The on-site supervisor is generally responsible for conducting _____

• A. Incident Investigations
• B. Safety Audits
• C. Accident Reports
• D. Root Cause Analyses

Answer: (A)

The on-site supervisor is generally responsible for conducting incident investigations because they are closest to the work activity and can immediately secure the scene, gather facts, interview witnesses, and establish the sequence of events. This hands-on role allows them to identify immediate causes and propose corrective actions to prevent recurrence right away. Safety audits are proactive evaluations performed by safety professionals to check programs and compliance, not the day-to-day investigation of what happened during an incident. Accident reports are formal records of events, which the supervisor may help prepare, but the deeper investigation and determination of causes is typically handled as a root-cause analysis, often led by safety personnel or a dedicated incident review team rather than the frontline supervisor alone.