Injury and Incident Reporting Policy

This policy outlines information so all workers know the steps to take should an injury or an incident occur. Incident is defined as any event that causes, or could have caused, damage or injury.

Having an Injury and Incident Reporting Policy is important for several reasons:

• Ensuring Safety: This policy helps identify and mitigate risks, ensuring a safer environment. By reporting and addressing incident, steps can be taken to reduce future incidents.
• Legal Compliance: All organisations must comply with Workplace Health and Safety regulations. This includes having an Injury and Incident Reporting Policy and risk assessment revisions in the case of an incident.
• Improving Practices: Incident reports provide data that can be analyzed to identify patterns and areas for improvement, this helps the organisation enhance safety practices and operational procedures.
• Protecting Reputation: Properly managing incidents shows that organisation is committed to the well-being of stakeholders and visitors and shows it takes its responsibilities seriously.
• Supporting Insurance: Detailed incident reports are essential for supporting insurance claims. They provide documentation to show the organisation has taken appropriate steps to mitigate risk and address incidents.
  

This policy is used when new workers, or if relevant, guests, come onto the work site. This policy should be reviewed regularly and after incidents to minimise future risk.