Safety and Health Incident Notes

HR Administration Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-12-09
Safety and Health Incident Notes

The Notes slide-out panel allows managers and administrators to add notes to safety and health incident records:

Open Notes panel with two recorded notes.

Dayforce shows notes chronologically starting with the newest. Click the image of the person who posted the note to open the employee card:

Open employee card launched from the Notes slide-out panel.

You can edit the notes that you post, but not those posted by other users. However, you can delete other people’s notes if you have the necessary permissions.

When a safety and health incident record includes notes, Dayforce displays a number on the notes icon in the Notes column:

Notes icon with an indicator in a safety and health incident record row.

Dayforce also displays a number in the View Notes link in the expanded details of the incident record:

View Notes link with the number one next to it in expended record.

Add Notes to a Safety and Health Incident Record

To add a note to a safety and health incident record:

  1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Employment > Safety and Health Incidents.
  2. Select the inciden you want to edit and do one of the following:
    • If the record is collapsed, click the notes icon () in the Notes column.
    • If the record is expanded, click View Notes in the top right corner of the record.
  3. The Notes slide-out panel opens.
  4. Enter a note in the text field and click Post.
  5. Click the collapse icon to close the Notes slide-out panel.
  6. Click Save.

View and Edit Notes in a Safety and Health Incident Record

To view or edit posted notes:

  1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Employment > Safety and Health Incidents.
  2. Select the note you want to edit and do one of the following:
    • If the record is collapsed, click the notes icon () in the Notes column.
    • If the record is expanded, click View Notes in the top right corner of the record.
  3. The Notes slide-out panel opens.
  4. Click Edit under the note that you want to update to make the text field editable.
  5. Make changes to the note.
  6. Note: You can only edit notes that you post. You can't edit those posted by other users.
  7. Click Update.
  8. Click the collapse icon to close the Notes slide-out panel.
  9. Click Save.

Delete Notes in a Safety and Health Incident Record

To delete existing notes in a safety and health incident record:

  1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Employment > Safety and Health Incidents.
  2. Select the incident you want to edit and do one of the following:
    • If the record is collapsed, click the notes icon () in the Notes column.
    • If the record is expanded, click View Notes in the top right corner of the record.
  3. The Notes slide-out panel opens.
  4. Click Delete under the note that you want to remove.
  5. Click the collapse icon to close the Notes slide-out panel.
  6. Click Save.