Week 10 Flashcards
What are the benefits to incident investigationÉ
- promote safety awareness
- determine direct causes
- identify contributing causes
- prevent similar incidents
- create a permanent record
- determine cost
What are Incident investigations are influenced byÉ
- timing: start only after any injured people have received medical attention and the incident site has been secured.
- severity: investigate those incidents that have the most serious consequences
- legal requirements: an injury requiring medical aid or resulting in lost time must be reported to a WCB.
What are the Key steps of an incident investigation ?
- secure the scene
- gather evidence
- analyse the information
- report the results
- make recommendations
- follow up
What are the types of information collectedÉ
human factors, environmental factors, situational factors,
whats a human factor?
Studying the worker as a source of incidents.
What a situational factors?
Analysis of unsafe conditions that led to the incident: equipment, machines, materials, work arrangement, etc.
Whats an environmental factor?
may increase likelihood that an incident will occur
Who investigates?
Supervisor Technical advisers and specialists Safety and health officer JH&SC or its representatives Safety team
What are re-enactmentsÉ
simulation designed to recreate circumstances leading up to incident.
Whats an agencyÉ
the factor that is most closely associated with the cause of an incident.
Whats a Domino Model for incident analysis: ?
any incident results from a series of events.
Whats the The Swiss Cheese Model for incident analysis?
focus on series of events that must occur for an incident to occur
What is cognitive failureÉ
a mistake or failure in the performance of an action that an individual is normally capable of performing.
What aare the 3 forms of cognitive failure?
forgetfulness, distractibility, and physical blunders
