ASSOCIATE DEATH
• If the deceased is an Associate, the Senior Manager on duty will also notify the HRD. The HRD will notify designated next of kin after approval by authorities, if the authorities are not handling family notifications. • FOR A WORK-RELATED DEATH, the HRD will: 1. Comply with all OSHA reporting and notification requirements within required time frames. 2. Prepare necessary workers' compensation report(s). 3. The MOD will ensure that the scene is secured, confirm that notification has been made to department heads and authorities listed above and initiate preliminary investigation to include obtaining witness statements. 4. Obtain all relative documentation including but not limited to timecards, duty rosters, lock audits and photographs of the surrounding area, equipment and hardware (not the deceased) as applicable to the incident.
5. Review and approve the Incident Report and witness statements. 6. Maintain confidentiality for all aspects of any death on premises. 7. Meet with the official representative conducting any investigation.
PRECAUTIONS: In all instances the death should be treated as having caused a "potential occupational exposure" due to the possible presence of blood or other bodily fluids, and universal precautions are to be undertaken to render the area safe. (See BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS in this manual.) MEDICAL EXAMINER: Law enforcement officers will contact the Medical Examiner, and ME personnel will remove the decedent from the property after release of the scene by law enforcement authorities. The deceased is to be removed via the least exposed and most discreet exit route. PERSONAL EFFECTS/PROPERTY OF DECEASED: The personal effects of the deceased will be inventoried by the Medical Examiner or Law Enforcement personnel based on local statute and taken by him/her for release to the next of kin. The GM or MOD shall request a copy of the inventoried items for inclusion with the incident report. Where any personal effects of the deceased are retained by the hotel for any reason, they shall not be released without a certified copy of a court order appointing an administrator or executor. If your state has a small estates statute, an affidavit by the next of kin is required, affirming that the size of the estate meets the statutory requirements. NOTIFICATION: When an incident of death on hotel property occurs the GM or MOD will initiate notification to the following individuals: VPO, AHEmergencyNotification@atriumhospitality.com, Franchisor Crisis hotline for branded hotels
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