Crew Injuries and Safety section

The Crew Injuries and Safety section is where you record any safety event that happened to the crew during the call.

What to record here

• Crew injuries — even small ones like a cut or a twisted ankle.
• Exposure events — needle sticks, body fluid splashes, suspected infectious disease.
• Violence or assault toward the crew.
• Vehicle damage or incidents during the call.

Why this matters

For workers' comp and OSHA reporting, your agency needs an official record of every safety event the moment it happens. The PCR is the right place because it ties the event to the exact time and call. Documenting later from memory is harder and less accurate.

An example

While moving the patient, you twist your knee on the cot. It hurts but you finish the call. After the patient is transferred, you fill in this section with a brief description of the injury, mark it as a strain, and submit. Your agency safety officer sees it the next day and starts the workers' comp paperwork.