Mock 1

Please see my comments for each question below

1a- Refer C-081 convention. Valid points are to protect workers, to advise and guide
workers, for checking effective compliance with HS laws, to enforce HS law, to check and
guide on workers working conditions

1b- Valid points are to give advice and warning, to take action to remedy any defects, to
prepare and submit reports to main inspection authority, to give alteration orders, to
give immediate orders in urgent cases with fast executory force, to take legal
proceedings, to take action in case of violation of national and local laws. Again C-81 is
the reference.

2- There are more than 25 points available for this. Valid points include mgmt.
commitment, policy signed, manager always seen at site, low incident rate, RA
completed, RA made using worker inputs, good worker attitude and behaviour, manager
is approachable, money/resource is given for rest and storage improvement, workers
clean up with pride to work, low staff turnover, many long term employees, new worker
attracted to join, worker are competent, manager talks and listen to workers, active
monitoring happens, inspection are done, record of all accident and incident kept, first
aid arrangement in place, emergency arrangement in place, supervision of worker
happens, information is given to temporary workers, training is given, induction is given,
buddy system is done, etc.

3a- Reasons are to prevent more harm to someone else, to allow investigation to start,
to allow third party external investigation to start, to prevent more hazard and risk to
others, to avoid tampering of evidence, to avoid removal of evidence, to prevent
unauthorized access to the site, to avoid modification or alternation to scene, to allow
inspection of the site etc

3b- Valid points are to find causes, find root and immediate causes, to prevent
reoccurrence, best practise, since injury severity was high, as a pro-active approach, for
demonstrating compliance, for better worker morale, to show the Org cares about HS, to
find trends and patterns, to collect statistics, to find issues in RA, to find issues in HSMS,
to find issues in current control measures, issues like storage of too much cheese, issues
like overloading the rack, to avoid future insurance claims, to provide info for insurance
company, to collect as leading indicator, as part of active monitoring approach, to
identify unsafe acts, to identify unsafe conditions etc.

4- Valid points are lack of experience, poor competency, poor skills, don’t know how to
use machine safely, never done this job before, not good personality type, poor risk
perception, he thought it was easy job, did not isolate power, poor diligence,
complacency (taking for granted), over enthusiasm, using chair instead of proper access
platform, young age taking more risk, fatigue and tiredness, busy and long shift causing
fatigue, poor alertness, poor hazard awareness, low maturity, etc.

5- Valid point here are ony written format was used, workers may not be able to read
due to illiteracy, they forgot fast after one time reading, may not have read at all, may be
visually challenged some of them so couldn’t read, written language may not be known
to all workers, lack of clarity and jargons used in written format, instructions got lost or
damaged, only during induction this was given, no other refresher given, no training, no
drills and practise, no updating done, worker not knowing where to look for emergency
instructions etc.

The trick is this question was that one had to focus on limitation of using only written
format of communication and that can restrict many workers from not following it fully.

6- Common mistake many make for this is mixing worker rights with responsibilities.
Avoid this mistake by not writing points about training, consultation etc. Be clear what is
responsibility and what is right. Valid points for this are no co-operating with employer,
not following instructions, not done this before anytime still doing it without help,
cleaning the machine alone, using chair to work at height, not using mobile platform to
work at height, not using the buddy to do the work, not taking care of own safety, trying
to clean and open machine by himself, getting affected by his acts and omissions at
work, not complying with procedures, not isolating power supply etc.

7- Valid points are permit signatures of issuer, sign of receiver, displaying 3 copies,
supporting arrangements for safety, supporting equipment for safe working, monitoring
and auditing, cancellation procedures, handover procedures, work suspension
procedures, time duration specified, date and time specified, clear details of hazards
identified, details of task and job specified, only trained workers used for the job,
emergency and first aid process identified, related RA accessed and kept ready, related
SSW used, having safe PIC in charge of all operations, using correct type of permit, etc.

8- Here valid points are CHANGES that happened, changes to production line, changed
to number of workers, vulnerable workers being there, temporary workers being
recruited, change in premises, unwanted evens like accident and near miss, collapse of
rack, young worker accident, worker not knowing how to react in emergency, ineffective
communication, no SSW noted, no PTW recorded, higher number of customers, higher
number of vehicles, higher traffic movement in site, changes in working practise, 50%
more cheese being made etc.

Remember, CHANGES and UNWANTED EVENTS are two major reasons that trigger a
review for HSMS, RA, SSW etc.

Now what you need to do is go question by question, READ what you wrote and READ
what is expected and find WHAT YOU MISSED, think on WHY YOU MISSED IT, find the
incorrect and irrelevant points you wrote and understand why it was not required or
mark worthy.