1: Intro to Incident Investigation and Human Factors
This is the primary reason for investigating work-related incidents.
What is to prevent similar incidents in the future?
This is the first step in immediate response to an incident.
What is ensuring personnel safety?
Where practicable, the scene of any incident should be left untouched to preserve evidence except for activities necessitated by rescue work or to prevent further failures or injuries.
What is securing the incident scene?
This type of statement should be collected from eyewitnesses.
What are written statements
These are the immediate causes of most incidents.
What are unsafe actions and unsafe conditions?
This is the reason for collecting physical evidence promptly.
What is to prevent tampering or loss of evidence?
This action helps preserve evidence at the incident scene.
What is taking photographs or videos of the scene?
This group of people should be interviewed first during an investigation.
Who are the nearest to the incident?
This term refers to an incident that could have resulted in injury or illness under different circumstances.
What is a near miss?
This type of incident requires investigation when it has the potential to result in serious injury, illness, or fatality.
What is a high-potential near miss?
These items should be collected as physical evidence.
What are damaged equipment, broken parts, or unsafe materials?
This is the first stage of the funnel technique used during interviews.
What are broad, open-ended questions?
These factors influence behavior at work and can affect safety.
What are human factors?
This acronym helps memorize the steps of an interview during an investigation.
What is PEACE?
These types of documents should be retained for investigation.
What are maintenance logs and inspection records?
This is the final step in the PEACE model.
What is Evaluation?