Introduction to Health and Safety at Work

Give FOUR
reasons why the accident should be 
investigated by the person’s employer
(ii) 
Outline
the information that should be included 
in the investigation report
(iii) 
Outline FOUR
possible immediate causes and 
FOUR
possible underlying (root) causes of the 
accident.
3. 
State
the issues that should be included in a typical 
workplace accident reporting procedure.
4. An organization has decided to conduct an internal 
investigation of an accident in which an employee 
was injured following the collapse of storage racking.
(i)
Outline FOUR
benefi ts to the organization of 
investigating the accident
(ii) 
Giving reasons in 
EACH
case, 
identify FOUR
people who may be considered useful members 
of the investigation team
(iii) 
Having defi ned the team, 
outline
the factors 
that should be considered when planning the 
investigation.
5. 
Explain
the purpose and benefi ts of collecting ‘near-
miss’ incident data.
6. 
Explain
the differences between the 
immediate
and 
the root (
underlying
) causes of an accident.
7. 
Outline
the immediate and longer term actions that 
should be taken following a major injury accident 
at work.
8. An employee slipped on a patch of oil on a ware-
house fl oor and was admitted to hospital where he 
remained for several days. The oil was found close 
to a stack of pallets that had been left abandoned on 
the designated pedestrian walkway.
(i)
Outline
the legal requirements for reporting the 
accident to the enforcing authority
(ii) 
Identify
the possible 
immediate