Accident Incident Investigation

For reporting of work-related injury accidents of employees of the University, the department concerned shall notify Human Resources Office (HRO) by completing HR Form 67 as soon as possible, and the form shall reach HRO no later than 72 hours after the accident. A copy of HR Form 67 shall be sent to HSO under confidential cover.

HRO will report the case to the Labour Department (LD) in accordance with the Employees' Compensation Ordinance, Cap. 282, and HSO will follow up the investigation and consider improvements to prevent re-occurrence.

For reporting of all other kinds of injury accidents or incidents (i.e. apart from work-related injury accidents of employees stated above), the department concerned shall complete HS Form 2 with endorsement by their Head of Department (HoD). The form shall reach HSO within 3 working days after (i) receiving notification of the accident or incident from the staff or student concerned, or (ii) the relevant department becomes aware of the accident or incident.

Examples of accidents or incidents include:

• Any injury of staff by accident not arising out of and in the course of employment
• Any injury accident (including sports injury) involving a student, visitor and/or contractor worker
• Any incident of a spill of a chemical, biological agent and/or radioactive substance
• Any incident involving damage to property or equipment considered to be safety-critical
• A dangerous occurrence as defined under the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, Cap. 509.

Upon receipt of the report, HSO will contact the respective department for investigation and/or follow-up.