How to report an incident or accident?
The responsibility of a PCBU is to ensure a healthy, secure and safe work environment for all the people within there workplace.
Emergency situations can arise not matter how careful an organisation is or how detailed there polices are, these situations may arise threatening the health, security and safety of the workers. Emergency situations include:
Many workplace will have forms to be completed when an accident or incident has occurred are used by PCBU to improve health, safety and security procedures. These forms also ensures that breaches are taken in to consideration and acted upon, and that any necessary actions are taken into place. To report an incident or accident, it is usually recommended that you note your supervisor or PCBU and ensure actions are taken into account for the safety of all workers.
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The incident report details:1. The type of incident;
- Injury - the injury could be small but it could become a major issue - serious bodily injury - a work related illness e.g. not lift the electrical equipment properly, which caused bad back injury. - dangerous events e.g. robbery and e.t.c. 2. Details of the person injured 3. The basis and type of employment: - Are a full time or part time? - construction work or office work? 4. Nature of the injury: - detailed description of the injury or illness 5. Mechanisms of the injury: - falls, trips and slips - body stressing - heat radiation and electricity 6. Agency of injury or diseases 7. Give full details of how the incident occurred |