Reporting Incidents

Please use the related links to report all incidents whether on University Premises or involving University-related activity off-site.

The Incident Reporting System is for any accident, near miss, dangerous occurrence or ill-health incident.

• Accidents e.g. falls, manual handling injuries, eye injuries, being struck by something, striking against something, sharps injuries, violence, chemical exposure
• Near Misses - where someone narrowly avoided being injured
• Dangerous Occurrences, e.g. collapse of scaffolding, falls of materials from height, explosion, asbestos release
• Ill-health - occupationally caused ill-health such as sensitisation, latex allergy, deafness, upper limb disorders. Also can be used for recording ill-health not related to work activity, e.g. cardiac arrest, loss of consciousness.

First aiders attending any incident will want to know that a record of the incident has been submitted.