General information and reporting form

Learn more about what to report and how to do it.

Defining accidents and incidents

Any unplanned event or occurrence resulting in, or having a potential for injury, ill-health, damage or other loss.

An incident that has caused harm, fatality, ill-health, damage or other loss.

Incidents should be reported within 24 hours of becoming aware of it: Report a safety injury, incident or observation

Notifiable events need to be reported immediately (further information on this page). Find out more: Notifiable events.

Any incident, accident, illness or related health and safety concern at a University of Auckland:

These include:

To avoid doubt, this includes the following:

Gradual process injuries such as OOS-related diagnosis
Noise-induced hearing loss or dermatitis (where an actual injury date may be difficult to determine).

Note that you should record these injuries when you first notice the symptoms or suspect you have them.

You also need to report all incidents and accidents involving:

Plus you need to make a report for:

Anytime you have sought treatment from a medical provider for a work-related injury, e.g., doctor, physio
Potential incidents or ones that have already occurred.

These are serious events where someone's health or safety is endangered or threatened.