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Significant Incidents / Accidents
Risk Services must be contacted at 831-459-1787 or risk@ucsc.edu as soon as possible after a significant incident or accident.
Insurance Rates
See General Automobile and Employee Liability (GAEL) on the Composite Benefit Rates for information about insurance rates. Risk Services does not administer insurance charges for the campus. Please direct all questions to ask-cbr-group@ucsc.edu.
Policies
BUS-63: Insurance Requirements and Certificates of Insurance
BUS-80: Insurance Programs for Information Technology Systems
If you have any questions contact propertycasualty@ucsc.edu.
Travel Risks
The university has arranged for employees and students traveling on official university business to be covered for a wide variety of accidents and incidents while away from the campus or primary workplace at no cost to the traveler or their unit.
Workers’ Compensation
The UCSC Workers’ Compensation office coordinates the claims process with Sedgwick and works closely with employees and their departments to identify transitional work assignments.
University Vehicles Driver Safety Program
Risk Services is committed to providing a comprehensive safe driving program for UC Santa Cruz employees. The goals of the Driver Safety Program are to increase awareness of guidelines for the safe use of University vehicles, and to provide a driving training program with safe driving information.
Workplace Violence Protection Plan
Our campus has established the Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT). The BIT is a multidisciplinary, rapid response team for evaluating incidents of potential or actual violence within the UCSC community.
Staff and Resources
Our team includes specialists in disability management, workers’ compensation, property & casualty, risk mitigation, faculty & staff well-being, and occupational health. In addition, we provide comprehensive resources, and ongoing support to foster a culture of safety and a healthy work environment.