Safety Trained Supervisor Incident Investigation and Reporting 2

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of an incident investigation?

Accepted Answer

Identify root causes and contributing factors to prevent recurrence

Answer

The primary purpose is identifying root causes to implement corrective actions preventing recurrence.

Question 2

What should be the FIRST action when an incident occurs?

Accepted Answer

Ensure safety of all personnel, provide first aid, and secure the scene

Answer

First priority is ensuring safety, providing first aid, and securing the scene to preserve evidence.

Question 3

Why is root cause analysis superior to identifying only the immediate cause?

Accepted Answer

RCA identifies underlying systemic failures while immediate causes are surface-level triggers

Answer

RCA looks beyond triggers to find systemic failures that would prevent similar incidents if corrected.

Question 4

What OSHA recordkeeping requirements apply to incident reporting?

Accepted Answer

Fatalities within 8 hours; hospitalizations, amputations, or eye losses within 24 hours

Answer

OSHA requires fatalities within 8 hours and hospitalizations, amputations, eye losses within 24 hours.

Question 5

What is the 5 Whys technique?

Accepted Answer

Repeatedly asking why to drill from immediate cause to root cause

Answer

Repeatedly asking why to progressively uncover deeper causation until the root cause is found.

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