Incident reporting and investigations
When an incident occurs, contact Campus Security to obtain first aid, other medical aid or to assist with an emergency situation.
All accidents, injuries and near-misses must then be reported as soon as possible to a supervisor using the Departmental Incident & Investigation Report (DIIR).
Faculty and staff should report incidents that resulted in any of the following:
- Injury, exposure or occupational disease
- Time-loss from work
- Medical treatment (by a physician)
- First aid call-out (for work-related injuries)
- Near-miss (no injury but potential to cause serious injury)
- Equipment failure
- Hazardous material spill/environmental release
- Property damage
- All immediate reportable incidents, as prescribed by WorkSafeBC.
Notes:
- Students should also report any of the above incidents that occurred in a teaching/research laboratory on campus or as part of approved fieldwork.
- Minor incidents not meeting any of the above criteria should be recorded in your department's Accident Record Book (pdf).
- Preliminary investigations must be completed within 48 hours by the Supervisor/P.I. for all reported incidents including WSBC claims.
- Full investigations must be completed within 30 days of the incident if the issues could not be fully assessed and corrected during the Preliminary investigation.
- For all WSBC claims or serious incidents, a joint investigation must be completed with the Supervisor/P.I. and worker/union representative.
- OHSE will assist in coordinating joint investigations.
- Please submit all investigation reports to OHSE ohs@uvic.ca when completed.
- All completed reports will be reviewed by the appropriate joint Local Safety Committee (LSC).
Certain types of incidents require an immediate report to WorkSafeBC. Please contact Campus Security at 250-721-7599 if any of the following occur:
- Any incident that kills, causes risk of death or seriously injures a worker
- A major leak or release of a hazardous substance
- A major structural failure or collapse of a building, hoist or construction support system
- Any blasting accident that results in injury or unusual event involving explosives
- Any incident of fire or explosion with the potential to cause serious injury
- A diving incident that causes death, injury or decompression sickness requiring treatment
OHSE will then notify WorkSafeBC, ensure that the accident scene is protected and coordinate a joint incident investigation.