Incident Investigation Flashcards
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When should corrective actions from an incident investigation ideally be completed?
Answer: According to assigned priorities and agreed-upon deadlines
Corrective actions should have assigned owners, priority levels, and specific due dates to ensure timely and accountable follow-through.
What is the danger of 'jumping to conclusions' during an incident investigation?
Answer: It can lead to incorrect root cause identification and ineffective corrective actions
Premature conclusions bias evidence collection and analysis, resulting in fixes that do not address the true root cause and fail to prevent recurrence.
Which of the following is an example of an 'immediate cause' of an incident?
Answer: An employee slipping on a spill that was not cleaned up
Immediate causes are the direct, observable acts or conditions — like the wet floor — that directly triggered the incident.
Why is worker involvement in incident investigations considered a best practice?
Answer: Workers have firsthand knowledge of tasks, conditions, and practical hazards
Frontline workers understand actual job conditions, informal practices, and hazard exposures better than any external observer can.
What does 'recurrence prevention' mean in the context of incident investigation outcomes?
Answer: Implementing systemic changes that eliminate or control causal factors to prevent similar future events
Recurrence prevention focuses on eliminating root and contributing causes through sustainable systemic changes, not just individual correction.
Which hierarchy of controls level provides the most reliable protection after an incident reveals an engineering deficiency?
Answer: Engineering controls
Engineering controls physically modify the work environment or equipment, reducing reliance on human behavior and providing more reliable protection.
A 'systemic cause' of an incident most likely points to a failure in:
Answer: Organizational processes, policies, or management systems
Systemic causes reflect breakdowns in organizational-level systems such as training, communication, procedures, or oversight that allowed the incident to occur.