Test 1

Question 0

Define Accident

Answer 0

The occurrence in a sequence of events that produces an unintended injury, death or property damage

Question 1

Know the first three priorities of a company when an accident occurs

Answer 1

The three priorities are providing emergency response, protect the employees involved from further harm and try to determine what happened so that measures can be taken to prevent it from happening again

Question 2

Define: accident

Answer 2

The occurrence in a sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death or property damage.

Question 3

Define incident

Answer 3

An unintentional event that may cause personal harm or other damage

Question 4

Define near miss

Answer 4

An occurrence in a sequence of events that had the potential to produce injury, death or property damage but did not

Question 5

Define accident investigation

Answer 5

A structured process of uncovering the sequence of events that produced or had the potential to produce injury, death or property damage and determine the causal factors and corrective actions.

Question 6

Define causal factors

Answer 6

Events or circumstances that produced the accident

Question 7

Define corrective actions

Answer 7

The actions taken to prevent the recurrence of an accident

Question 8

4. Three goals of an accident investigation

Answer 8

• Determine the accident sequence without placing blame
  
  • Recommend Corrective Actions
  • Update the overall safety Program

Question 9

Know and label the accident ratio diagram per Bird and Germain

Answer 9

1 Serious injury

2 Minor injuries

30 Property damage

600 Accidents with no visible injury or damage ( near misses)

Question 10

The length of time needed to investigate an accident depends on what?

Answer 10

The complexity and severity of an accident is what determines the length of an investigation

Question 11

Know how the Heinrich domino theory works

Answer 11

Heinrichs theory works by comparing the sequence of events in an accident to a set of dominoes

Question 12

What are the two most important factors in determing the causes and corrective actions for accidents

Answer 12

Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions

Question 13

Three phases of accident investigation

Answer 13

The investigative phase
the analytical phase
the recommendation phase

Question 14

Know what starts the analytical phase of accident investigation

Answer 14

Discovering facts about the accident is what starts the analytical phase

Question 15

Know what is problem with using the root cause concept

Answer 15

The problem is that the term “root cause” has many meanings among safety professionals

Question 16

Main focus of an accident investigation

Answer 16

Fixing a problem or problems is the main focus of accident investigation.

Question 17

Know four components of an accident investigation program

Answer 17

• 1 formal written accident investigation policy
  
  • 2 training in emergency response
  • 3 training in accident investigation
  • 4 an accident investigation kit

Question 18

What 2 actions emergency response personnel should take first

Answer 18

1. SECURE THE SCENE

2. PROVIDE CARE TO THE INJURED

Question 19

10 items that should be included in an accident investigation kit

Answer 19

Barricade tape
  Cones
  Tape measure
  Flashlight/spotlight
  Evidence bags
  Evidence tags
  Tweezers
  Gloves(latex and work)
  PPE
  Binoculars

Question 20

Name 4 types of evidence

Answer 20

1) Physical Evidence - Hardware and solid material related to the accident
2) Paper Evidence - Any type of written documentation related to the accident
3) People Evidence - The evidence that is gathered from people, usually in the form of statements or interviews
4) Photographic or picture evidence - media that can document the scene and transfer knowledge

Question 21

Know which type of evidence is least likely to be damaged in an accident

Answer 21

Paper evidence is the least likely to be damaged

Question 22

Know when witnesses should be interviewed

Answer 22

witnesses should be interviewed as soon as possible after the accident

Question 23

Know how long you should collect evidence

Answer 23

Evidence collection should continue until you have enough information to document the accident sequence, determine causal factors and develop corrective actions.

Question 24

3 categories that physical evidence is broken into

Answer 24

visual
testing
placement or puzzle evidence

Question 25

Know what factors are important when taking photos of an accident

Answer 25

Take big pictures, pictures of the overall accident scene
include a reference guide ie ruler
keep a picture log

Question 26

What analytical process is

Answer 26

the systematic thought process of breaking down information

Question 27

What is goal of causal analysis

Answer 27

to find all of the causes including the systemic causes - not just the immediate or superficial causes

Question 28

Know what the 5 why technique is

Answer 28

Asking “WHY” five times to get to the root of a problem

Question 29

What type of causal factors exist at the worker/equipment level, supervisor level, management level and corporate level

Answer 29

Worker/equipment level:
Equipment failures, inadequate training, inexperience and what many call human error.
Supervisor level:
Inadequate handling of job safety analysis, communication or scheduling and lack of proper supervision.
Management level:
Budget issues, communication and policies/procedures.
Corporate level:
Dictates the culture, philosophy and style of the company

Question 30

Know what a hazard is

Answer 30

A hazard is something that has the potential to cause injury

Question 31

Know what a failure is

Answer 31

A failure is something that goes wrong with personnel, equipment, or the environment