Nebosh Idip Unit a (Q&a)
NEBOSH INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT IA – International management of health and safety January 2011 Question 1 (a) Giving reasons in EACH case, identify FIVE persons` who could be interviewed to provide information for an investigation into a workplace accident. (5)
(b) Outline the issues to consider when preparing the accident investigation interviews for workers from within the organisation. (5)
SECTION A * The injured person who would be able to relate what happened; * an eye witness or the first person on the scene who might have observed what happened; * the first aid person who attended to the injured party at the scene of the accident with respect to the injuries received; * the injured person’s manager and/or supervisor who would have knowledge of the process involved, the existing safe systems of work, the procedures that should have been followed and the training and instruction that had been given to the victim; * a technical expert with specialist knowledge of the process or machine involved; * a Trade Union representative who would have knowledge of any previous complaints or incidents associated with the machine or process; * and the safety advisor who would be fully briefed on the systems of work that should have been followed and any possible breaches of the legislation.
SECTION B * need to carry out the investigation interviews as soon as possible after the event though it may be necessary to postpone the process if the witness is injured or in shock. * A suitable date would have to be provided taking into account the availability of the people to be called since shift patterns might have a part to play. * That done, the next step would be to identify the interviewers, to consider where the interviews would be held and * how they would be recorded whether by tape recorder, by Dictaphone or hand written and to gather together any
(b) Outline the issues to consider when preparing the accident investigation interviews for workers from within the organisation. (5)
SECTION A * The injured person who would be able to relate what happened; * an eye witness or the first person on the scene who might have observed what happened; * the first aid person who attended to the injured party at the scene of the accident with respect to the injuries received; * the injured person’s manager and/or supervisor who would have knowledge of the process involved, the existing safe systems of work, the procedures that should have been followed and the training and instruction that had been given to the victim; * a technical expert with specialist knowledge of the process or machine involved; * a Trade Union representative who would have knowledge of any previous complaints or incidents associated with the machine or process; * and the safety advisor who would be fully briefed on the systems of work that should have been followed and any possible breaches of the legislation.
SECTION B * need to carry out the investigation interviews as soon as possible after the event though it may be necessary to postpone the process if the witness is injured or in shock. * A suitable date would have to be provided taking into account the availability of the people to be called since shift patterns might have a part to play. * That done, the next step would be to identify the interviewers, to consider where the interviews would be held and * how they would be recorded whether by tape recorder, by Dictaphone or hand written and to gather together any