NOPSEMA Accident and Dangerous Occurrence Notification Telephone Number

Accidents and dangerous occurrences can be notified to NOPSEMA by any suitable means. For the convenience of duty holders NOPSEMA has a dedicated phone line:

(08) 6461 7090

This line will be answered directly during office hours (WST). Outside office hours a menu system will allow callers to leave a voicemail recorded message requesting a call back, but if the matter is particularly urgent, such as fatalities, serious injuries or an emergency abandonment, the caller can have the call automatically diverted to a NOPSEMA representative. NOPSEMA monitors recorded messages at intervals of less than 10 hours.

Submission of Incident Reports

For the submission of three day or final incident reports (also referred to as 19 point, 21 point, Final Incident or Root Cause Analysis Reports) please use the following email address:

submissions@nopsema.gov.au

Routine Enquiries

For routine enquiries please call NOPSEMA during business hours:

Perth: 08 6188 8700 (Head Office)

Melbourne: 03 8866 5700

Reporting Guidelines

A guideline for reporting accidents and dangerous occurrences is provided in the document Guidance Note - Notification and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences.

A sample form to be used when reporting incidents to NOPSEMA is available in MS Word format.

Operators of offshore facilities are required to submit a monthly summary of incident information. The timing and format of this report are described in the Monthly Summary guideline. We recommend the use of the template which is provided in MS Word format.

For offshore facilities in Western Australian designated coastal waters, operators are required to make notifications and submit reports on accidents and dangerous occurrences (including monthly summaries of incident information) to the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum (www.dmp.wa.gov.au).