Reporting Accidents
What should you ensure if you suffer an injury through a manual handling operation
You get paid for the job
The injury is recorded
You get help and carry on working
You take time off work
Why should a serious accident be reported to the enforcing authority?
It helps the site find out what caused it
It is a legal requirement
So that the site manager can see who is to blame
So that the company will be held responsible
What immediate action should you take if you suffer an injury through carrying a load?
Advise your doctor of your injury
Tell your supervisor or employer
Tell your working companion
Carry on working as best you can
Under RIDDOR, which one of the following must be reported to the enforcing authority?
Accidents where the injured person wishes to make a claim
Fracture other than to fingers, thumbs or toes
All 'near misses' even if no one is hurt
All accidents causing any injury
Which of the following has the power to examine an accident record?
An HSE inspector
An insurance company
A doctor
A workmate
Which of the following should be recorded in the accident book following an accident?
The date and time the accident occurred?
Your date of birth
The weather conditions
Your National Insurance Number
Which of the following accounts for most accidents each year on construction sites?
Strikes by moving vehicles
Electrocution
Trench collapses
Slips, trips and falls
Which of the following is NOT classified as a specified injury to a worker under RIDDOR?
A fratured finger
A fractured arm
Amputation of a finger
A broken wrist
Which of the following should you do if you witness a serious accident on site?
Pretend you saw nothing
Say nothing in case you get in trouble
Discuss what to do with your workmates
Tell your supervisor what you saw happening
A workmate tells you that he witnessed an accident the previous day and the victim was taken to hospital. He asks you for advise on what he should do. Do you tell them to:
Speak to the site nurse about he saw
Tell their supervisor that they saw what happened
Telephone the hospital to find out how the injured person is
Say nothing to anyone in case they get someone in trouble
If a person at work suffers an injury (other than a specified injury) due to an accident at work, it is reportable under RIDDOR if they are incapacitated for work for:
Over 1 day
Over 7 days
Over half a day
Over 2 days
What must an employer do with their accident records following completion of a construction project?
They are sent to the Health and Safety Executive
They are destroyed on site with other non-essential documents
They are kept safe by the employer
They are sent to the employer's insurance company
At work who would you report a dangerous occurrence to?
The emergency services
Your supervisor or employer
Another employee
The client for the project
Following a reportable dangerous occurrence when must the enforcing authority be informed?
Within 5 days
Within 48 hours
Without delay
Within 24 hours
Accidents causing any injury should always be recorded in:
The site engineer's day book
Your employer's accident recording system
Your personal diary
The main contractor's diary
Which one of the following is classified as a reportable occupational disease under RIDDOR?
Mental disorder
Occupational asthma
Amputation
Influenza
When a person is injured at work, who should enter the details in the accident book?
The injured person's supervisor
The injured person or anyone acting for them
The site manager or engineer
The site safety manager
If you are involved in a minor accident at work, whose duty is it to report it to the site management?
Any witness to the accident
The police, fire or ambulance who attend
It is your own responsibility
The site foreman should report it
You have suffered an accident at work which has made you incapable of your normal work for over 7 days. Which of the following actions MUST be taken by your employer?
The emergency services are asked to attend the site
The local hospital is informed
The relevant enforcing authority is informed
A deduction is made from your wages for days lost
The collapse of scaffolding is only notifiable to the enforcing authority as a reportable dangerous occurrence when the scaffolding is which one of the following?
Over 15 metres in height
Any height
Over 10 metres in height
Over 5 metres in height
If there is a fatal accident on site, when must the Health and Safety Executive be informed?
Without delay
Within 10 days
Within 7 days
Within 5 days
Under which of the following circumstances should an accident be recorded in the site's accident book?
When an accident causes damage to plant or equipment
Only when a person is injured and will be off work for more than seven days
When the injury is serious enough for first aid to be needed
When an accident causes injury to an employee while at work
Which of the following have to be entered into the accident book?
All accidents causing any damage
All accidents causing any injury
Only accidents causing serious injury
Only accidents causing time off work
Under which of the following circumstances must injury accidents be recorded in the accident book?
Only if your break a bone
Only if you have time off work
Any time they occur
Only if you need to go to hospital
An entry must be made in the accident book when:
A person has been off sick for over seven days
Management thinks it s appropriate
An accident causes personal injury to an employee
The severity of the accident may result in compensation claim
Which of the following MUST be recorded in an accident book after you have had an accident?
Your National Insurance number
Your date of birth
Your occupation
Your phone number
Which of the following can you learn from an accident?
A combination of human error and mechanical failure always causes injury
Ideas on how you would prevent it happening again
That mechanical failures are most dangerous
How human error is always a cause
Could making an entry in the accident book help you if you later make a claim for compensation?
Only if it is serious injury
No
Only in the event of a fatality
Yes
Why is it important to report 'near miss' accidents to your employer?
It's the law
To make the figures look good
So lessons can be learned, preventing an accident next time
So that someone can be disciplined
Who should you report serious accidents to?
Your workmate
Your employer or supervisor
The police
The ambulance service
What is the aim of carrying out an accident investigation?
To determine the cause(s) and prevent similar accidents
To establish what injuries were sustained
To find out who is at fault
To establish the cost of any damage incurred
You have witnessed a serious accident on your site and are interviewed by an HSE inspector. Should you:
Tell the inspector what your mates said you should say
Ask your supervisor what you should say to the inspector
Co-operate fully with the inspector and tell them exactly what you saw
Don't tell them anything
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