2023 Annual Safety Report

This folder holds the 2023 Mountaineers Annual Safety Report. Annual safety reports increase awareness of risks associated with Mountaineers activities by providing: • historical incident trends • incident details (with names and second person pronouns removed in support of anonymity) • observations drawn from incident trends and report details • recommendations for improvements in activity training and trip preparation/leadership • with the intention of reducing the probability and severity of incidents Increasing awareness of risks associated with Mountaineers activities and then learning and mastering skills to avoid or minimize exposure to such risks can help reduce incident probability and mitigate incident severity. Maintaining a balance between risk, knowledge, capability, and conditioning increases the likelihood of avoiding serious incidents, injuries, and fatalities. The primary objective for Mountaineers members should always be for everyone to return home from activities alive and well, physically as well as emotionally.

2023 Annual Safety Report

Here is a Safety Report for 2023. This report provides summary statistics, analysis, and key lessons learned. Additionally, there are detailed charts showing incident severity, type, frequency, rate, broken out by year. Finally, an appendix shows incident descriptions and lessons learned, removing specific incident date, names, and second person pronouns in support of anonymity. Mountaineers members and leaders can use this information to better prepare for courses and trips in order to reduce frequency and severity of incidents.

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2023 Incident Report Detail

This 2023 Safety Report appendix shows incident descriptions and lessons learned, removing specific incident date, names, and second person pronouns in support of anonymity. Mountaineers members and leaders can use this information to better prepare for courses and trips in order to reduce frequency and severity of incidents.

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