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Resident and Fellow Policy Manual

Appendix 1 - Incident Reporting (Environmental Health & Safety and Worker's Compensation):

When a work-related incident, injury, or illness occurs, please document the event via one of the following two options:

Be prepared to provide the following information:

  • Employee name/social security number/employee ID #
  • Date of accident/location where accident occurred
  • Time employee began work and the time the injury occurred 
  • Excluding the date of incident, provide the dates the employee will be absent from work due to this injury/illness (estimate if unknown)
  • Typical work schedule for injured employee
  • Information regarding injury/exposure; nature of injury and body part affected, what employee was doing when injured, how did the incident occur, what the object or substance was that directly injured employee; what corrective action was taken
  • The type and brand of sharp (needle/blade) involved in a contaminated sharp injury (an OSHA requirement)
  • Was medical care provided to the injured employee?  If yes, when, and the name and address of doctor and/or hospital
  • Date the supervisor/employer was first notified of incident

Additional questions regarding procedures may be directed to the Workers’ Compensation Office at 275-7250 or visit the web site http://www.safety.rochester.edu/workcomp/workcomp.html