(B) A report is required whenever a vessel
subject to this rule is involved in a boating accident which results in any one
or more of the following:
(1) Loss of
life.
(2) Personal injury requiring
medical treatment beyond first aid.
(3) Actual physical damage to property,
including watercraft, in excess of
one thousand dollars.
(4) Physical damage or other incident
resulting in the total loss of a vessel.
(5) Whenever death results from a boating
accident, a written report shall be submitted to the chief of the division
within twenty four hours. For every other reportable boating accident a written
report shall be submitted within five days after such accident. All such
reports shall be submitted upon forms prescribed by and available from the
chief of the division. The operator or operators of each vessel involved shall
prepare and submit a written report to the: "Chief of the Division of Parks and
Watercraft, 2045 Morse Road, building C, Columbus, Ohio 43229." Every written
report shall contain the complete information required by the report form as
described by the chief of the division.
(a)
Name and address of operator.
(b)
Age of operator.
(c) Date of birth
of operator.
(d) Operator's
experience.
(e) Operator's
telephone number.
(f) Owner's
telephone number.
(g) Name and
address of owner of vessel.
(h) Was
it a rented vessel.
(i) Number of
persons on board.
(j) Formal
instruction in boating safety.
(k)
Vessel registration number.
(l)
Vessel name.
(m) Vessel
make.
(n) Vessel model.
(o) Manufacturer's hull identification
number.
(p) Type of
vessel.
(q) Hull
material.
(r) Engine.
(s) Propulsion.
(t) Construction.
(u) Date of accident.
(v) Time of day.
(w) Name of body of water.
(x) Location.
(y) State.
(z) Nearest city, town.
(aa) County.
(bb) Weather.
(cc) Water conditions.
(dd) Temperature.
(ee) Wind.
(ff) Visibility.
(gg) Operation at time of accident.
(hh) Type of accident.
(ii) The reporting person's opinion of what
contributed to the accident.
(jj)
Personal flotation devices.
(kk)
Property damage estimate.
(ll) Fire
extinguishers.
(mm) Description of
property damage (if any).
(nn) Name
and address of the owner of damaged property.
(oo) Name, address, and contact information
for any deceased person(s).
(pp)
Name, address, and contact information for any injured person(s).
(qq) A description of what
happened.
(rr) Name(s) of
operator(s) of other involved vessel(s).
(ss) Address(es) of other involved
vessel(s).
(tt) Registration
number(s) of other involved vessel(s).
(uu) Telephone number(s) of owner(s) of other
involved vessel(s).
(vv) Name(s) of
other involved vessel(s).
(ww)
Name(s) of owner(s) of other involved vessels.
(xx) Address(s) of owner(s) of other involved
vessels.
(yy) Names and contact
information for any witnesses.
(zz)
Signature of person completing report.
(aaa) Address of person completing
report.
(bbb) Telephone number of
person completing report.
(ccc)
Qualification of person completing report.
(ddd) Date report submitted.
(eee) Boating accident report addendum. (if
applicable)
