Test Your Knowledge Of Accident Investigation

The direct cause of injury or illness is always _____.

an unsafe behavior

a hazardous condition

the result of a general lack of common sense

the harmful transfer of energy

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What is the purpose of an accident investigation?

To prevent OSHA investigations

To establish who is at fault

To determine legal liability

To find facts, not fault

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What is the purpose of the accident investigation interview?

To determine the degree of involvement of the interviewee

To determine extent of injuries and damage to equipment

To establish who is primarily at fault

To get an accurate picture of what happened

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What is one of the most common reasons accident reports fail to achieve their intended purpose?

Too many recommendations

Failure to submit the report

Failure to recommend system improvements

Recommendations are not reasonable

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An effective recommendation will include _ corrective actions and _ system improvements.

primarily; additional

short-term; long-term

common sense; engineering

feasible; reasonable

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Injuries/illnesses must be recorded if they result in:

All of the above

Death

One or more lost workdays

Restriction of motion or work

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What should you emphasize to improve the chances of getting your recommendations for corrective actions and system improvements approved by management?

Improvement in processes and procedures

Direct and indirect cost savings

Protection from OSHA inspections

Increased employee morale and discipline

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Accident investigators should assume that most accidents are caused by _____.

SMS weaknesses

unsafe behaviors

lack of common sense

hazardous conditions

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Each of the following activities is part of documenting the accident scene, EXCEPT _____.

Making personal observations

Taking photographs and video

Placing warning tape around the accident scene

Taking initial written statements

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What is the definition of analysis?

Determining how the whole contributes to its individual parts

Separating the whole into its individual parts for study

Assessing the need for improvements in processes

Judging the effectiveness of a process or procedure

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When should the accident investigation be initiated?

Immediately after the event

Within 8 hours of the accident

When it is safe to do so

When OSHA requires it

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Each event in the sequence of events leading up to an accident will contain _____.

actors and related events

a combination of actors and events

actors, actions, and consequences

one actor and one action

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What must be completed before the accident investigator can analyze events to determine surface and root causes?

Only keep those events that establish liability

Accumulate all relevant events

Determine the total number of events

Arrange events into their proper sequence

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In which phase of cause analysis, do we want to know what system weaknesses contributed to the accident?

Surface cause analysis

Stem cause analysis

Injury cause analysis

Root cause analysis

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When interviewing witnesses, what questions should be asked?

All of the above

What and who

Where and when

How and why

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Test Your Knowledge Of Accident Investigation

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