Accident Reporting And Recording Operatives Mock Test

CSCS Accident Reporting and Recording Mock Test

Take a 2019 Operatives Accident Reporting and Recording Test (28 questions) for your CSCS card test.

This part of the CSCS test is under Section A: Working environment: when, how and why accidents need to be reported and recorded.

Several questions from the Accident Reporting test will be in the main 50 question CSCS Test. You have to answer 26 out of 28 in order to pass this test.

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1. A scaffold has collapsed and you saw it happen. What should you say when you are asked about the accident?

Who you think should be blamed and punished

As little as possible becuase you don’t want to get people into trouble

Exactly what you saw, giving as much detail as possible

As little as possible, as you are not a scaffold expert

2. Who MUST you report a serious accident to?

Site security

The ambulance service

The police service

Your employer

3. What MUST be done if an operator is driving plant equipment faster than site speed limits?

Alert all other staff on site to be careful

Wait until they stop and talk to them about it

Shout at the driver, telling them to slow down

Inform a supervisor or manager

4. When an accident / near miss occurs, who SHOULD be involved in the investigation?

Company investors

Company directors

The owner of the company

All relevant staff

5. In order to reduce the risk of accidents, which ONE of the following SHOULD be avoided when driving vehickes on site?

Implement a one-way system aroudn the site

Reverse without the use of a vehicle marshaller

Use designated turning areas

Drive-through loading and unloading areas

6. What is the MAIN objective of carrying out an accident investigation?

To help trak the cost of insurance claims

To place blame

To find the cause and prevent recurrence

To identify the people involved

7. Which type of accidents SHOULD be recorded in the accident book?

Specified injuries only, such as broken bones or death

All accidents causing any kind of injury

Any injuries requireing treatment in a hosptial

Only accidents where time off work is required

8. You have been injured in an accident at work and, as a result, are absent for more that seven days. Which TWO of the following actions MUST be taken?

Your employer must inform the Health and Saftey Executive (HSE)

The local hosptical and the benifits office must be informed

The emergency services must be called to find out how the accident happended

You must pay for the first-aid equipment used to treat your injury

The accident must be recored in the accident book

9. Why is it important to report near miss incidents on site?

To find someone to blame so cliams can be made

It is law to report all near miss incidents

It is a requirement of the CDM Regulations

To learn from them and stop them happening again

10. Which TWO of the following items should be recorded in the accident book? Select 2

Injuries sustained

Date of the accident

Telephone number

Location of the hospital

National insurance number

11. If you have a minor accident, who SHOULD report it to?

The sub-contractor

The Health and Saftery Executive (HSE)

Anyone who saw the accident

You, if possible

12. Inder what circumstance is a worker allowed to operate a plant vehicle?

If they have a full international driving license

If they have been working for the company for over 6 months

If competent and authorised to do so

If they are the site manager or supervisor

13. When MUST an entry be made in the accident book?

When a worker has been off sick for three days

When a compensation claim is completed

Only if the accident involved broken bones

When an accident causes injury to any worker

14. When MUST an accident be recorded?

Only when a person breaks a major bone or is concussed

Only when a person is injured and will be off work for three days or more

Only when an accident causes damage to plant or equipment

Only when an accident causes injury to a worker as a result of working activities

15. When MUST an accident be recorded in the accident book?

If a person is injured in any way

Only if a person has to attend hospital

If a person has a day off work with a cold

Only if a person suffers a broken nose

16. Which TWO of the following are the MAIN reasons for reporting accidents, incidents and near misses?

Certain incidents or accidents have to be reported to the HSE

To find out whom claims should be made against

To help the company avoid beign prosecuted or fined

To understand how and why things went wrong

To make sure none of the supervisors find out about the accident

17. What action should be taken if you witness a serious accident on site?

Ask your workmates what they think you should do

Telephone the local doctor for advice

Say nothing in case you get someone into trouble

Tell your supervisor that you saw what happened

18. Which of the following statements BEST describes a near miss?

An incident where someone was injured and nealry had to take time off work

An incident where someone was injured and nearly had to go to hospital

An incident where you were just too late to see what happended

An incident that nearly resulted in injury or damage

19. You suffer an inury at work and details are recorded in the accident book. What MUST happen to this accident record?

It must be treated as confidential under data protection laws

It must be destoryed at the end of the job, due to confidentiality

It must be sent to the insurance company at the end of the job

It must be kept in a place where anyone at work can read it

20. While working on site you cut one of your fingers. What should yo do?

Report it at the end of the day

Wash it, and if it is not a problem carry on working

Report it and get first aid if necessary

Clean it and tell your supervisor about it later

21. Which TWO of the following would result in you been ORDERED off site?

Being under the influence of alcohol

Driving downhill with a heavy load

Driving without using the flashing beacon

Being under the influence of drugs

Losing your road users driving license

22. If someone is injured at work, who SHOULD record it in the accident book?

The company contract manager

Someone from the Health and Saftey Executive (HSE)

The injured person or someone acting for them

The first aider identified on site

23. Who is responsible for reporting unsafe conditions on site?

Everyone on the construction site

The site manager

The contracts manager

The client or principal contractor

24. Which of the following is the LEAST important reason for recording all accidents?

Some accidents have to be reported to the Health and Saftey Executive (HSE)

Details have to be entered in the accident book

It might stop them happening again

To find out who is to blame and make sure they are prosecuted

25. You are injured in an accident at work. When SHOULD you report it?

The next day before work starts

Immediately, or as soon as possible

At the end of the day, before you go home

Only if you have to take time off work

26. Why SHOULD you report an accident?

It is a lead requirement

It helps the site find out who caused it

So that everyone can find out what happened

So that your company will be held responsible

27. Which of the following does NOT have to be recored in the accident book?

Details of the injury sustained

The injured person’s national insurance number

The injured persons home address

The date and time that the injury happended

28. Where SHOULD accidents that cause any injury be recorded?

In the building inspector’s diary

In the site engineers day book

In the accident report book

In the main contractors diary

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Once you have passed all the modules you take the CSCS mock test 2019.

Accident Reporting And Recording Operatives 2019

CSCS Accident Reporting and Recording Mock Test