- Managing Accidents
- All accidents or personal injuries are to be reported immediately to a Supervisor by any employee on site who discovers it, regardless of the level of severity of the injury in question.
- In case the Supervisor is not reachable, contact Management or the Corporate Insurance Representative immediately.
- In which case, the following actions will be taken by the substitute party.
- The Supervisor will determine whether the injury can be properly treated with routine on-site first aid or if it requires medical attention from a doctor.
- All doubts regarding whether or not an injury requires medical treatment by a doctor should be resolved in favor of treatment by a physician.
- The injured employee will not drive themselves to medical services. A company representative should accompany the injured employee to the doctor or hospital and stay with him until his supervisor instructs him otherwise.
- The Supervisor to immediately call the Corporate Insurance Representative when it is known that the injured employee will see a doctor or needs treatment.
- When an employee requires medical attention from a doctor, a Physician’s Release Form must be completed by the doctor before the employee can return to work. It should specify the return-to-work options:
- Return to full duty so as not to aggravate the injury. This means that the employee can do his/her normal work activities.
- Return to work with Caution. Care should be taken by jobsite management so that the work assignment will not aggravate an otherwise minor injury. Example: placing a rubber glove on an employee’s hand to keep a cut dry. Under this option the physician may direct the employee to return to work with specified restrictions, i.e., light duty, or direct that the employee not return to work for a specified period of time.
- Period of rest. To be specified and explained by the doctor.
- Reporting Accidents
- As soon as an incident takes place, it must be reported to the Supervisor, Corporate Insurance Representative and Management, in order:
Employee on-site > Supervisor > Corporate Insurance Representative > Management
- Duties and Responsibilities
- Duties and responsibilities of the employee on-site of accident are as follows:
- Report to Supervisor
- Assess situation
- Initiate rescue operations and request medical assistance, if needed, and only as instructed by Supervisor
- Coordinate with Supervisor on the on-going status inaction or action taken periodically (every 15 minutes)
- Duties and responsibilities of the employee on-site of accident are as follows:
- Duties and responsibilities of thesupervisor are as follows:
- Notify the Corporate Insurance Representative
- Coordinate between the Injured and the Corporate Insurance Representative
- Assist in assuring that proper action is taken by the insurance
- Keep in touch with injured at all times, and stay on stand-by until the issue is resolved
- Notify the Corporate Insurance Representative
- Duties and responsibilities of the Corporate Insurance Representative are as follows:
- Notify the Insurance carrier
- Coordinate between the Supervisor and the Insurance carrier
- Assist in assuring that proper action is taken by the insurance
- Keep in touch with the supervisor at all times, and stay on stand-by until the issue is resolved
- Notify the Management
- In case of an incident involving a third-party (for example, a car accident), the employee on-site should take and provide the administration with the following:
- The third-party’s full coordinates (full name, address, phone number, company (if any))
- The employee on-site should take note of the other physical party involved (car number, color, brand, etc)
- The employee on-site should take all info needed for the administration to follow-up the incident (accident report number, etc)
