ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT

INVESTIGATION
EXERCISES:
Direction: Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement if False.

1. In determining causes of accident we should collect all information and facts which surround
the accident.? T

2. In an accident happened it is right to check the consciousness of the injured? T

3. The last stage in accident investigation is Deal with immediate risks. F

4. Investigate the event is the third stage in Accident investigation. T

5. In all cases the ‘non injury’ incidents had the potential to become events with more serious
consequences. T

6. Exploring the reasons for the event and identifying both the immediate and underlying
causes is the primary purpose of accident investigations . T

7. Interviewing the person(s) involved and witnesses to the accident is of prime importance,
ideally in familiar surroundings so as not to make the person uncomfortable. T

8. Positions of people is not part in the investigation of accident. F

9. Personnel protective equipment (PPE) should be inspect after the accident. T
10. Documentation to be looked at includes: records of inspections, tests, examination and
surveys undertaken before the event. These provide information on how and why the
circumstances leading to the event arose. T

Direction: Choose the best letter that answer the question below.
11. It is the first stage in investigating an accident?
a. Deal with immediate risks c. Investigate the event.
 b. Select the level of investigation d. Review the process.
Answer: A

12. It is the second stages in investigating an accident?

a. Deal with immediate risks c. Investigate the event.
b. Select the level of investigation d. Review the process
Answer: B
13. It is the third stages in investigating an accident?
a. Deal with immediate risks c. Investigate the event.
b. Select the level of investigation d. Review the process
Answer: C
14. It is the fourth stages in investigating an accident?
a. Deal with immediate risks c. Investigate the event.
b. Record and analyze the results d. Review the process
Answer: B
15. This is the last stage in investigating an accident?
a. Deal with immediate risks c. Investigate the event.
b. Record and analyze the results d. Review the process
Answer: D
16. When accidents and incidents occur immediate action may be necessary to?
a. Those which could have caused much greater harm or damage
b. Those involving severe injuries, ill health or loss
c. Make the situation safe and prevent further injury
d. Looking more closely at the underlying causes of significant events
Answer: C
17. The purpose of investigations is to establish?
a. What happened – the sequence of events that led to the outcome
 b. Help, treat and if necessary rescue injured persons
c. Make the situation safe and prevent further injury
d. Those involving severe injuries, ill health or loss.
Answer: A

18. The greatest effort should be put into

a. Make the situation safe and prevent further injury

b. Help, treat and if necessary rescue injured persons

c. What happened – the sequence of events that led to the outcome

d. Those involving severe injuries, ill health or loss

Answer: D

19. This are purpose of investigations to establish except:

a. The way things were and how they came to be

b. Why things happened as they did analyzing both the immediate and underlying causes

c. What needs to be done to avoid a repetition and how this can be achieved

d. Those which could have caused much greater harm or damage.

Answer: D

20. Which of the following is belong in the stages of accident investigation?

a. Deal with immediate risks

b. Select the level of investigation

c. Investigate the event

d. all of the above

Answer: D