Accident, Incident, Near-Miss Report Form

Accident, Incident, Near-Miss Report Form

Complete this form for each incident, accident or near miss within 24 hours of the date in which the incident or accident was reported. Incident Reporting ensures there is a record of the incident on file and helps provide for a safer work environment.

This form must be completed in the event of an actual/potential; accident, injury, fire, explosion, impact, puncture, electrical shock, fall, entrapment, spill/exposure to chemical, biological, or radiological material etc.. Regardless of whether an injury or illness occurred. It may be completed by the person affected by the incident, a witness, supervisor or instructor. If you are an employee or bursary student who was injured on the job, the Human Resources Department will contact you directly regarding your workplace injury and assist you with the workers’ compensation claims process. Filing of this Accident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis is not filing a workman compensation claim. An employee retains his/her right to file a workers’ compensation claim at a later date. University employees may need to complete additional forms as required by human resources.