Workplace Accident / Injury Process

Workplace incident

occurs

Yes

2

Call 911

6

Schedule a time to meet with

injured employee and provide

medical care in OIM office

1

Is injury life

threatening?

No

4

Page on-call nurse practitioner @

(404) 686-5500 (pager ID# ) and

follow his/her directions

5

Notify YEHSO @ (404) 275-

0963(cell phone) if occurred at a

Yerkes facility and follow her

directions

15

Schedule an investigation meeting

with supervisor and employee

14

Is an EHSO incident

investigation

warranted?

Yes12

Review the incident to

determine required actions

18

Mark report / form as ‘closed’ and

file in EHSO central file

A

11

Wash affected area with soap

and water for 15 minutes.

3

Complete People Soft

Accident Injury Report

7

Is further

medical care

needed?

Yes

8

Refer to appropriate

medical facility

No9

Follow up with OIM as

necessary

16

Conduct investigation & write

report with recommendations

No

22

Send the Supervisor Accident

Investigation Form to supervisor

24

Review completed Supervisor

Accident Investigation Form

23

Complete Supervisor Accident Form

and send to EHSO for review

END

EmployeeOccupational Injury

Management (OIM)

Environmental Health and

Safety Office (EHSO)

Yerkes Environmental

Health and Safety Office

(YEHSO)

Supervisor

NOTES:

People Soft is the location for

reporting accidents and injury and

is also the tracking system for the

OSHA 300 Log

This process fulfills

compliance for OSHA

29 CFR 1910.7

10

Does incident

involve contact

exposure?

13

Forward copy to employee’s

supervisor

17

Forward report to employee’s supervisor

and HR rep if a Campus Services employee

EHSO Investigation Documentation

Yes

No

20

Record on the OSHA Log

and People Soft

21

Record in People Soft

19

Is this an OSHA

Recordable

Incident?

A

No

Yes