Incident investigation expectations from OSHA

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1. Does OSHA require employers to perform incident investigations?
   1. Yes. OSHA requires everything to be investigated.
   2. No. Aside from Process Safety Management (PSM) facilities, OSHA does not require employers to perform incident investigations.
2. Since OSHA doesn’t require incident investigations for non-PSM facilities, is there an advantage to doing them?
   1. Yes. Performing incident investigations provides employees and workers the opportunity to identify and respond to hazards in the workplace to protect workers from future incidents.
   2. No. If OSHA doesn’t require an incident investigation, it does not make sense to take time to do them.
3. Incident investigations should include which of the following?
   1. Employee involved in the incident
   2. Supervisor and/or manager of the employee involved in the incident
   3. Safety personnel responsible for the workplace or work area where the incident occurred
   4. All of the above
4. There is only ever one root cause to an incident?
   1. Yes. Ultimately, only one thing could have caused an incident to occur.
   2. No. Incidents are complex and often have multiple causes that should be evaluated for potential corrective actions or remediations.
5. Incident investigations should always be focused on facts rather than blaming behavior.
   1. True
   2. False