Chapter 16

1. Which event would initiate an accident investigation?

2. Company officers should compare the __ of implementing risk reduction strategies.

3. Research into the root cause of job-related illnesses and exposures can be accomplished through:

4. What is a potential response to an accident's root cause?

5. Lost time away from work and the cost of medical treatment can measure the:

6. Which job-related illness and health exposure can result from noise and from situations involving fatalities or casualties?

7. Which resource can be used to compile a list of organizational accidents, injuries, illnesses, and fatalities?

8. Which situation would indicate that a risk management plan needs to be revised?

9. Workplace accidents are investigated to identify the __ that were the accident's root cause.

10. Root causes are the most basic reason an accident will:

11. When identifying organizational risks, consider the worst of possible conditions or potential events as well as operations that:

12. If an accident analysis shows that stress was the root cause of an injury or fatality, company officers should recommend an increase in:

13. What type of general incident information should be collected as part of an accident investigation?

14. The narrative portion of the accident investigation report should include:

15. Human factors are an individual's attributes or personal characteristics that cause the individual to be:

16. An accident in which members are exposed to toxic fumes at an incident due to receiving inadequate training on the use of personal protective equipment has its root cause in a(an):

17. Which situation illustrates the accident-causing human factor of improper attitude?

18. If a particular injury has a high incidence rate, it will likely continue to occur until:

19. If during the life cycle of a risk management plan there is a decrease in overall risk, the plan:

20. Developing and implementing training policies and procedures that are dedicated to safety can mitigate the:

21. Accidents caused by physically unsuitable personnel can be mitigated by assigning these responders to tasks in which their limitations are:

22. Emergency incident scenes, emergency responses, training exercises, arid daily activities are common situations for unsafe acts due to personnel:

23. Revisions to a risk management plan should be made:

24. The likelihood of personnel injuries can be reduced and their severity mitigated by managing organizational risk through:

25. Which type of risk should be considered a high-priority item within a risk management plan?