NASA Procedures and Guidelines

NASA Employee Injury-Type A, B, C, or Incident - Reporting Requirement Type A-Death or in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees-including up to 30 days after a job related mishap Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Safety Manager - Immediately upon meeting criteria. 2. Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS) - Within one hour by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail, or after duty hours 1-866-230-NASA or (1-866-230-6272) (phone report requires electronic followup). Code QS will notify NASA Administrator immediately, and other NASA Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 3. Center Public Affairs Office - Within 1 hour of the mishap. 4. OSHA Area Office - Within 8 hours orally, in person, or call OSHA 1-800-321-6742 5. State - If required, per state OSHA reporting requirements. 6. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. Type B-Disability or in-patient hospitalization of two employees or less due to job-related mishap Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Safety Manager - Immediately. 2. Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS) - Within one hour by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail (phone report requires electronic followup). Code QS will notify other Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 3. Center Public Affairs Office - Within 1 hour of the mishap. 4. State - If required, per state OSHA reporting requirements. 5. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. Type C - Employee lost workday due to job-related mishap or Incident - Employee requires more than first aid due to job-related mishap Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Safety Manager - Immediately. 2. Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS) - No later than 24 hours by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail. Code QS will notify OSHA and other Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 3. State - If required, per state OSHA reporting requirements. 4. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. In all cases, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Center's Office of the Chief Counsel or NASA Office of the General Counsel should be notified if it is suspected that a mishap resulted from criminal activity. NASA Property Damage-Type A, B, C, Mission Failure, Incident, or Close Call-Reporting Requirements Type A-Property Damage Greater Than $1,000,000 Type B-Property Damage > $250,000 to <$1,000,000 or Mission Failure Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Safety Manager - Immediately. 2. Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS) - Within 1 hour by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail, or after duty hours 1-866-230-NASA or (1-866-230-6272). Code QS will notify NASA Administrator immediately, and other NASA Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 3. Center Public Affairs Office - Within 1 hour of the mishap. 4. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. Type C-Property Damage > $25,000 to < $250,000 or Incident-Property Damage > $1,000 to < $25,000 or Mission Failure Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Safety Manager - Immediately. 2. Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS) - No later than 24 hours by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail (Type C high visibility only). Code QS will notify NASA Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 3. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. Close Call Report to: 1. Center Safety Office/Program Manager - Immediately. 2. High Visibility Close Calls, at the judgement of the Safety Director, will be reported to Headquarters in accordance with Type A procedures. 3. IRIS - By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, follow up with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report" when completed. In all cases, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Center's Office of the Chief Counsel or NASA Office of the General Counsel should be notified if it is suspected that a mishap resulted from criminal activity. NASA/NTSB Aircraft Mishap (Accident and Incident)-Reporting Requirements The NTSB is authorized by 49 CFR 1131-1135 to investigate NASA aircraft mishaps. 1. The operator of the agency aircraft shall within 1 hour notify the Safety and Risk Management Division (Code QS)-by phone, facsimile, or electronic mail, or after duty hours call 1-866-230-NASA or (1-866-230-6272) when any of the accidents or incidents listed in the Federal Property Management Regulation 101-37.1105 (Appendix G) occur. Code QS will notify the NTSB immediately and NASA Administrator and other NASA Headquarters Codes, as required, upon receipt of notification. 2. Center Safety Office/Program Manager-Immediately. 3. Center Public Affairs Office-in accordance with Appendix D. 4. IRIS-By close of business the next workday, NF-1627A, followup with NF-1627, "NASA Full Safety Incident Report," when completed. 5. NASA Headquarters shall file a report on NTSB Form 6120.1/2 (OMB No. 3147-001) within 10 calendar days after an accident or incident in accordance with 49 CFR part 830. 6. If NTSB elects not to conduct the investigation, NASA investigation procedures will continue. In all cases, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Center's Office of the Chief Counsel or NASA Office of the General Counsel should be notified if it is suspected that a mishap resulted from criminal activity.

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