Report an incident
This guide covers reporting an incident from inside the app — by a member or admin who’s logged in. For external reporting (visitors, contractors, public), see Use the public reporting link.
- From the sidebar, open Incidents.
- Click + Incident. The wizard opens.
- On the Basics tab, fill in:
- Title — short summary of what happened.
- Description — what happened, in plain language.
- Type — pick from the lookup. Defaults usually include
Injury,Near-miss,Property damage,Notifiable. - Notifiable — tick if it meets your jurisdiction’s notifiable- event criteria.
- Severity — pick from the lookup.
- Site and Location.
- Occurred at — the date and time.
- On the People tab, record reporter / those involved / witnesses.
- On the Investigation tab, fill in initial findings and an investigation due date if appropriate.
- On the Attachments tab, drop in photos.
- Click Save.
You land on the incident’s detail page with status Reported.
Speed-of-capture vs completeness
Section titled “Speed-of-capture vs completeness”If you’re reporting an incident in the moment (someone is hurt; the priority is care, not paperwork), the only fields you actually need are:
- Title
- Site and Location
- Occurred at
- Description (one sentence is fine)
- Notifiable (tick if obviously yes)
Come back later and complete the rest. SteadyOn shows the incident in red until it’s investigated and closed.
Notifiable events
Section titled “Notifiable events”If you tick Notifiable, you have a regulatory obligation to notify the regulator (WorkSafe NZ, SafeWork in AU, HSE in UK) without delay. SteadyOn flags the incident red until the regulator has been notified. The actual notification has to happen via the regulator’s own channels — SteadyOn records that you did it; it doesn’t submit on your behalf.
A dialog to record who you notified and when is on the roadmap. For now, capture the details in the Description.