IOSH Managing Safely: Suggested Answers to Revision Questions

Module 6: Investigating Accidents and Incidents

Question 1
An accident is an unplanned, unwanted event which leads to injury, damage or loss.

Question 2
Accidents should be investigated for the following reasons:
To identify the immediate, underlying and root causes.
To prevent recurrence.
To record the facts for future reference.
For legal reasons.
For claims management purposes.
To help staff morale.
For disciplinary purposes.
To gather data for accident statistics .
(any three of the above)

Question 3
Immediate causes are the unsafe acts and unsafe conditions that exist at the time and place of the accident and led directly
to the event.
Root causes are the management failures that have allowed the underlying and immediate causes to come about.

Question 4
An accident record should note the following information:
Name and address of casualty.
Date and time of accident.
Location of accident.
Details of injury.
Details of treatment given.
Description of event causing injury.
Details of any equipment or substances involved.
Witnesses names and contact details.
Details of person completing the record.
Signatures.
(any three of the above)

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Question 5
The main events that have to be reported to the enforcing authorities under RIDDOR are:
Fatality.
Major injury.
Dangerous occurrence.
Disease.
Over-seven-day injury.
(Any three of the above)

Question 6
Factual information from the scene might be recorded by means of:
Photographs.
Sketches.
Measurements.
Videos.
Written descriptions of factors such as wind speed, temperature, etc.
Taking physical evidence.

Question 7
To get good information from the witness a witness interview should be conducted using the following techniques:
Hold the interview in a quiet room free from interruptions.
Introduce yourself and the reason for the interview.
Try to establish rapport using verbal and body language.
Use open questions.
Keep an open mind.
Take notes.
Ask the witness to write a witness statement.

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