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Site Specific Health, Safety and Environmental Plan 2 2.0 Incident Reporting Guidelines If an incident or near miss occurs the SLR Site Safety Officer (SSO) will assume charge of the situation in regards to coordination of notification of site emergency response personnel. By default, the SSO is the highest ranking SLR employee on site. The SLR SSO will access the incident situation and make a determination concerning the need to seek medical attention for any injured or ill personnel, and any potential need to shut down the job task to assess work practices/procedures, PPE usage, etc. DEFINITIONS: Incident – Any occurrence or event that caused injury, illness, environmental damage, or significant property damage. Near Miss – Any occurrence or event that, with slightly different circumstances, could have resulted in an incident. The following steps will be followed by the SLR SSO or their designee in the event of an incident or near miss: The following steps will be followed by the SLR SSO or their designee in the event of an incident or near miss: 1. Stop work and access the situation. This includes for near misses as well as incidents. 2. If possible, move any injured personnel to a safe location if a hazard is still present. Do not attempt to move anyone with a head, neck or spinal injury, or if they are unconscious unless it is necessary to prevent further injury. 3. Provide first aid and/or CPR within your level of training. 4. For life-threatening injuries call 911 to summon emergency responders. 5. For non-life threatening injuries call the 24/7 nurse hotline provided through XstremeMD – (800-600-9015). They will help to assess the injury, provide first aid recommendations, and directions to an off-site medical facility near you if warranted. 6. Another SLR employee, preferably the injured employee’s Supervisor, should accompany them to the hospital or other medical facility and provide information to the medical staff about the incident as requested, especially if the injured employee is unconscious or otherwise unable to property communicate the details of the incident. 7. Report any injuries or near misses to your Supervisor or Project Manager as soon as it is safe to do so (within 1-hour of occurrence). 8. Supervisors/Project Managers to promptly report the incident to HSE Management and the appropriate TDM and SLOM. 9. Report the incident to the SLR client representative in accordance with their incident reporting requirements, or as soon as practical. 10. Do not restart work until discussing the circumstance of the incident or near miss with Project Management and HSE Management. Refer to SLR HSE Manual, Section 16 – Incident Reporting for additional incident reporting guidance.