Continuing professional development is the process by which OSH practitioners maintain, develop and improve their skills and knowledge. IOSH CPD is very flexible in its approach to the ways in which CPD can be accrued, and one way is by reflecting on what you have learnt from the information you receive in your professional magazine. By answering the questions below, practitioners can award themselves credits. One, two or three credits can be awarded, depending on what has been learnt — exactly how many you award yourself is up to you, once you have reflected and taken part in the quiz.
QUESTIONS
1 What might motivate an organisation to learn, or take action?*
a Comparing its relative performance to others
b Using indicators of performance effectively
c Routinely reporting cases of industrial diseases/conditions
d Concentrating on overall absence rates
2 Accidents per 100,000 hours worked can be equated to:
a 100 people working for one year
b Approximately a working lifetime
c One person working for 100 years
d 100 people working for a lifetime
3 What are easy ways to compare accident reporting rates?*
a Cross-checking with the use of first-aid supplies
b Using anonymous self-report surveys
c Producing Heinrich triangles for each part of the organisation
d Comparing severity rates for reported accidents
4 What can be very helpful in developing awareness and understanding?
a Presenting complex technical data
b Presenting data that is applicable to anyone
c Presenting data as a chance of being hurt in a working lifetime
d Describing in detail the legislation involved
5 Using health and safety data as part of a bonus/incentive plan could have the adverse effect of:
a All accidents always being reported
b Accident reporting being suppressed
c Guaranteeing a high bonus for everyone
d Ensuring a poor bonus for everyone
6 What might make people re-evaluate a risk?*
a Being constantly told about it
b Being presented with the accident data
c Being disciplined
d Using individual case studies from their own workplace
7 Which of the following is NOT a main category of health indicator?
a Outcome indicators
b Process indicators
c Severity indicators
d Observed indicators
8 Data from an Employee Assistance Programme provider can show:
a How content people are in the workplace
b The total number of accidents in the workplace
c Whether or not health interventions are being effective
d Senior management’s training in health and safety
9 What are the advantages of absence/attendance rates?*
a They will capture absence whatever its cause
b They are widely benchmarked
c They do not take account of cultural differences
d Rates are equivalent across all industry sectors
10 The Health Impact Frequency Rate is generated by:*
a Recording health impacts in the same way as near-misses
b Adding up all of the sickness absence
c Recording individual events that could cause an occupational disease
d Including accidents as well as ill health
* These questions have more than one correct answer
ANSWERS
1 a b & c
2 b
3 c & d
4 c
5 b
6 b & d
7 c
8 c
9 a & b
10 a & c
Neil Budworth is European EHS director for Houghton Global
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