Categorisation - Minor, Significant or Serious

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as 'minor' not warranting any further investigation, 'significant', where a line management investigation would be deemed appropriate, and then 'serious' where a member of the Health and Safety Services team would be assigned to conduct an investigation. Note that this latter review may also take place upon further information being received following a line management investigation.</p><p>To provide departments with typical examples of what would constitute a 'minor', 'significant' or 'serious' incident, please see the attached document on the right hand side of this page. This is what is currently utilised as an explanation during health and safety committee meetings and should be referred to as guidance.</p><p>Currently there are a number of key staff within a department who receive an immediate notification as soon as an incident is reported via the Assure system. This generally includes the Head of Department, Senior Administrator (or similar) and Chair of H&S Committee (if relevant). Reports in the Assure system do <strong>not</strong> go to a line manager, so it is important that individuals do let their immediate supervisors/line managers know that they have been involved in an incident at their earliest convenience. As well as the key staff being notified of an incident within the person's reporting department, relevant Health and Safety staff are also notified at the same time. If an incident requires further information or requires intervention by a member of staff within the person's department (or other department outside of the reporting department like Estates, for example), a member of the Health and Safety team will make contact with them. Note that this should not negate anyone in the injured person's reporting department making the situation safe (capturing photos of the scene for evidence purposes/taping the area off if required) upon receipt of a notification of a serious incident, as Health and Safety Services may not be in the vicinity at the time. Under these circumstances, there will likely be a coordinated effort made by the department and HSS. For any support/assistance, contact your relevant Health and Safety Officer (see <a href="../../contacts/" title="Link to Health and Safety contacts page" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Health and Safety Contacts page<i class='new-window-link' aria-hidden='true' title='Link opens in a new window'></i><span class='sr-only'>Link opens in a new window</span></a>)</p> </div></div> <div class="column-2"><div class="column-2-content"> <p><a href="../../healthandsafetyteam/investigation/incident_report_to_investigation_process/accident_and_incident_priority_rating_v1_08_12_23.docx" title="Link to latest Incident Priority Rating Descriptions (to v1 08 12 23 version)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Use this link to download the document below as a pdf<i class='new-window-link' aria-hidden='true' title='Link opens in a new window'></i><span class='sr-only'>Link opens in a new window</span></a></p><p><a href="incident_priority_rating_description_v1_08_12_23.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><div class="image-with-text"> <img src="incident_priority_rating_description_v1_08_12_23.jpg" alt="Link to Incident Priority Rating Descriptions and what qualifies as a 'serious', 'significant' or 'minor' incident" /> <div class="text-on-image top-left "> Incident Priority Rating Description </div> </div><i class='new-window-link' aria-hidden='true' title='Link opens in a new window'></i><span class='sr-only'>Link opens in a new window</span></a></p> </div></div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="id7-page-footer id7-footer-coloured"> <div class="id7-site-footer"> <div class="id7-site-footer-content"> <p>For Health and Safety queries see the <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/services/healthsafetywellbeing/contacts/">Contact Us</a> page<br /> For training requests and advice contact <a href="mailto:HealthSafetyTraining@warwick.ac.uk">HealthSafetyTraining@warwick.ac.uk</a></p> <p>Health and Safety Department, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 8UW | <a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/interactive/">Find us on the interactive map</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="id7-app-footer"> <div class="id7-logo-bleed"></div> <div class="id7-app-footer-content"> <div id="page-footer-elements" class="nofollow clearfix page-footer-elements"> Page contact: <a id="email-owner-link" href="/sitebuilder2/api/ajax/emailOwner.htm?page=%2Fservices%2Fhealthsafetywellbeing%2Fincidents%2Fcategorisationminorsignificantserious" class="no-print-expand" aria-controls="email-page-owner" title="Send an email to Caroline Farren" rel="nofollow">Caroline Farren</a> <br> Last revised: Thu 8 Feb 2024 </div> <div id="email-page-owner" class="hidden"> </div> <div class="id7-footer-utility"> <ul> <li id="powered-by-link"> Powered by <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder" title="More information about SiteBuilder">Sitebuilder</a> </li> <li id="accessibility-link"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/accessibility" title="Accessibility information [0]" accesskey="0">Accessibility</a></li> <li id="cookies-link"><a href="http://warwick.ac.uk/cookies" title="Information about cookies">Cookies</a></li> <li id="copyright-link"><a href="http://warwick.ac.uk/copyright" title="Copyright Statement">© MMXXIV</a></li> <li id="modern-slavery-link"><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/modernslavery">Modern Slavery Statement</a></li> <li id="privacy-link"><a href="http://warwick.ac.uk/privacy" title="Privacy notice">Privacy</a></li> <li id="terms-link"><a href="http://warwick.ac.uk/terms/general" title="Terms of use">Terms</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div id="university-vacancies-link"> <a class="btn btn-info" href="https://warwick.ac.uk/vacancies">Work with us</a> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div class="id7-right-border"></div> <aside id="cookie-banner"> <div class="container"> <h2>Let us know you agree to cookies</h2> <form id="cookiePreferenceForm" action="/sitebuilder2/user/cookiepreference?returnTo=%2Fservices%2Fhealthsafetywellbeing%2Fincidents%2Fcategorisationminorsignificantserious%2F" method="POST"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12 col-md-4"> <p class="cookie-description">We use cookies to give you the best online experience. 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