Shared ownership of incidents on riskNET

Departments are responsible for managing incidents and accidents that occur within their department. Whilst another department, such as Estates, may implement the resolution, ownership of the incident remains with the department who must ensure that the resolution is implemented.

There are two ways that a department can share an incident report in riskNET.

Sharing an incident with an individual

Use the “Allocate” tab in the Initial Assessment ribbon to assign the Initial Assessment to a named individual. This is usually the manager of the person involved in the incident or the responsible person in charge of ensuring the activity is carried out safely.

You can select to send the Allocated Person a system-generated email to make them aware that they have been allocated the incident to investigate.

Sharing an incident with another department

Use the additional drop-down fields in the “Date & Time” tab in the Initial Assessment ribbon to give another department permission to review and edit the incident report. The ownership of the incident remains with the department where the incident occurred.

You will need to let the department know that you have given them access to the incident. Clicking on the Perma-Link icon at the bottom of the screen will generate a hyperlink to the incident.

Where can I get further information?

> Read more about investigating an Accident or Incident
> riskNET video on completing an Initial Assessment

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