Safety and Health Incident Settings

Add safety and health incidents in the Employment > Safety and Health Incidents screen of People.

Safety and health incident fields
Setting	Description
General
Incident Type	Select the type of incident that occurred.
Location	Enter the location of the incident. By default, the employee’s primary work location is displayed.
Filed By	Select the employee who is reporting the incident.
WCB Case Number	(Canada only) Enter the WCB case number.
Case Number	Automatically generated number with which to track and report on the incident.
Privacy Case	Select this checkbox to restrict access to this record. Only users with the Safety Health Privacy access authorization can access it.
Status	Enter the status of the incident. By default, this value is set to Open.
Action	Specify what action is being taken with regard to the incident.
Assigned To	Select the employee assigned to the incident.
Questionable Claim	Specify whether this is a questionable claim.
Date and Time
Date Opened	Enter the date the incident was created.
Date Closed	Enter the date the incident was closed.
Incident Date	Enter the date of the incident. This date must be on or before the date in the Date Opened field.
Time Began Work	Enter the date the employee started work on the day of the incident.
Time of Incident	Enter the time at which the incident occurred.
Date Return To Work	Enter the date the employee returns to work.
Are Days Lost	Specify whether any workdays are lost because of the incident.
Days Lost	Enter the number of workdays lost because of the incident.
Days Restricted
Health Details
Injury or Illness Type	Indicate whether the incident is related to injury or illness.
Injury	Specify the injury that occurred, if the incident is related to an injury
Body Part	Specify which body part is injured.
Died/Date Died	Select the Died checkbox if the employee died as a result of the incident, and then enter the date they died.
Where the Event Occurred	Indicate where the event occurred.
Task Being Performed	Enter the task the employee was performing when the incident occurred.
Object that Caused the Incident	Enter the object that caused the incident.
Actions that Caused the Incident	Enter the actions the led to the incident.
Hospital Information
Hospital	Enter the name of the hospital the employee visited.
Street Name	Enter the address of the hospital the employee visited.
City
State / Province
Zip / Postal Code
Doctor	Enter the name of the doctor who attended to the employee in the hospital.
Emergency Room	Select this checkbox if the employee visited the emergency department of the hospital.
Hospital Overnight	Select this checkbox if the employee stayed overnight at the hospital.