HOW TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT
As outlined in the PCBU's and Workers rights and responsibilities it is the PCBU'S responsibility to ensure a healthy, secure and safe work environment for all people on their premises. Emergency situations can arise that threaten the health, security and safety of staff and customers. These include:
WHO TO REPORT TO ?
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) creates a duty on persons conducting a business or undertaking to notify WorkCover immediately after becoming aware that a notifiable incident arising out of the conduct of the business or undertaking has occurred.
A “notifiable incident” means:
Reporting notifiable incidents Where a notifiable incident occurs in your workplace:
To report an incident or accident you would need to file a report with the following information
- Robbery
- suspicious or unusual characters or objects (such as strangers or unattended or unaccounted for objects)
- Fires
- Bomb threats
- Medical emergencies
WHO TO REPORT TO ?
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (WHS Act) creates a duty on persons conducting a business or undertaking to notify WorkCover immediately after becoming aware that a notifiable incident arising out of the conduct of the business or undertaking has occurred.
A “notifiable incident” means:
- the death of a person, or
- a serious injury or illness of a person, or
- a dangerous incident.
Reporting notifiable incidents Where a notifiable incident occurs in your workplace:
- call WorkCover immediately on 13 10 50 as an urgent investigation may be needed and
- notify your Scheme Agent or insurer within 48 hours.
To report an incident or accident you would need to file a report with the following information
- Name
- Workplace
- Date
- Time occurred
- Exact location
- details and description of incident/ accident
- witness account
- signed by a staff member