Investigate ill health, work injury and incidents
Investigate ill health, work injury and incidents as part of systematic work environment management
The basis of systematic work environment management is to work proactively to prevent ill health and/or accidents. Although we work systematically and preventively on organisational, social and physical work environment conditions, there is a risk that ill health, an accident or incident may occur. If this happens, we must investigate the underlying causes and take measures to reestablish a good work environment and thus prevent it occurring again.
Uppsala University has guidelines and procedures which clarify what to do in the event of ill-health, accidents and/or incidents.
There is more information about ill health and how we handle this here.
There is more information about conflicts, victimisation and harassment and how we handle this here.
If an investigation in line with the information above reveals risks in the physical, organisational and/or social work environment that can be raised in the work environment group/equivalent without an individual being identified, it is proposed that the risks – if they cannot be addressed directly – be managed within the plan for systematic work environment management. If the department/equivalent undertakes systematic work environment and equal opportunities management, for example, the risks can be managed in an equivalent manner within the framework of the plan for systematic work environment and equal opportunities management. If this cannot be done without an individual being identified, the risk/s should nevertheless be remedied, but in this case by the responsible manager and employees involved, and/or students outside the work environment group/equivalent.