Chapter 17: Safety And Investigations And Analysis

Question 1

Company officer II may be tasked with investigating and analyzing the ______, _______, _________ and ________ that members of the organization sustain.

Answer 1

Accidents

Injuries

Heath exposures

Fatalities

Question 2

Hazards can occur in what 6 instances while performing firefighting duties.

Answer 2

En route

At the scene

Returning from a scene

At facilities

In apparatus

At non-emergency operations

Question 3

The ________ is responsible for the development of an organizational risk management plan.

Answer 3

Chief executive officer

Question 4

All organizational personnel must be familiar with the organizational _________.

Answer 4

Risk management plan

Question 5

According to NFPA ______, an organization should adopt an official written risk management plan.

Answer 5

1500

Question 6

OSHA refers to frequency as _______.

Answer 6

Incident rate

Question 7

Injuries or accidents that occur repeatedly will continue until the ________ are identified and control measures are implemented.

Answer 7

Root causes

Question 8

___________ is the most basic reason and the source or origin for an accident.

Answer 8

Root cause

Question 9

Incidents of high frequency and high severity should receive the _________ priority.

Answer 9

Lowest

Question 10

_________: avoiding activities that created the risk.

Answer 10

Risk avoidance

Question 11

__________: physically transferring risk to someone else or purchase insurance.

Answer 11

Risk transfer

Question 12

Implementing effective _____________ is the most common method used for risk management.

Answer 12

Control measures

Question 13

Implementing a risk management plan requires ________, __________ and ____________.

Answer 13

Communication

Training

Application

Question 14

The application of the risk management plan takes place ________.

Answer 14

Daily

Question 15

The risk management plan should be reviewed as s whole at least _________.

Answer 15

Once annually

Question 16

The evaluation of a risk management plan compares _______ results to its ______ results.

Answer 16

Desire

Actual

Question 17

Accidents are usually _______ events resulting from unsafe acts and/i.e. conditions.

Answer 17

Avoidable

Question 18

To reduce potential accidents or severity of accidents, the organization must develop an __________.

Answer 18

Accident investigation policy

Question 19

The Health Safety Officer and the Safety and Health Committee will have the _________ authority in accident investigations.

Answer 19

Ultimate

Question 20

Accident investigations should be _______, ________, and directed toward _________, not fault-finding.

Answer 20

Objective

Impartial

Fact-finding

Question 21

During accident investigations, _________ is a prominent human factor.

Answer 21

Human error

Question 22

Workers who fail to control the factors leading to an accident because of _______, _______ or _______ reasons will be involved in accidents more often than other workers.

Answer 22

Mental

Psychological

Physical

Question 23

Organizations can mitigate human error through : (3)

Answer 23

Motivation

Training

Technical revision

Question 24

___________: willful disregard, recklessness, irresponsibility, laziness, disloyalty, uncooperativness, fearfulness. Can be adjusted through counseling, coaching, mentoring, training or discipline.

Answer 24

Improper attitude

Question 25

_____________: misunderstanding, indecision, inexperience, poor training, of failure to recognize potential hazard. Reduced/eliminated through training, coaching, and mentoring.

Answer 25

Lack of knowledge or skill

Question 26

____________: problems of hearing, sight, weight height, illness, allergies, disabilities, intoxication.

Answer 26

Physically unsuited

Question 27

Our ___________ is to provide medical assistance to the affected individual.

Answer 27

First priority

Question 28

_______ and _______ of the individual takes precedence over investigating the cause.

Answer 28

Health

Safety

Question 29

Job-related illnesses or the symptoms of health-related exposures may not become evident for _________ or longer.

Answer 29

Hours, days, weeks

Question 30

It may be more appropriate to enroll the employee in a _________ to document any health changes that may be related to an exposure.

Answer 30

Medical surveillance program

Question 31

Analyzing __________ provides the organization with the opportunity to prevent future accidents, injuries, illness, or exposures.

Answer 31

Health and safety reports

Question 32

The organization’s chief officers, jurisdictions medical examiner, OSHA and NIOSH investigators usually investigate _________ involving responders.

Answer 32

Fatalities

Question 33

All workplace accidents are the result of: (3)

Answer 33

Unsafe acts

Unsafe conditions

Or both

Question 34

The number of injuries and deaths have _________ in the past decade.

Answer 34

Decreased