Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences

This section provides guidance on reporting incidents and describes NOPSA's role in investigations.

NOPSA Incident Notification Telephone Number

Incidents can be notified to the Safety Authority by any suitable means. For the convenience of duty holders the Safety Authority has a dedicated phone line:

(08) 6461 7090

This line will be answered directly during office hours. 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 Safety Authority representative. The Safety Authority 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 [at] nopsa.gov.au

Routine Enquiries

For routine enquiries please call NOPSA during business hours (0830–1700):

Perth: 08 6461 7000 (Head Office)

Melbourne: 03 8866 5700

Reporting Guidelines

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

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 this template which is provided in MS Word format.

National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority