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It is the employees responsibility to immediately (or as soon as possible after the injury/illness has occurred) report full details of any work related injury or illness to the relevant Supervisor or Head of School, Division or College following the application of appropriate first aid and/or medical treatment.
Forms can be obtained from theOccupational Health and Safety Unit and are also available online at http://www.une.edu.au/rmu/injillrep.htm. (Following the submission of the online form by either the employee or relevant Supervisor or Head of department/ School/ Division/ College it must be printed and annotated by both parties and sent to the Occupational Health and Safety Unit, Human Resource Services within 24 hours.)
A significant injury is defined by legislation as a workplace injury that is likely to result in a person being either totally or partially incapacitated for a continuous period of more than 7 days. In the case of a significant injury a verbal report must be made to the Occupational Health and Safety Unit, Human Resource Services, within 24 hours of the injury/illness occurring.
In the event that a student has a reportable accident under the supervision of an academic or general staff member the same procedure as for staff applies (above).
In the case of accidents occuring within the University/ college grounds but not within the academic context, the incident should be reported to the Occupational Health and Safety Unit directly or by using the online form (http://www.une.edu.au/rmu/injillrep.htm ) or:
Visitors to the University can report accidents to the Occupational Health and Safety Unit directly or by using the online form http://www.une.edu.au/rmu/injillrep.htm.
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