Guidance

If obvious, shut down machinery and plant if safe to do so, to avoid further injury or loss of life.

Complex machinery often requires a sequenced shutdown. Locate a knowledgeable user.

Assess the situation and danger to yourself or other persons. Your safety is the priority.

Obtain the gender, approximate age, whether the person is conscious and/or bleeding, any special circumstances.

Contact emergency services.

Emergency services will ask you about the situation and the condition of the person(s) involved.

If at work, report to a manager what has happened, so an organizational response can be created.

Report your involvement to your organization’s safety officer, if it has not been done so already.