CSCS Accident Reporting and Recording Mock Test

Welcome to this free mock test on CSCS Accident reporting and recording. We have created a set of questions on this subject to help you pass your CSCS card Test, this subject is part of the core knowledge questions.

If you want to work on a construction site then you will need to have good knowledge about this subject as you will be asked questions on them in the real exam.

In this mock test, we have provided the latest 47 questions you might be asked when sitting your real CSCS Test. In order to pass your managers and professionals test you will need to score at least 46 out of 50 correct answers in 45 minutes, or 45 out of 50 if for the operatives test.

There is no pass mark on this mini-test, so please keep using it until you know all of the questions from memory. Good Luck! Click here if you would like to site a full 50 question simulation Managers and Professionals mock test. You can find more practice exams over here.

Need to practice on accident reporting and recording for your CSCS Test for Operatives, we've got you cover.

Below is 47 example practice questions to help you study for passing your CSCS Exam.

Accident Reporting and Recording Mock Questions

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

The site manager and no-one else

Someone from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The injured person or someone acting for them

The first aider and no-one else

Question 1 of 47

2. You have suffered an injury caused by an accident at work and as a result you are absent for more than seven days Which TWO of the following actions MUST be taken?

The local hospital and the benefits office must be informed

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

The emergency services are called to assess the circumstances of the accident

The accident must be recorded in the site accident book

Your employer should inform the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Question 2 of 47

3. Why is it important to report all accidents?

All of these answers

It might stop them happening again

Some types of accident have to be reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Details have to be entered in the accident book

Question 3 of 47

4. If you have a minor accident, who is responsible for making sure it is report it?

You

They work mate

Anyone who saw the accident happened

You the Health and Safety Executive

Question 4 of 47

5. While on site you'll see a contractor working in a way that presents and a danger to yourself and others around you. What should you do immediately?

Move to another area of the site and continue with your work

Speak directly to the contractor and tell him to stop

Ensure that you informed the client and the principal designer

Before you leave site ensure that you have involved the project manager

Question 5 of 47

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

The first aider

Someone from the Health and Safety Executive

The site manager

The injured person or someone acting for them

Question 6 of 47

7. If you have a minor accident, who should report it?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Anyone who saw the accident happen

A subcontractor

You

Question 7 of 47

8. You have witnessed a serious accident on your site Should you:

say nothing to anyone in case you get someone into trouble

ask your workmates what they think you should do

tell your supervisor that you saw what happened

telephone the local hospital

Question 8 of 47

9. Who must be legally notified of a death, specified injury, dangerous occurrence or over 7-day injury on a site?

The local health centre

The company's insurance company

A health and safety executive

No one

Question 9 of 47

10. Why should you report an accident?

It helps the site find out who caused it

So that your company will be held responsible

So that the site manager can see who is to blame

It is a legal requirement

Question 10 of 47

11. When must you record an accident in the accident book?

If you are injured in any way

Only if you have to be off work

Only if you have suffered a broken bone

Only if you have to go to hospital

Question 11 of 47

12. Historically which type of accident kills the most construction workers?

Being run over by site transport

Falling from height

Contact with electricity

Being hit by a falling object

Question 12 of 47

13. Which is the most important reason for keeping a working area on a construction site clean and tidy?

To recycle waste and help environment

So that the workers don't have to have a big clean up at the end of the week

So that Waste skips can be emptied more often

To prevent slips trips and Falls

Question 13 of 47

14. Which TWO of the following will help you find out about the site emergency procedures and emergency telephone numbers?

Guidance from your local Job Centre Plus

Guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Reading the site notice boards

Attending the site induction

Looking in the telephone directory

Question 14 of 47

15. An entry must be made in the accident book when:

management thinks it appropriate

the person has been off sick for three days

the severity of the accident may result in a compensation claim

an accident causes personal injury to any worker

Question 15 of 47

16. You receive an injury from an accident at work When should you report it?

At the end of the day, before you go home

Only if you had to take time off work

Immediately, or as soon as possible afterwards

The next day before you start work

Question 16 of 47

17. A member of the public has been injured by work activities and taken to hospital for treatment. What should happen next?

The responsible person should send the member of the public so flowers and ask them to keep quiet

The member of public should be reminded by the responsible person to take greater care and attention nearest site

That accident should only be reported to the site health and safety manager by the responsible person

The accident should be reported by the responsible person to the health and safety executive

Question 17 of 47

18. What is a near miss?

An incident where someone could have been injured or something could have been damaged

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

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

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

Question 18 of 47

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

To find out the causes in order to prevent it happening again

To find out who is at fault

To find out the cost of any damage that occurred

To record what injuries were sustained

Question 19 of 47

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

Who you think is to blame and how they should be punished

Nothing, as you are not a scaffold expert

As little as possible because you don't want to get people into trouble

Exactly what you saw

Question 20 of 47

21. A scaffold has collapsed and you saw it happen When you are asked about the accident, you should say:

exactly what you saw

as little as possible because you don't want to get people into trouble

nothing, you are not a scaffold expert

who you think is to blame and how they should be punished

Question 21 of 47

22. How can you help to prevent accidents?

By acting on reports of unsafe working conditions

By becoming a first aider

By knowing how to get help quickly

I know where the first aid kit is kept

Question 22 of 47

23. Why is it important to report near miss incident on site?

To learn from them and stop them happening again

Because it is the law to report all near-miss incidents

It is a requirement of the CDM regulations

Question 23 of 47

24. Accidents causing any injury should always be recorded in the:

accident report book

subcontractor's diary

site engineer's day book

main contractor's diary

Question 24 of 47

25. Why is it important for all workers to attend site induction?

Workers will get to know others new starters

Risk assessments will be handed out

Site specific health and safety rules will be explained

Permits to work will be handed out

Question 25 of 47

26. When must you record an accident in the accident book?

If you are injured in any way

Only if you have to be off work

Only if you have to go to hospital

Only if you have suffered a broken bone

Question 26 of 47

27. You have witnessed a serious accident on your site and are to be interviewed by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Should you:

not tell the inspector anything

ask your supervisor what you should say to the inspector

co-operate and tell the inspector exactly what you saw

tell the inspector what your workmates have told you

Question 27 of 47

28. Which of these does NOT have to be recorded in the accident book?

Details of your injury

The date and time of your accident

Your home address

Your national insurance number

Question 28 of 47

29. You when leaving a site you have been visiting you noticed that a contractor is working in an unsafe manner. What should you do?

It is not your responsibility so leave the site

Contact the constructions head office

Return and speak to the site manager

Contact the principal designer

Question 29 of 47

30. If your doctor says that you contracted Weil's disease on-site, why do you need to tell the employer?

Your employer will need to call pest control to remove the rats on site

Your employer will have to report it to the health and safety executive

The site on which you contracted it will have to be closed down

Your employer has to warn your colleagues not to go near you

Question 30 of 47

31. Which TWO of the following items are NOT recorded in an accident book?

Your national insurance number

Your telephone number

Your home address

The injuries sustained

The date and time of the accident

Question 31 of 47

32. If your doctor says that you have Weil's disease (leptospirosis), contracted when on site, why do you need to tell your employer?

Your work colleagues might catch it from you

Your employer will have to report it to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The site on which you contracted it will have to be closed down

Your employer has to warn your colleagues not to go anywhere near you

Question 32 of 47

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

It is a requirement of the CDM Regulations

To find someone to blame

To learn from them and stop them happening again

Because it is the law for all 'near miss' incidents

Question 33 of 47

34. When must an accident be recorded in the site's accident book?

Only when an accident causes injury to a worker while at work

Only when an accident causes damage to plant or equipment

Only when a person breaks a major bone or is concussed

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

Question 34 of 47

35. Which type of accidents should be recorded in the accident book?

Only accidents where the injured person has to stop work

Only major injuries, such as a broken arm or death of a person

All accidents causing any injury

Only injuries requiring hospital treatment

Question 35 of 47

36. In an emergency you should:

follow the site emergency procedure

leave site

phone home

phone the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Question 36 of 47

37. Which of the following is the least important reason for recording all accidents?

Details have to be entered in the accident book

Some types of accident have to be reported to the health and safety executive

It might stop them happening again

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

Question 37 of 47

38. You suffer an injury at work and the details are recorded into the accident book What MUST happen to this accident record?

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

It must be treated as confidential under the Data Protection Act and kept for at least three years

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

It must be destroyed at the end of the job

Question 38 of 47

39. While working on site you get a small cut on one of your fingers What should you do?

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

Report it at the end of the day or the end of the shift

Report it and get first aid if necessary

Clean it up and tell your supervisor about it later

Question 39 of 47

40. Your doctor tells you that you have hand-arm vibration syndrome possibly caused through work What should you do?

Tell no-one as this is not reportable

Just inform your workmates

Tell no-one as it's embarrassing

Inform your site supervisor or employer

Question 40 of 47

41. An excavator on site has overturned but no one was injured. What must have a next?

Report the incident in the accident book

Clear up as quickly as possible and resume work

Investigate the incident

Make a report to the health and safety executive

Question 41 of 47

42. Which of the following statements about recording accidents is true?

They must only be kept in electronic format

They must comply with the requirements of the data protection act

They must only be completed by a site manager or supervisor

They must include details of next of kin

Question 42 of 47

43. Who must you report a serious accident to?

The police service

The ambulance service

Your employer

Site security

Question 43 of 47

44. When are people, who are working on or visiting construction sites, most likely to have an accident?

When they first start on any news site

In the afternoon

In the morning

During the summer months

Question 44 of 47

45. In an emergency an 'assembly point' is the:

site manager's office

place of the incident or accident

specified place to gather after an evacuation

welfare facilities

Question 45 of 47

46. Which of these does not have to be recorded in the accident book?

The home address of the injured person

The injured person's National Insurance number

Details of the injury

The date and time of the accident

Question 46 of 47

47. You are involved in an incident on site that was dangerous but no-one was injured Who must you report this 'dangerous occurrence' to?

The rest of the workforce

Your site supervisor or the site manager

The first aider

The client for the project

Question 47 of 47

Your email address:

Your name:

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