Incident Investigation and Corrective Action practice questions for the CHST exam

A general contractor's safety manager is building a dashboard to track whether the company's incident investigation process is working across several projects. She wants one metric that shows how well the company follows through after an incident or a hazard finding. Which metric best fits that purpose?

1. A.Total hours of equipment idle time on each project
2. B.The number of years since the company's last OSHA inspection
3. C.Total number of workers who attended the annual company picnic
4. D.Timely completion of corrective actions after a job site hazard is identified or an incident occurs

After a near-miss in which a worker was almost struck by a swinging load, a contractor installed a new engineering control: a barricaded swing-radius exclusion zone with a spotter. Two weeks later, the safety technician finds that the barricade stays up but workers routinely step inside it when the spotter is busy. The employer wants to know what to do about the control. Which action best fits the recommended practices for evaluating controls?

1. A.Treat the control as effective because it was properly installed and has not yet caused an injury
2. B.Remove the barricade, since a control that workers ignore adds no protection
3. C.Evaluate the control with worker involvement, and because it is not effective in practice, identify, select, and implement further control measures
4. D.Disregard the behavior, since only PPE use policies need to be checked for compliance