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Overview
Details on how to report accidents / incidents and GM incidents.
Accident, Incident and Dangerous Occurrences Online Form
The Accident, Incident and Dangerous Occurences form which can be completed online and submitted electronically.
Please note this link will take you to the main Health and Safety Department website.
How to complete the form
- Guidance on completion of the online Accident Form
- Guidance on completion of the paper Accident Book
Data Protection
Information on how the Health and Safety Department uses your details in relation to the Data Protection Act.
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1995
Certain accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and cases of occupational ill health must be reported to the enforcing authorities immediately under the requirements of RIDDOR.
Genetic Modification Accidents and Incidents
The HSE must be notified of any accident or incident involving a significant and unintended release of genetically modified organisms which present a hazard to either human health and safety or the environment. Spillage or release of Class 1 genetically modified micro-organisms are unable to pose a risk to human health or the environment and therefore unlikely to require notification.
It is the responsibility of the University Health and Safety Department to make notifications to the Health and Safety Executive of any accidents or incidents occurring within the University that require to be notified either under the Contained Use Regulations or RIDDOR.
Schools should not make any such notifications, instead they should contact the Biosafety Unit immediately.
Schools should immediately inform, preferably by telephone, the Biosafety Unit (or Health and Safety Department if no-one in the BSU is available) and the Occupational Health Unit in the event of any accident or incident involving the spillage or release of any genetically modified organisms or micro-organisms or where exposure to a genetically modified micro-organism may have occurred.
A full accident record should be prepared and forwarded to the Health and Safety Department as soon as possible using the form above.
This article was published on Jul 4, 2011