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title: Submit a safety observation as an employee
description: Submit a safety observation through the Employee Center to report it to the safety department for an investigation.
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# Submit a safety observation as an employee

Submit a safety observation through the Employee Center to report it to the safety department for an investigation.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ohs\_im.requestor

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Employee Center**.

2.  In the Employee Center, under the **Health and Safety** menu, select the **Health and Safety Observations** option and then select **Report Health and Safety Observation**.

3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

    **Note:**

    -   The **Contractors involved** option appears only when the Health and Safety Contractor Management \(sn\_hs\_crm\) application is installed on your instance. For more information, see [Additional features in Health and Safety](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-incident-management/install-hs-incident-mgmt.md). The field only lists users who have the \[snc\_external\] role assigned to them and have their Health and Safety profile created. For more information, see [Assign Health and Safety profile to a user](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-core/assign-hs-profile-user.md).
    -   The **Assets** field appears only when Expanded Model and Asset Classes \[sn\_ent\] application in installed. For more information, see [Additional features in Health and Safety](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-incident-management/install-hs-incident-mgmt.md).
4.  If necessary, attach an image about the observation using the add attachments icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-add-attachment.png"\] Alt text: Add attachment icon.\).

5.  Select **Submit**.

6.  To track the status and updates to your safety observation, navigate to the **My Requests** list and open the record.


## Result

-   Based on the selected category, a safety observation is submitted in the New state and is available in the **My Requests** list in the Employee Center.

-   The affected person receives a pre-configured email notification about the observation submission.

## What to do next

As a safety manager or agent, if the observation isn’t assigned to you, you can assign it to yourself and start working on it. You can also assign it to another safety agent. For more information, see [Assign a safety incident or observation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-incident-management/assign-hs-incident-observation.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Submitting safety incidents and observations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-incident-management/submitting-safety-incidents-obvs.md)