with another rowing boat, contact with other object, equipment or boat failure.
Collision through: contact with static object, moving object, navigation issue, poor visibility or lighting. Collision of boat with rigger on or off the rack, collision of body with boat (head on rigger for example), collision of rigger with boat (rigger damage on rack) etc.
Swamping through: rough water, collision with other rowing boat, collision with other object, wash.
Health related: manual handling, respiratory, hypothermia, heat stress, water-borne disease (only report infected blisters – ignore normal ones!).
Equipment failure: boat buoyancy, riggers, gates, seats/feet, steering equipment, bowball, blades/sculls, safety/coaching/rescue launch, PFD’s, throw lines, racking.
Land training due to: weight training, circuit training, running, cycling, indoor rowing, slips/trips.
Behaviour: vandalism/violence. Bad navigation.
Help us to help you improve your safety – even near misses provide important learning points.
Forms
All incidents no matter how minor must be reported. This includes ‘near incidents’. Please complete the below form in case of capsize, and report any other incidents to captains as soon as possible.
Simple Capsize Incident Report
A capsize due to a simple technique mistake or competence issue where there was no external cause (e.g. weed or collision), injury, damage to equipment or equipment failure. Reports should not be made when doing capsize drills and the capsize is expected.