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Santia Mock Examination

INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Unit IA: international management of health of safety

1 hours

Answer both Section A and Section B

SECTION A
This section contains three questions. Answer ALL THREE questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
The maximum marks for each question, or part of a question, are shown in brackets.
You are advised to spend about 15 minutes on each question.
Start each answer on a new page.

1 (a) Outline the concept of the organisation as a system

(b) Identify suitable risk controls at EACH point within the system AND give an
example in EACH case

2 A maintenance worker was asphyxiated when working in an empty fuel tank. A


subsequent investigation found that the worker has been operating without a
permit-to-work.

(a) Outline why a permit-to-work would be considered necessary in these


circumstances.
(b) Outline possible reasons why the permit-to-work procedure was not followed
on this occasion.

3 Outline the societal factors that influence health and safety standards.

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SECTION B
This section contains three questions. Answer TWO questions only.
All questions carry equal marks.
The maximum marks for each question, or part of a question, are shown in brackets.
You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on each question.
Start each answer on a new page.

3 A forklift truck skidded on an oil spill causing a serious injury to a visitor.

(a) Explain why the accident should be investigated.


(b) Outline the steps to follow in order to investigate the accident.
(c) Identify possible underlying causes of the accident.

4 You are the health and safety manager attending an annual senior management
meeting where health and safety performance objectives are being reviewed.

(a) Outline factors that should be considered when setting health and safety
objectives.
(b) Explain why health and safety performance should be reviewed
(c) Outline factors that should be considered when reviewing health and
safety performance.

5 (a) Outline the meaning of skill-based, rule-based and knowledge-based


behaviour.

(b) With reference to practical examples or actual incidents, explain how


EACH of these types of operating behaviour can cause human error AND
how human error may be prevented.

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