PART 1

1) Accident incident rate : Meaning – Explain

Number of accidents / incidents per thousand employees.

= Total incident / Accident * 1000

2) Record should be maintained – Why ? Explain

Legal requirements (RIDDOR & BI 510)
Identifying the trends.
Insurance


3) Cause of accident & cause of an injury –Difference Explain

Immediate & root causes of undesired events.


4) Above difference is importance to investigate the accident – Why

(Accident causation theory & need to develop & need to develop investigation procedures to identify root causes).


5) Reference to RIDDOR 1995

A) List four types of major injury
1) Fractures

2) Amputations

3) Particular eye injuries requiring immediate medical treatment

4) Loss of consciousness due to electric shock or exposure to a substance

5) Injury requiring hospital admission for more than 24 hours.


B) Outline procedure of Reporting to Enforcement Authority
Notified to enforcement authority by the quickest possible means (normally telephone fax) & then on Form 2508 within 10 days of the accident.


6) Major injury (notifiable injury): Explain 2 examples (What is meant by?)

(Knowledge of RIDDOR 1985)


7) Outline the Legal requirements for reporting a major injury (notifiable injury).


8) Reasons for reporting accidents at work.

Monitoring of accident data analysis & Identification of trends. (H & S Performance).
Legal requirement under RIDDOR 1985
The provision of information based to accident investigation & to help in civil claims
It provides essential information for reviewing risk assessment and achieving better control over accidents.
Benefits to individual organization and on a national scale.
Preventing a recurrence & reducing losses.

9) Accident Investigation – 4 objectives

To establish all the causes of an accident (immediate & underlying) to take preventive action.
To determine economic losses to establish true cost to the organization.
To determine the compliance with the law.
To improve staff relation by demonstration commitment of H & S, thus increasing staff moral.

10) Outline the factors that should be considered before undertaking an investigation of an accident.

Planning and preparation stages:
Determine who should be involved to give the team the necessary skill and expertise.
Ensure that accident scene is left unaltered (as long as it is safe to do so) etc.
Identifying the persons (witness, supervisors) to be interviewed during the investigation.
Checking the legal reporting requirements have been met.
Ascertaining the equipment that will be needed (e.g measuring tape, plans, camera).
The reports style formal / informal who is going to receive it. The depth of the investigation required usually determined by a number of factor e.g the seriousness of the accident, number of people involved etc.

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