Near miss (hazard): An event not causing harm, but has the potential to cause injury or ill health. Any unplanned incidents that occur while studying, although not resulting in any injury or disease but had the potential to do so.
Incident (accident): An unplanned event that resulted in injury or ill health of a student, or damage or loss to property, plant, materials or the environment.
If a near miss or incident occurs at your place of employment their workplace processes take priority - please refer to the hospitals Health and Safety requirements.
Information submitted will be sent to the SCT council and will be kept confidential.