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OSSA SAFETY TASK GROUP 2012-2013 Season Overview. OSSA AGM May 24 & 25, 2013. SIMEC. Mandate :
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OSSA SAFETY TASK GROUP2012-2013 Season Overview OSSA AGM May 24 & 25, 2013
SIMEC Mandate: • Establish priorities and make recommendations to Speed Skating Canada (SSC) regarding the development and implementation of policies and procedures pertaining to sport injury and medical emergencies • EAP, SSC Return to Play, Protective equipment, Concussion policy, concussion information, crash mat specifications Websites: • Red Book: www.speedskating.ca/red-book-1 • SIMEC: http://www.speedskating.ca/sport-injury-and-medical-emergency-committee
OSSA Safety Task Group • Established at the 2012 OSSA AGM Mandate: That OSSA create a safety Task Group to work under the Officials Development Committee. The task group would include members from various member clubs. The group would investigate safety topics including concussions, with a provincial perspective with the goal of creating and implementing a plan to identify methods to promote safety and reduce the risk and impact of injury
Members Vince Carruthers (Cambridge) Janique Gagnon (Gloucester) Dave Hickman (K-W) Mark Miyasaki (Cambridge) Anne Marie Malcolm (Brampton)Jeanne Preudhomme (Toronto) John Van Lierop (London)
What have we been up to…?Guidelines & Procedures • “When In Doubt, Pull Them Out” • Do No Harm “Policy” • Straw documents? Website:www.ontariospeedskating.ca/safety
What we have been up to…Competition Presence and Resource • Presentation at 2012 OSSA AGM • Presence at Provincial Series 1 & 4 (Cambridge), Junior Trials, Provincial A Championships • Contact for assistance with SSC crash mat guidelines: • Minimum specs • Timelines for implementation • Amended document • OSSA communicated concerns to SSC • STG members had opportunity to discuss and provide feedback
Our Direction for 2013-2014 • Ice quality • Concussion policy • Officials will have all skaters who fall checked out when leaving the ice
WANTED!! Liaison Person from Each Club
2012-2013 Injury Reports • Total reports received at OSSA: 44 (up from 9 last year) • Gender Breakdown: 14 female, 29 male, 1 unknown • 36 of 44 injuries reported were from skaters at competitions. • Reporting is improving but still not a good picture of what is happening during club practices. • Received reports from 12 clubs (KW, Quinte, Ottawa (ST & LT), Brampton, Gloucester, Kingston, Newmarket, Clarington, Oakville, Milton, Toronto, Markham) • Skaters had 2-10years of skating experience • No visible trend: 4 Beginner; 17 Intermediate; 18 Advanced; 5 unknown skill level.
Reporting (continued)Types of Injury: • Cut or laceration to body: 8 • Sore back or neck: 5 • Face hit ice: 2 • Bruised leg: 2 • Fracture (ankle): 1 • Ankle damage (twist or sore): 7 • Head discomfort / Suspected concussion: 6 • General uneasiness reported: 5 • Other: 7
Reporting (continued)Location of incident: • Fall before apex: 4 • Fall after apex: 23 • Fall on straight: 1 • Collision with other skater: 6 • Other: 8
Reporting (continued)Ages and Genders: 8 years: 1 male 9 years: 1 male, 1 female 10 years: 1 male, 2 female 11 years: 1 male 12 years: 3 male, 2 female 13 years: 1 male, 2 female 14 years: 4 male, 1 female 15 years: 6 male, 2 female 16 years: 3 male, 1 female
Reporting (continued) 8 years: 1 male 9 years: 1 male, 1 female 10 years: 1 male, 2 female 11 years: 1 male 12 years: 3 male, 2 female 13 years: 1 male, 2 female 14 years: 4 male, 1 female 15 years: 6 male, 2 female 16 years: 3 male, 1 female
Innovative Mat Systems – Examples from Toronto and Cambridge • Overview: Mat adoption system in Toronto • New half mats addresses: • Safety • The Junior Trials experience • Reduced injuries • Cost • Storage/logistics – 2 rink experience • Overcoming obstacles
Benefits of Short (Honeycomb) Mats • Augment your current mats with another layer of padding: works as a shock absorber and significantly reduces injury • Reduced cost of acquisition - $156 per mat • recommend 24 for NHL pad (cost $3,744 + shipping & tax) • recommend 30 for Olympic pad (cost $4,680 + shipping & tax) • Reduced storage needs vs. a 2nd (or 3rd) level of full size mats • Reduced time on and off ice vs. full size mats • Use “air” to work as a shock absorber: can leave up to 18” between mats and continue to get the honeycomb benefits • Mat dimensions (Quebec Standard): 60 x 35 x 225 cm (23.6” x 13.78” x 88.58”)
Benefits of Short Mats (continued) • Key difference between doubling up full mats vs half mats: • Board side mat within doubled up full mat system scoots up on impact, reducing skater padding protection • Front (full) mat folds over the half mat in collision, keeping half mat at ice level and maximizing padding during collision • NOTE: Quebec meet study, 2011-2012: 97% of falls have skaters hitting the mats at ice level, therefore maximizing protection at ice level is critical • Increased shock absorption and reduced skater bounce-back into the rink • NOTE: Short mats are mandatory in Quebec, but have not yet been “approved” by SSC
The Cambridge Experience • New mat systems addresses : • Safety – entire rink matted for competitions • Storage/logistics • Used for Provincial series #1 & 4 • CSSC worked with KW for the Provincials
SSC Level 4 Mat System Observed Impacts from OSSA Provincial Series Meet #4 February 2nd, 2013 Cambridge, ON
Blue pad interrupts system flow by resisting inwards movement