Incident reporting

The information on Please complete an Incident Report Form for any incidents that concern you

but, specifically, whenever emergency services have been involved, medical

Incident Report Forms

assistance has been sought, third party property has been damaged, or

helps us to develop an there’s been a near miss. If in doubt, please report it.

overview of incidents

and to provide relevant

The specific categories of to unconsciousness or requiring

guidance and training to incident that we must report to resuscitation or admittance to

keep us safe. our insurance broker are: hospital for more than 23 hours

• A fatal accident • Any other injury leading to
• Any injury involving either hypothermia, heat-induced referral to or actual hospital illness or to unconsciousness treatment which requires resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more
• Any circumstance involving than 24 hours damage to a third-party property • Loss of consciousness caused by asphyxia or by exposure to a
• A near miss harmful substance or biological An injury is defined as: agent
• Any head injury that requires A ‘near miss’ is an unplanned medical treatment (doctor or event that did not result in injury, hospital)

illness or damage, but had the

• Any fracture (other than to potential to do so. For example: fingers, thumbs or toes)
• A walker is lost for a period of
• Any amputation, dislocation of time, but later finds the group the shoulder, hip, knee or spine again
• Loss of sight (whether • During a path maintenance temporary or permanent) activity, a large stone tumbles
• Any injury resulting from down the path, narrowly electrical shock or burn, leading missing someone.

The incident report form

can be found in the 'Safe and

Legal' folder on Assemble

If you have any questions

about this form, please call the

delivery team on 020 3961

3180 or refer to 'Incident

reporting - Quick guide' on

Assemble.

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