Who is allowed to submit incident reports?

Who is allowed to submit incident reports?

• A. All employees.
• B. All employees may submit.
• C. Only supervisors.
• D. No one submits incident reports.

Answer: (B)

Incident reporting should be accessible to anyone who witnesses or is involved in an incident. Allowing all employees to submit incident reports helps capture complete, timely information from multiple perspectives, including frontline witnesses who may not be in a supervisory role. This openness reduces underreporting, speeds up investigations, and supports corrective actions to prevent recurrence. If reporting were limited to supervisors, important details could be missed and reporting could be delayed. If no one submits reports, incidents remain undocumented and safety improvements can’t be made. So the best answer is that all employees may submit incident reports.

Incident reporting should be accessible to anyone who witnesses or is involved in an incident. Allowing all employees to submit incident reports helps capture complete, timely information from multiple perspectives, including frontline witnesses who may not be in a supervisory role. This openness reduces underreporting, speeds up investigations, and supports corrective actions to prevent recurrence. If reporting were limited to supervisors, important details could be missed and reporting could be delayed. If no one submits reports, incidents remain undocumented and safety improvements can’t be made. So the best answer is that all employees may submit incident reports.