Conference paper
Trial of a new incident reporting system for the outdoor sector (UPLOADS): initial data and lessons learnt
Proceedings of the 18th Outdoor Education National Conference, pp.40-48
Outdoor Education National Conference, 18th (Adelaide, Australia, 14-Apr-2014–16-Apr-2014)
Outdoor Education Australia
2014
Abstract
The goal of the UPLOADS (Understanding and Preventing Led Outdoor Accidents Data System) project is to develop a standardised, national approach to incident reporting and learning for the outdoor sector in Australia. This presentation summarises the results from the initial 6 month trial of the prototype system, and discusses the lessons that were learnt. Fifteen organisations were involved in the trial, including private schools, universities, not-for-profit outdoor education providers and commercial adventure companies. The trial involved organisations using the UPLOADS software tool to collect in-depth reports on near misses and incidents associated with adverse outcomes (e.g. injuries, illnesses, psychological/behavioural, environmental and equipment damage), and sending de-identified data to USC for inclusion in the aggregate dataset. In addition, organisations provided their activity participation rates on a monthly basis. While the system has the capability to collect data on near misses and a range of adverse outcomes, the majority of incidents recorded were injuries. Injuries were associated with a range of activities; the activities most frequently associated with injury were bushwalking, camping and bush cooking. The participation data indicated that the activities most frequently undertaken were camping, indoor climbing and initiatives. Among many other lessons learnt, the trial indicated that the process for coding the causal factors associated with incidents needs to be streamlined; however, many participants commented that this feature prompted them to think more deeply about the causes of incidents within their organisations and helped them to more easily extract the lessons to be learnt. This presentation complements the UPLOADS trade stall, which will conduct one-on-one demonstrations of the incident reporting software tool.
Details
- Title
- Trial of a new incident reporting system for the outdoor sector (UPLOADS): initial data and lessons learnt
- Authors
- Natassia Goode (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessPaul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessM G Lenne (Author) - Monash UniversityC Finch (Author) - Federation University Australia
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 18th Outdoor Education National Conference, pp.40-48
- Conference details
- Outdoor Education National Conference, 18th (Adelaide, Australia, 14-Apr-2014–16-Apr-2014)
- Publisher
- Outdoor Education Australia
- Date published
- 2014
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448972302621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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