Incident, injury or illness reporting

Your safety is important to us. If you are visiting the University and find yourself involved in an accident or incident, please notify your host in the first instance. They will support you with any medical help you may need and reporting requirements.

If you are involved in an incident on a Massey campus, and are able to, make sure you:

1. control the scene to protect others from danger
2. call out for help - first-aid attendants, supervisors etc
3. phone 111 for emergency services (ambulance, police, fire), if required
4. do not disturb the scene, if the event is a serious incident, it is a notifiable event
5. report the incident.

Incident reporting at Massey

All accidents, incidents, injuries and near misses (close calls) must be reported, no matter how minor.

• Accident/Incident at Work Report Form (101 KB)
• Accident/Incident at Work Report Form (154 KB)

Complete an incident reporting form and email to HandS@massey.ac.nz

If you're a Massey University employee, you can use the MyHS online incident report form

Notifiable Events

WorkSafe NZ must be notified when certain work-related events (notifiable events) occur.

You can contact the Health, Safety and Wellbeing team by phone +64 6 951 7680 or email HandS@massey.ac.nz, or complete the WorkSafe NZ notification form online.

Notifiable events as defined in the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

A notifiable event is any of the following events that arise from work:

• a death
• a notifiable illness or injury or
• a notifiable incident.

Notifiable events may occur inside or outside the actual work site.

WorkSafe NZ must be notified by the fastest means possible given the circumstances.

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Last updated on Wednesday 29 August 2018