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SAFETY GUIDELINES, MEDICAL & INSURANCE INFORMATION
SAFETY ITEM #1 - MEDICAL WAIVERS
Please bring your child's Medical Waiver Form with you to your child's first practice and deliver it to the Team Manager. The manager or a coach must be in possession of each player's medical waiver for every practice and game. This form should be downloaded when you register your child online, but if you do not have the form, you can print another one by clicking here. Please note that Ocee Park and Babe Ruth League, Inc. have two versions of the form. The first is designed for use in the Regular Season and the second is used only in tournaments. Please use the regular season Medical Waiver Form link below unless directed to download the tournament waiver form by a team manager or a league official.

Medical Waiver Form Medical Waiver Form (Tournaments)

SAFETY ITEM #2 - PREVENTING INJURIES
Our safety goal for every season is no preventable player injuries! We have been very successful in avoiding injuries by simply following our comprehensive OPAA safety rules. These rules are posted on our website on our FORMS link. If you see a situation or activity that is in violation of our safety rules, or is inherently dangerous, please intervene to prevent an accident! At the very least, bring it to the manager's, duty officer's, or a board member's immediate attention.

Ocee lightning prediction and warning system

SAFETY ITEM #3 - LIGHTNING WARNING
Ocee Park is fortunate to have the best lightning warning system available called ThorGuard®. This is the same system used by the PGA and other professional sports organizations to warn of imminent lightning danger. However, even the best warning system is useless unless parents, players, and league officials react properly when the warning system sounds an alert. If the ThorGuard Lightning Prediction and Warning system Alert sounds (a 15 second blast), clear the fields, dugouts, and bleachers. Seek shelter inside a building or a car. Do not remain on the field, in the dugout, or in any open area. A strobe light will flash continually on top of the equipment shed while there is a chance of a lightning strike in the area. If after 30 minutes the All Clear signal (3 short blasts) does not sound, the game or practice is cancelled.

SAFETY ITEM #4 - GENERAL SAFETY RULES
The following safety rules address commonly asked questions or problems frequently encountered at the park.

A batting helmet must be worn any time a player is swinging a bat. Yes, this even includes soft-toss with whiffle-balls or tennis balls, and hitting in the batting cages.

Batting helmet cages and C-flaps: In all Softball Divisions, a cage must be attached to the helmet. In Baseball Tee, Farm, and A Leagues, a cage must be attached to the helmet. In Baseball AA, AAA, Major, 13-15 Junior, and 16-18 Senior Leagues/Divisions, no c-flap or cage is required, although it is encouraged from a safety standpoint.

Helmets may not be re-painted, and may not contain tape or re-applied decals unless approved by the helmet manufacturer (helmets must be NOCSE certified).

Catchers must wear all protective gear including a dangling throat guard, a protective cup (males), and a catcher's glove (not a fielding glove).

Players are not allowed to wear jewelry at any time during practices or games. This includes watches, bracelets, necklaces, ear rings, or other jewelry regardless of the material (metal, plastic, elastic, etc.).

No swinging a bat unless supervised by a coach. Must be on a designated practice field or location, or in a cage.

No on-deck batters at any time, including practice (except 13-15 Junior and 16-18 Senior baseball divisions and Majors 12U and Seniors 14U/16U softball Divisions).

Players may not warm up by swinging a bat outside the foul fences before their turn at bat.

No big barrel bats (except 13-15 Junior and 16-18 Senior baseball Divisions). Bats may be wood or metal, but must not exceed 2 and 1/4 inch diameter. Big barrel bats are limited to 2 and 3/4 inch diameter in the divisions in which they are permitted.

No steel cleats are permitted in any league/division (Ocee Park local league rule) except for the 16-18 Senior division in baseball (new for Spring 2008).

SAFETY ITEM #5 - RAIN OUTS/WEATHER POSTPONEMENT
We make every attempt to update this website, and our weather phone hotline 770.663.8376, as soon as possible, and usually no later than 5pm on weekdays and by 8am on Saturdays, if the fields are unplayable due to inclement weather. Spring and Fall weather can be unpredictable. League officials do their best to make timely and informed decisions regarding cancellations.

Ocee park safety manual
Click here to view our extensive safety manual with information for managers, coaches and others volunteering or working at Ocee Park. This comprehensive safety plan was approved as part of the Little League ASAP Safety Program in 2006 and adapted for our use as part of the Babe Ruth League organization. Updated in December 2007.

OCEE PARK 2008 SAFETY MANUAL

injury tracking form
All player injuries must be reported as soon as they occur. The Injury Tracking Form is used to report an injury of any type to Ocee Park Babe Ruth League officials. The team Manager of an injured player is required to fill out an injury tracking form for any injury sustained in practice or a game. A copy of the form must be provided to the League Commissioner and to the Safety Officer. If you have any questions regarding the form, please contact the Safety Officer.

OCEE PARK INJURY REPORT FORM, 2008 (PDF)

OCEE PARK INJURY REPORT FORM, 2008 (Word)

INSURANCE FORMS
The following documents/forms are used for accident notification and to make an insurance claim under the Babe Ruth League® accident insurance policy underwritten by K and K Insurance. Please download and read the insurance claim form below and contact the Ocee Park Safety Officer before filing an injury claim. The Safety Officer will be able to provide you with information about the claims process. Note: The Accident Case Report form is for league official use only.

INSURANCE CLAIM FORM

ACCIDENT CASE REPORT

thorguard lightning info
Click here for more detailed information on the ThorGuard Lightning warning system.