Actionable ItemsActionable Items2012 ERAC Committee 2012 ERAC Committee

September 10, 2012September 10, 2012Mobile, AlabamaMobile, Alabama

Tammy Terry, OH (Chair)Tammy Terry, OH (Chair)Deb Gona (NASBLA)Deb Gona (NASBLA)

Resolution #2012-3Resolution #2012-3

In support of the Accident Reporting Terms and Definitions Project, the adoption of standardized terms and definitions by the U.S. Coast Guard,

and actions to facilitate their application.

Three Key Elements

• Support for the project and its intent

• Formal request to the USCG to incorporate each list of terms and definitions into national use after each list is accepted by NASBLA Membership as a “final work product”

• Recommendation that ERAC/USCG continue work needed to develop training and guidance for the states regarding the use of these terms and definitions

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Final Work Products: Final Work Products: Terms and Definitions ListsTerms and Definitions Lists

Committee Members

Eleanor Mariani (CT, Board Liaison) Mike Baron (USCG)

Deb Gona (NASBLA Staff) Pete Chisholm (Mercury)

Gary Haupt (MO) Andy Bickel (FL)

Susan Tomczuk (USCG) Glenn Moates (TN)

Cody Jones (TX) Jeff Ludwig (USCG)

Eric Lundin (CT) Rachel Warner (USCG)

Fred Messmann (NSBC) Dan Maxim (USCGA)

Mike Jendrossek (USCG) Tammy Terry (OH)

Final Work Products: Final Work Products: Terms and Definitions ListsTerms and Definitions Lists

Vetting Process

Achieve project team consensus on terms/definitions through series of teleconferences and interim work

Share team consensus list with and get feedback from full ERAC Committee, NASBLA Executive Board and the U.S. Coast Guard (for initial, Office-level review)

Share the resulting, refined list with and get feedback from the States/ Territories using a structured, open comment period

Review responses to assess need for additional team refinements to entries

Submit final consensus list to the NASBLA Executive Board for delivery to and vote by the NASBLA membership

Transmit to the U.S. Coast Guard for final review and clearance through its appropriate internal channels

Action Item:Action Item:Approval of Accident Types ListApproval of Accident Types List

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Action Item:Action Item:Approval of Contributing Factors/Causes ListApproval of Contributing Factors/Causes List

Improper Lookout/Inattention: The operator failed to perceive danger, resulting in the accident. This could have been with respect to failure(s) to perceive dangers outside or inside the vessel. May apply to violations of the requirement to maintain a proper lookout.

• Distraction codes for Improper Lookout/ Inattention

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Improper Lookout/Inattention Distraction Codes: • Background lighting – Lights on docks, shorelines, or other vessels. • Onboard lighting – Glare from lights onboard the vessel; includes improperly shielded navigation lights • Navigation device – Viewing or operating a navigation device; includes GPS or other devices being used

for navigation. • Using or reaching for mobile/wireless communication devices -- Using, attempting to use, or reaching

for a wireless phone or e-mail device; includes talking or listening, entering numbers, or text messaging on the wireless device.

• Using or reaching for other devices – Using, attempting to use, or reaching for a spotlight, a VHF radio, an audio device, or any other equipment or devices (excludes mobile/wireless communication devices).

• Using autopilot – Reduced attention to navigation as result of reliance on an engaged electronic helmsman or self-steering device to steer or make throttle adjustments.

• Occupant(s) – Occupant(s) in vessel; includes conversing with or looking at other occupant(s). • Moving object(s) in vessel – Moving object(s), other than occupant(s), in vessel. • Person(s) or object(s) outside of vessel -- Fixated on a person, towed watersport participant, another

vessel, or any other object(s) in or on the water and outside of the vessel. • Eating or drinking – Eating, drinking, or activity related to these actions. • Sightseeing -- Fixated on viewing adjacent scenery. • Looked but did not see – Observed, but did not detect the relevant vessel, person, or object. • Lost in thought – Was thinking about items other than the task; daydreaming. • Other distraction – Details regarding the distraction are known, but none of the specified codes is

applicable. • Distraction details unknown – Distraction noted, but the specifics are unknown.

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