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Near Miss or Safety Concern Reports

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What is a reportable incident?

An incident is an unplanned accident, occurrence, or event. A general incident, near miss or safety concern that may result in a financial loss to BYU needs to be reported to the Risk Management Department within 24 hours, if feasible, or as soon as possible via the incident.byu.edu website. The following are examples of a possible financial loss that need to be reported:
• An injury to a BYU employee, BYU student, guest, or visitor on Campus,
• Accidental damage to University owned property including vehicles, buildings, structures, and business equipment,
• Accidental damage to property owned by a third party (other than BYU-owned property),
• An injury to participants in any campus sponsored events, i.e., EFY, FSY, Sports Camps, Conferences, etc.

What should I do immediately after the incident?

If the incident is a near miss or if there is a safety issue, please visit the incident.byu.edu website, click on the Safety Concern icon to complete the General Incident, Near Miss, and Safety Report form. If you have any questions regarding this form, please call 801.422.4896 or email safety@byu.edu.

What information is needed for the report form?

  • Name of involved person,
  • If involved person is a minor, please include name of Parent/Guardian and contact information.
  • BYU Net ID,
  • Email address,
  • Department,
  • Status (Employee, student, guest, visitor, contractor, etc.),
  • Phone number (cellular, home/work),
  • Name of person reporting incident,
  • Email address,
  • Phone number,
  • Location of incident,
  • Title of Event,
  • Date of Event,
  • Time of Event,
  • Category of Incident (Near Miss, Safety Inquiry, Walkthrough or inspection, Safety Improvement Recommendation, Other),
  • Description of incident. Please provide as many details as possible.
  • Recommendations.
  • Please upload any available photos or documentation.

What happens after the incident is reported on incident.byu.edu website?

An incident report is generated and submitted to the BYU Risk Management and Safety’s (BYU RM&S) Incident Office. The report is reviewed and investigated further by the appropriate
department personnel.

For more information, please contact BYU’s Risk Management & Safety

Department

Incident Management Office:

Telephone: 801-422-5150
Email: incident_mgmt@byu.edu

Claims Manager:

Telephone: 801-422-1203

Risk Management Director:

Telephone: 801-422-5779