SECTOR TRAINING

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CG Marine Casualties Notification Investigation
LCDR Kristin WilliamsOffice of Investigations
Analysis
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Notification
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Investigation

• Federal Requirements
• Commercial Vessels
• 46 CFR 4.05-1
• Filed within 5 days
• Submitted to OCMI
• 2 page form CG-2692

• State requirements
• Recreational vessels
• 33 CFR 173.55
• Filed w/I 48 hrs 10 days
• Submitted to state
• 4-6 page form CG-3865

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Investigation

• Federal Requirements
• Fatality
• Injury beyond first aid
• Damage gt 25,000
• Affected seaworthiness(loss of a vessel
  affected seaworthiness)
• Loss of propulsion
• Grounding

• State requirements
• Fatality
• Injury beyond first aid
• Damage gt 2,000
• Complete loss of a vessel
• Disappearance from a vessel that indicates death
  or injury

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Investigation

• Federal Requirements
• To determine cause
• Reports centralized at Coast Guard HQ
• Administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions may
  result

• State requirements
• To determine cause
• Reports centralized at Coast Guard HQ
• To develop programs toaddress causal factors

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Data Capture Analysis

• Reportable marine casualties are entered by field
  offices into MISLE Marine Safety Information
  and Law Enforcement data base.
• What you capture, you can analyze
• Quality control conducted by Program Manager at
  HQ
• Statistical queries conducted and released by HQ
  in accordance with multlple laws and regulations.