Injury Report Form

This form is for recording any sport-related injury or incident that occurs during handball training, matches, warm-ups, or cool-downs. Submitting the form helps protect athlete wellbeing, supports injury prevention, and contributes to national injury surveillance in Irish handball.

Olympic Handball Ireland and Scottish Handball Association Injury Surveillance Project

This form records any sport-related injury or incident that occurs during handball training, matches, warm-ups, or cool-downs. Every submission helps protect athlete wellbeing, supports injury prevention, and contributes to injury surveillance across Irish and Scottish handball.

Please complete the form as soon as possible after an incident. It only takes a few minutes, and every report helps build a safer sport.

This project covers senior players aged 18 and over only. Please do not submit reports for any player under 18.

Start an Injury Report

Please complete the form as soon as possible after an incident. It only takes a few minutes — and every submission helps build a safer sport.

How to Complete the Form

Watch the explainer video below to guide you through each section of the form.

You’ll be asked to:

• Identify yourself and the injured athlete

• Record the date, venue, match/training context, and specific action when the injury occurred

• Indicate if the athlete continued playing or not

• Select the injured body region and side (L, R, or B)

• Describe the injury mechanism (e.g. contact, overuse)

• Note any suspected or confirmed concussion

• Add relevant exposure data (minutes played, training frequency, etc.)

Four weeks after initial submission, you will receive a follow-up link via email to complete report.

Submitting The Report

The form is completed and submitted online. There is no need to download, print, or email anything. After you submit the initial record, a short follow-up is sent automatically about four weeks later to capture the athlete's recovery.

1. Report. Complete the incident, injury, and exposure details, then sign and submit.
2. Follow-up email. After 28 days you receive a link to the follow-up section.
3. Complete. Record the recovery, sign again, and the report is finished.

Access the Injury Report Form

Data Protection Notice

All data is handled in line with GDPR, Sport Ireland's Privacy Policy, and Sport Scotland's General Privacy Notice. Data is anonymised for research and monitoring, supporting our shared commitment to player welfare and injury prevention. By submitting the form, you confirm the athlete agrees to their anonymised data being used for these purposes.

Privacy Policy | Sport Ireland (https://www.sportireland.ie/privacy-policy)

General Privacy Notice | Sport Scotland (https://sportscotland.org.uk/privacy-and-data-protection/privacy/general-privacy-notice)

Read the full Data Protection and Confidentiality Statement | OHI_SHA_Data_Protection_Statement

Questions? Contact injuryreport@olympichandball.org