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Accident Investigation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is best to interview witnesses all together in order to save time and to get one clear picture of the incident.  

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Employees need to report injuries only if they think they need to seek medical attention.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Workplace related injuries, illnesses and deaths impose costs upon?

a)

Employers

b)

Employees

c)

The community

d)

All of the above

4.

Who should you notify right away about an accident?

a)

The immediate supervisor.

b)

The government’s Health and Safety Inspection Service.

c)

The medical department.

5.

Why do we investigate accidents?

a)

To write the report

b)

To figure out a way to blame it on someone else.

c)

To find root cause.

6.

During the accident investigation, we should ______

a)

Take photos.

b)

Gather witness statements.

c)

Collect any physical evidence.

d)

All of the above

7.

Which of the following is not a goal of an accident/incident investigation?

a)

To determine the cause of an accident.

b)

To figure out whose fault the accident was.

c)

To prevent similar accidents from happening again.

d)

To figure the action should be taken for further prevention.

8.

The example of unsafe act is as follows except

a)

Lubricating bearings or changing the drive belts while the machine is still running.

b)

Operating a machine at a speed it is not designed to run at.

c)

Confined space has not been declared safe for usage.

d)

Running in front of a fork lift.

9.

(a)   results in a significant consequence that involving human impact, detrimental impact on the community or environment, property damage, or disruption of a company's ability to continue doing business.

10.

_______ is the fundamental, underlying and system-related reason why an incident occurred.

a)

Near-miss

b)

Causal factor

c)

Incident

d)

Root cause

11.

A successful accident investigation depends on the followings, EXCEPT:

a)

documentation procedures

b)

design of a workstation

c)

support from the management and leaders

d)

trained investigation team members

12.

________ are created due to an organizational culture that starts with the organization factors.

a)

Accidents

b)

Latent conditions

c)

Adaptive acts

d)

Unsafe acts

13.

The followings are the examples of local workplace factors that create the latent conditions, EXCEPT:

a)

poor communication

b)

low pay

c)

insufficient training

d)

applying workplace standard operating procedures

14.

Which of the following describes about adaptive acts correctly?

a)

Adaptive acts include unintentional errors & intentional violations

b)

Adaptive acts are committed by individual only

c)

Adaptive acts is the combination of local workplace factors with personal characteristics

d)

Adaptive acts are mostly due to inadequate resources received

15.

"All protective barriers have weaknesses that result from active failures and latent failures"

The above statement is describing the ___________.

a)

domino theory of accident causation

b)

multiple causation theory

c)

swiss cheese model

d)

event tree model

16.

_____________ is a complex and non-linear accident model that explaining accidents are triggered by unexpected combinations of normal actions rather than action failures.

a)

Swiss cheese model

b)

Systemic model

c)

Domino theory

d)

Multiple causation theory

17.

Root causes of incidents are strongly related with weakness, defects or breakdowns in the management systems.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

________ are the acts or conditions precipitating the incident situation which can be prevented by design, training or operating systems.

a)

Laten failures

b)

Latent conditions

c)

Active failures

d)

Proactive failures

19.

_______ represents an accident sequence as a causal chain of events. Accident can be prevented by removing a factor or placing a barrier to interrupt the series of event.

a)

Swiss cheese model

b)

Domino theory of accident causation

c)

Event tree

d)

Systemic model

20.

The followings are the factors that will influence the potential consequences of an incident at a chemical plant, EXCEPT:

a)

Type of hazardous material at workplace

b)

Rate of the chemicals released

c)

Distance over which the hazard may cause injury or damage

d)

Odour of chemical relased