Accident and Incident Reporting for Teachers/Staff

Rationale:  To ensure that teachers and staff of Bright Beginnings have a comprehensive awareness of their role and their employer’s role with regard to creating and maintaining a safe and healthy working environment.

Policy & Procedure:

• Bright Beginning’s aim to maintain its status as a good employer by ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.
• Bright Beginning’s management will empower staff to be facilitators of good health and safety practices.
• Where a permanent staff member or volunteer has an accident, proper follow up practices will ensue.
• Bright Beginnings will support staff in their return to work from accidents/serious harm.
• All permanent teachers members employed by Bright Beginnings will hold a current First Aid Certificate from a recognised training facilitator.
• A full first aid kit will be held in the over twos bathroom. Also available will be a travel first aid kit for excursions and another smaller first aid kit to be held in the under two’s.
• Staff will assess the situation where a colleague has had an accident in the workplace.
  • Staff will use appropriate first aid procedures in the event of an accident;
  • Where possible, the staff member who has had the accident will fill out an accident form for the purpose of recording-
    • What time the accident happened;
    • Where the accident occurred;
    • How the accident occurred;
    • What part(s) of their body were caused harm;
    • What injuries they sustained;
    • If further treatment for the accident is required;
    • If there was an investigation into the occurrence of the accident;
    • How the accident was managed.
• If appropriate, staff will contact the staff member’s emergency contact.

• Management of Bright Beginnings will support the staff member in their return to their rostered duties by:
  • Liaising with ACC, occupational therapists, and other paraprofessionals;
  • Offering light duties where appropriate.