Workplace injuries and incidents should be reported as soon as they happen, ideally before the shift ends. When clients report to their staffing branch right away, injured workers get care faster, details are captured while they’re fresh, and both teams can act quickly to prevent it from happening again.

Delays can turn a simple situation into a complicated one:

• Care gets delayed, and minor injuries can get worse.
• Details get lost as witnesses forget and scenes change.
• Claims slow down and raise more questions.
• Compliance risks grow. OSHA requires fatalities to be reported within 8 hours, and hospitalizations, amputations, or loss of an eye within 24 hours.

Clients

• Get the worker medical attention first, if needed
• Notify your staffing branch right away
• Secure the area and collect witness names

Staffing Branches

• Follow up with the worker
• Guide medical care and documentation
• Manage workers’ compensation reporting
• Review the incident with you to prevent repeats
  

Who was involved, what happened, when and where it happened, what equipment or conditions were involved, and what actions were taken. Photos help, if it’s safe to take them.

Make sure supervisors know who to call and what to report, and that speaking up is always encouraged.

At Core Personnel, we partner with clients to keep workers safe and respond quickly when incidents happen.

Questions about incident reporting at your site? Contact your local Core Personnel branch today.