The University of Otago is committed to providing a safe and healthy place of work for staff, students and visitors.
Systematic risk and hazard management processes are in place to identify potential and actual sources of harm. When risks and hazards are recognised, the University is able to put controls in place to prevent harm to workers.
- Hazard management is a systematic process to identify and mitigate potential and actual sources of harm.
- Incident reporting is managed via an online risk assessment and hazard management system, Vault, to identify risks or hazards within the University workplace.
- Health monitoring can be facilitated by the Occupational Health team.