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Ministry of Education New Zealand

Incident reporting requirements#

Contractors and service providers must report all incidents that happen on school work sites to us. This includes incidents involving:

  • first aid
  • medical treatment
  • hospitalisation or outpatient treatment
  • fatalities
  • near miss – any unplanned event or incident that did not result in an injury or loss of any kind but had the potential to harm anybody.

Incident reporting timeframes#

All incidents which are required to be notified to WorkSafe New Zealand by law must also be notified to us within 24 hours of the incident occurring.

Notify WorkSafe – WorkSafe

You must notify us of all other health and safety incidents within 5 working days of the incident.

Sending an incident report to us#

Email incident reports to us with the following details:

  • name of the school
  • date and time of the incident
  • name of the contractor involved in the incident
  • type of incident (for example injury/illness, near miss, property loss, motor vehicle)
  • injury (for example, the body part injured, type of injury, whether the treatment required first aid or hospitalisation)
  • description of what happened
  • underlying causes
  • what corrective actions or improvements have been taken.

Send the details to:

Email: [email protected]

Monthly health and safety reports#

Your delivery manager will send you a report template at the end of each month. Complete the report and return it to your delivery manager within 5 working days.

Send the monthly report to:

Email: [email protected]

The monthly report does not replace the health and safety reporting that we already receive if an incident happens.

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