Marine Corps Electronic Mishap Report Website (Martrakweb) Activation
This MARADMIN announces the activation of MARTRAKWEB, a new web-based electronic mishap reporting system designed to help the Marine Corps achieve its goal of reducing mishaps and accident rates by 50 percent by the end of FY05. All commands must begin using MARTRAKWEB immediately and establish user profiles before the mandatory implementation date of October 1, 2004, after which the old MARTRAK 2.0 system will no longer accept reports.
Issued: July 14, 2004
1. FORCE PRESERVATION IS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. AN IMMEDIATE GOAL SET FORTH BY DOD AND CMC IS TO REDUCE MISHAPS AND ACCIDENT RATES 50 PERCENT BY THE END OF FY05. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, WE MUST CAPTURE CRITICAL MISHAP INFORMATION TO ALLOW SOUND LEADERSHIP DECISIONS AND RISK MITIGATION BASED ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS AND TRENDS. A WEB BASED VERSION OF MARTRAK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE OPERATING FORCES AND HQMC A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO REPORT, RECORD, AND RETRIEVE MISHAP DATA. 2. ALL COMMANDS SHALL BEGIN USING MARTRAKWEB IMMEDIATELY. PROFILES MUST BE ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE PROPER USER ROLES BEFORE MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION ON 1 OCT 04. MARTRAK 2.0 REPORTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER 30 SEP 04. 3. CONTINUE TO REPORT ALL MISHAPS IAW REF A. REF B MODIFIED REF A AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING MISHAPS THAT OCCUR IN A COMBAT ZONE. 4. ACCESS MARTRAKWEB FROM THE HQMC SAFETY DIVISION WEBSITE; WWW.HQMC.USMC.MIL/SAFETYWEB.NSF. SELECT 'GROUND' THEN 'MARTRAK;' THE MARTRAKWEB LINK WILL BE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. IF YOU ESTABLISHED A USER PROFILE DURING THE TESTING PHASE, IT IS STILL VALID. IF YOU DID NOT PREVIOUSLY CREATE A USER PROFILE, CLICK "HAVE YOU REGISTERED?" ON THE LOGIN SCREEN AND COMPLETE AND SUBMIT THE USER ACCOUNT REQUEST FORM. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION WHEN YOUR ACCOUNT IS ACCESSIBLE. 5. REPORT ANY PROBLEMS OR COMMENTS TO: MS. DEBORAH FREUND, DFREUND@SMARTRONIX.COM, PHONE 571.436.5197 OR SSGT M.R. BLUNT, BLUNTMR@HQMC.USMC.MIL. PROBLEMS MAY ALSO BE REPORTED VIA THE "CONTACT WEBMASTER" LINK ON THE MARTRAKWEB SITE. 6. I ENJOIN ALL COMMANDERS TO USE THIS VALUABLE TOOL TO CAPTURE MISHAP DATA. YOUR EFFORTS WILL ENHANCE OUR WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES THROUGH PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP AND IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS AND TRENDS. 7. SEMPER FIDELIS, W. L. NYLAND, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.