Getting Help in an Emergency on Campus
If you need urgent help while on campus, your first point of contact should be University Security at 0191 227 3200. Security staff are trained in first aid and can provide immediate support in emergencies or other incidents. Depending on the situation, they may also advise you to contact the emergency services. Be ready to clearly explain:
If the emergency situation is of a life threatening situation to yourself or others nearby call the relevant emergency services 999 and also call security to let them know of the situation and what’s going on.
It's important to remember:
You can also use the to alert University Security. It notifies them if you need emergency assistance or first aid and shares your location so they can reach you quickly on campus.
To report an Environmental, Potential Fire Hazard, Hazard or Near Miss, Incident or Injury, Sports Incident or Injury, you should telephone the Central Health and Safety Team immediately for further support: CRHealthandSafety@northumbria.ac.uk
The prevention and elimination of incidents, injuries can only be progressed by reporting them. Letting a near miss, unsafe act, unsafe condition, or dangerous occurrence go unreported, provides opportunity for a serious accident to occur.
To report a near miss please notify the Health and Safety Team.
Remember a NEAR MISS is an actual event which could have caused injury or damage to people, the environment or plant and equipment but did not do so. Near Miss Examples: Something just misses you as you walk by, a handbrake fails and a vehicle rolls backwards hitting a bollard.
A HAZARD is something with the POTENTIAL to cause harm if not controlled or removed. Hazard Examples- a slippery or uneven surface, a sharp edge, a leaking drum, a damaged or missing machine guard.
Accident reports contain sensitive personal data. We have altered our reporting arrangements to comply with the Data Protection Act. As an employer, the University needs to know personal details about people who have been involved in accident, ill health and near misses that occur as a result of work, in order to comply with Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 Act. In some cases, such incidents have to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The procedure described above is intended to gather necessary information so that a report can be made to the HSE if necessary, while limiting access to personal details.
If an incident has occurred, and you are unsure whether you should report it or not, please contact the Health and Safety Office.
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