2. What are the two types of Notifiable Occurrence?
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• A significant accident or incident involves
injuries requiring hospitalisation and/or damage
to property which presents a significant risk that
requires considerable effort to avoid escalation
of the impact during recovery
• A major accident or incident involves a fatality
and/or damage to property with a major impact
on life, property or the environment generally
accompanied by a high-level emergency
response and clean-up and recovery operation.
3. What is a NHVAS Notifiable Occurrence?
A significant or major accident or incident that involves
a NHVAS nominated vehicle and/or a Driver operating
under an Advance Fatigue Management (AFM) or
Basic Fatigue Management (BFM) Accreditation that
has, or could have, caused significant property
damage, serious injury or death and may include any of
the following:
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• An accident or incident involving a NHVAS-nominated
vehicle or driver in which a person is injured* or killed.
• An accident or incident involving a NHVAS-nominated
vehicle, or a driver operating under an AFM or BFM.
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What is a NHVAS Notifiable Occurrence?
• A fire in a NHVAS-nominated vehicle
• Medical emergency involving the driver of a NHVAS
nominated vehicle, or a driver operating under an
AFM or BFM accreditation.
Note: Workplace slips,
trips & falls are not
notifiable occurrences.
*An injury requiring
hospitalisation.
5. Incident Category Submitted
Significant – Involving dangerous goods Within 48 hours
Significant – any other Within 7 days
Major – involving dangerous goods Within 24 hours
Major – any other Within 48 hours
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How soon after an incident does the report
need to be submitted?
6. • Only details relating to the NHVAS-nominated
vehicle or drivers under AFM or BFM accreditation.
• Personal details relating to drivers are not requested
or recorded
• Choose from answers provided for the pre-formatted
questions for the body of the report
• Vehicle registration numbers are matched where
possible using the NHVAS vehicle database
• For vehicles not matched, vehicle details will need to
be reported.
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What details must be in the report?
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How to report a Notifiable Occurrence
• By using the NHVR Portal’s Accreditation section
to notify the regulator about the accident or
incident.
Who can report a Notifiable Occurrence?
• The Manager/Director
• System Administrator
• Anybody else delegated
by the Accreditation
holder.
8. The information provided to the NHVR in relation to
a significant or major accident or incident that
involves a NHVAS-nominated vehicle and or
information about operating under an AFM or BFM
accreditation is gathered for data collection and
analytical purposes.
The data provides reliable statistical outcomes that
the NHVR can use to inform the transport industry of
any wider spread of safety-related concerns.
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Why the need for reporting?
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Why the need for reporting?
This information will assist the NHVR to provide
guidance to the Transport Industry regarding safety.
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Notice Breaches and Penalty Notices
• NHVAS Operators are required to report on any
infringement notices or breaches in Quarterly
Compliance Statements.
• The NHVR is aware of these breaches in many
instances before the Operator.
• Drivers are advised and required to notify the Operator
of any breaches.
• Drivers are also required to supply a copy of any
breaches or tickets to the Operator ASAP.
• When NHVAS Operator is audited by a third party or
regulatory official, they will have copies of all breaches.
• Drivers who historically have paid the ticket/s and tried
to keep it a secret can no longer act the same.
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In Closing
• The processes within NHVAS are designed to
deliver a safe working environment and a
auditable reporting function that will give
drivers a reasonable steps of defence in the
case of an incident.
• We have a small multi-choice assessment to
confirm that you understand the training.
• If there are sections that you do not fully
understand please discuss with your
supervisor.
Thank You
