Injury/Incident Reporting Process

Any incident on SVSU property or an employee’s work involving an injury or illness must be reported as soon as reasonably possible, no matter how minor an injury may appear and regardless of whether the injured or exposed person received medical attention. 

In the event of ANY medical emergency call 911. SVSU employees are not permitted to transport any injured/ill individual. 

Employee Injuries/Illnesses

An employee must immediately report any work-related injury/illness regardless of the severity to:

• The supervisor will be responsible for notifying the Office of Human Resources of the employee’s injury/illness within 24 hours of the event. Supervisors must complete the "Supervisor Incident/Near Miss Report" located here: Supervisor Incident/Near Miss Report
• SVSU’s Workers’ Compensation Carrier, Accident Fund @ 866-323-4227. For Accident Fund's TeleCompCare Contact Number and SVSU Employer ID go to: Accident Fund TeleCompCare Flow Chart (107KB)

Students, Contractors, or Visitor's Injuries/Illnesses

In the event of an injury/illness incident involving students, contractors, or visitors the witnessing employee/responsible department must complete the Non-employee Incident Report (238KB)  obtaining the injured or exposed party’s statement.  All completed incident reports are to be submitted to SVSU’s Risk Management Office to Felicia McDonald at fsmcdona@SVSU.edu. 

Please refer to Injury/Illness Incident Response and Reporting 2.1-3 for additional information on the protocol.