Marine Corps Implementation of the Department of the Navy Web Enabled Safety System

1.  THE MARINE CORPS BEGAN ITS TRANSITION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON) WEB ENABLED SAFETY SYSTEM (WESS) FOR
REPORTING GROUND MISHAPS AND HAZARDS ON 1 OCTOBER 2004.  FROM 1
OCTOBER UNTIL 1 DECEMBER 2004, USMC ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SUBMIT GROUND MISHAP REPORTS USING EITHER WESS OR THE PC-BASED
MARTRAK VERSION 2.0.  THIS TRANSITION ALLOWED USMC ACTIVITIES TIME
TO SECURE WESS ACCOUNTS, ATTEND TRAINING, AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH
THE NEW WEB-BASED SYSTEM. 
2.  EFFECTIVE 1 DECEMBER 2004, ALL MARINE CORPS ACTIVITIES ARE
REQUIRED TO USE WESS TO REPORT USMC GROUND AND NON-AVIATION RELATED
MISHAPS.  WESS IS USED TO REPORT WORK-RELATED INJURY/ILLNESS FOR
COMBAT ZONE, PRIVATELY OWNED/TACTICAL VEHICLE, OFF-DUTY,
RECREATIONAL, PARACHUTING, HELICOPTER ROPE SUSPENSION TECHNIQUE
(HRST), AND AVIATION/NON-AVIATION ORDNANCE AND EXPLOSIVE MISHAPS. 
WESS ALSO PROVIDES A MEANS OF REPORTING HAZARDS, SUCH AS NEGLIGENT
DISCHARGES AND SAFETY ISSUES OF USMC-WIDE OR COMMUNITY INTEREST.  
3.  TRAINING HAS BEEN ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE ACCORDING TO THE
NAVAL SAFETY CENTER SCHEDULE, LOCATED AT
WWW.SAFETYCENTER.NAVY.MIL/WESS/TRAINING.HTM.
4.  DETAILS ON WESS, FEEDBACK FORMS, WESS HELP DESK LINK, WESS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ'S), AND INFORMATION ON GETTING A
WESS ACCOUNT ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE HQMC SAFETY WEB SITE AT
WWW.HQMC.USMC.MIL/SAFETYWEB OR THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER'S WEB SITE AT
WWW.SAFETYCENTER.NAVY.MIL/WESS/INTRO/.  AN EXTENSIVE WESS USER'S
GUIDE CONSISTING OF POWER POINT TUTORIALS ON EACH FEATURE AND
FUNCTION OF WESS 2 IS ALSO AVAILABLE.