Rental Rules and Regulations

Rental group responsibilities

If an injury or accident takes place while your group is using a GECDSB facility, you need to:

• Call 911 if medical attention is required or use your First Aid Kit to treat the injury
• Advise the facility custodian that an injury took place and provide the name of the injured person, date, time, location and brief summary of the situation
• Contact the Rental Office the next day to report the injury and provide the name of the injured person, date, time, location and brief summary of the situation
• Contact your insurance company
• Provide the Rental Office with a copy of the Incident Report from your insurance company

School board responsibilities

During an injury or accident, the school board and staff will follow these steps:

• Custodian to provide access to the school's First Aid Kit and telephone (if required)
• Custodian to contact the Operations Supervisor and provide the name of the injured person, date, time, location and brief summary of the situation
• Operations Supervisory will determine if the accident or injury is considered critical
• If the injury or accident is considered critical, they will notify the Health and Safety Officer and Rental Booking Clerk. The Rental Booking Clerk will:

• Contact the rental group to get the name of the injured person, date, time, location and brief summary of the situation
• Submit the OSBIE Incident Report form and note that a rental group was involved and provide the name of the group as well as the permit number

What is considered a critical injury or accident?

A critical injury or accident is defined as an injury of a serious nature which has occurred and caused or resulted in:

• Placing life in jeopardy
• Producing unconsciousness
• Resulting in substantial loss of blood
• Involving the fracture or break of a leg or arm (not a finger or toe)
• Involving amputation of a leg, arm, hand or foot (not a finger or toe)
• Consisting of burns to a major portion of the body