OHS Incident investigation-Revision Test

An incident is considered to be an:

• Accident

• Near Miss

• Accident and Near Miss

• None of the above

The purpose of incident investigation is to:

• Find out who is at fault

• Place blame on those involved

• Prevent a future accident

• Discipline the individuals who are at fault

The focus of an accident investigation is determining who is ultimately responsible for an accident.

• true

• false

Which of the following is an incident?

• accident

• Reporting

• Reviewing

• Witnessing

Diseases or medical conditions caused by a person’s work is called ________.

• Accident

• Near miss

• Work-related ill health

• None of these

Who has the MOST visible role in the accident investigation process?

• Management

• Investigators

• Incorrect

• Employees

he main reason for investigating accidents is to attach the blame somewhere.

• False

• True

Before inspectors begin to lead investigations, they have to know

• a. Local or national legislation & international standards

• b. Make incident report

• c. Follow up

• d. All of these

RIDDOR stands for

• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

• Reporting of Incident, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Damage Occurrences Regulations

• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Rules

Which is a method of showing the causes of an accident.

• National standard model

• accident causation model

• RIDDOR

• None of these