CHST - Construction Health and Safety Technician Incident Investigation and Reporting Questions and Answers Flashcards

OSHA requires employers to orally report a fatality to the nearest OSHA office within:

Answer: 8 hours

Under 29 CFR 1904.39, employers must report any work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours of learning about it.

Which of the following events MUST be reported to OSHA within 24 hours (not 8 hours)?

Answer: Amputation of a fingertip

Amputations and losses of an eye must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours, while fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of any number trigger the 8-hour reporting requirement.

A change analysis in incident investigation is best used when:

Answer: A new process, equipment, or condition was recently introduced before the incident

Change analysis systematically compares the situation before and after a change was introduced, making it ideal for incidents preceded by a process, equipment, or procedural modification.

The OSHA 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report must be completed within how many calendar days of a recordable incident?

Answer: 7 days

OSHA requires the 301 form (or equivalent) to be completed within 7 calendar days after the employer learns of a recordable work-related injury or illness.

During a post-incident interview, a best practice is to:

Answer: Interview witnesses separately and use open-ended questions

Separate interviews with open-ended questions prevent witness contamination and elicit more accurate, detailed accounts of what occurred.

Which Heinrich safety triangle ratio concept suggests that for every major injury there are many minor incidents and near-misses below it?

Answer: Heinrich's triangle (1:29:300)

Heinrich's triangle proposes a ratio of 1 major injury for every 29 minor injuries and 300 near-miss events, emphasizing near-miss investigation to prevent serious incidents.

An employee slips on ice at the employer's parking lot while walking into work. Under OSHA recordkeeping, this injury is generally:

Answer: Not recordable because the parking lot is excluded from the work environment definition

OSHA exempts injuries in employer-controlled parking lots, loading docks, and access roads during normal commuting from the definition of the work environment, so such injuries are generally not recordable.