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Accident & Injury Reporting

All accidents must be reported to Supervisor, EH&S, and Human Resources. This includes:

  • Fires
  • Explosions
  • Large hazardous material spills
  • Serious injuries (e.g., death, amputation, concussion, crushing, fracture, burn, laceration with serious bleeding or requiring stitches, or hospitalization)
  • Laboratory-acquired infections
  • Exposures to hazardous materials, including biohazardous material
  • Incidents that have the potential to cause serious injury or harm

EH&S will conduct an accident investigation for all serious accidents.

The following forms must be used to report accidents involving an injury, illness or exposure to chemical, biological or radiological materials (via inhalation, splash or other accident):

It is also important for students, faculty, and staff to report to their Supervisor or Professor all near misses that had the potential to cause serious injury or harm. Near misses provide you with the opportunity to correct potential hazards before an injury occurs. Near misses can be reported to EH&S by contacting the Safety Specialist directly. They are not to be reported using the HR Accident Reporting process.

Specific information will assist EH&S in recommending corrective actions that the department can take to prevent re-occurrence. This information is part of the HR Accident Reporting process, and the information EH&S needs for near misses. The information that is needed includes:

  • Injured person's name, address, etc
  • Place of accident (be specific); Work location
  • Specific type of injury (e.g. cut, sprain, chemical splash)
  • Specific body part injured
  • Was medical attention required (doctor or hospital)?
  • Describe how accident occurred
  • What do you think can be done to prevent this from reoccurring?
  • Include any equipment involved in the incident
  • What were the primary & contributing causes of the incident?

Immediate steps must be taken by the Supervisor or Professor to correct hazardous conditions or practices. Corrective actions that are taken must be documented, such as:

  • Remove - dangerous situations
  • Repair - equipment, process
  • Replace -damaged equipment
  • Retrain - on-the-job training
  • Review - update and correct SOPs
  • Assign responsibility and timeline for corrective actions

Supervisor Safety Training & Understanding the Accident Reporting Process. 

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Duration: 2 Hour

Course Purpose: Supervisors play a key role in ensuring a safety program is effective. Every supervisor has at least the following responsibilities with regard to occupational health and safety:

  1. Employee Training - Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that each new employee, whether temporary or permanent, receives appropriate safety training at the start of employment.
  2. Personal Protective Equipment - OSHA requires that each supervisor assess the hazards of the work area to determine if the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is necessary, the type(s) of PPE required and to provide training on its use and enforce the use of PPE.
  3. Accident and Injury Reporting - It is the supervisor's responsibility to investigate and report all accidents or injuries that occur to their employees while at work and to take immediate steps to correct unsafe conditions.

The purpose of this course is to provide training to ensure supervisor’s understand their role as it pertains to safety.Topics Covered:

  • Review of supervisor's responsibitlies as it applies to safety
  • Discuss what an accident is, its effects, and causes
  • OSHA/PESH accident recordkeeping requirements
  • OSHA/PESH inspections