Terminology
Any arrangement, equipment, material, object, conditions, method or procedure capable of causing bodily harm or impairment of health.
What is a Hazard?
Interviewing witnesses, obtaining visual records, visiting the accident scene are all part of.
What is Determining the Facts?
The least effective, but most commonly used control for hazards.
What is PPE?
Items that an investigator may need to bring with them, while conducting an investigation.
What is a Tool Kit?
An act by the injured person or another person which caused the accident.
What is an Unsafe Act?
This identifies the individual in charge and gives authority to conduct an investigation.
What is an Action Plan?
A measure of the probability and severity of a hazard to harm human health, property, or the environment.
What is Risk?
This shows how uninvestigated near misses can lead to accidents.
What is the Accident Pyramid?
An unwanted, unplanned event that almost causes injuries, illnesses, or property damage, but had the potential to do so.
What is a Near Miss?
Assuring no blame, putting at ease, and listening carefully are all examples of this.
What are Interviewing Techniques?
Damage to tools and equipment, damage caused by fire, water, chemicals, spills, and training costs for replacement workers are all examples of this.
What is Loss?
The process focusing on identifying and correcting root causes of an accident.
What is Accident Investigation?
An environmental or hazardous situation which caused the accident, independent of the employee(s).
What is an Unsafe Condition?
Accident investigation form, checklists, witness statements are all examples of what?
What is Accident Investigation Documentation?
Anything built or installed to separate people from hazards.
What are Engineering Controls?
This position may suffer an increase in work, loss of prestige and added stress when an accident occurs.
What is the Supervisor?
An unwanted, unplanned event that causes injuries, illnesses, or property damage.
What is an Accident?
Factors that are the primary reasons behind accidents.
What is Accident Causation?
R = (P) x (S)
What is the Calculation of Risk?
A framework used to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards in the workplace.
What is the Hierarchy of Controls?