The Board must determine the facts, conditions, and circumstances of the injury or condition, identify the probable cause, and recommend preventive measures. This follows the text of 1922.4(a), which directs the Board to make those determinations and recommendations after hearing witnesses and reviewing available documents.
Yes — the Board must make its determinations and recommendations after hearing witnesses and receiving documents and other data that are available from the preliminary investigation. The requirement to hear witnesses and review available documents comes directly from 1922.4(a).
The Board must recommend measures that will provide the best means of preventing future injuries or similar conditions. 1922.4(a) requires recommendations aimed at effective prevention based on the Board’s findings.
Upon completion of the investigational hearing, the Board must file its report with the Assistant Secretary. That filing requirement is stated in 1922.4(b).
The report must contain the determinations and recommendations required under paragraph (a), meaning the facts, probable cause, and preventive measures. 1922.4(b) specifies that the report include those items.
Yes — any member may file a separate report to express determinations, recommendations, or reasons that differ from the majority. The right to submit a separate report is provided in 1922.4(b).
Board actions require a vote of a majority of its members. 1922.4(c) states that determinations and recommendations are effective only after a majority vote.
It means the Board must make every reasonable effort to determine facts, causes, and recommendations using available witnesses, documents, and data from the preliminary investigation. The phrase appears in 1922.4(a), which limits the duty to what can reasonably be found and heard.
Yes — the Board is directed to use witnesses and documents that may be found available as a result of the preliminary investigation when making determinations and recommendations. This reliance on preliminary investigation materials is specified in 1922.4(a).
No — the Board's majority determinations and recommendations are filed, and any member may file a separate report to express differing views. 1922.4(b) allows separate reports for minority opinions.
A 'majority' means more than half of the Board members voting in favor of the action. The requirement that actions be approved by a majority of members is stated in 1922.4(c).
The Board must recommend measures that will best prevent future injuries or conditions of similar character, which includes both immediate fixes and longer-term preventive measures. This preventive focus is required by 1922.4(a).
The Board files the report as a body with the Assistant Secretary upon completion of the hearing, and any individual member may file a separate report expressing differing views. 1922.4(b) covers both the main filing and separate member reports.
The Board must recommend the measures that 'will provide the best means' of preventing similar injuries 'to the extent possible' given the facts and materials available from the preliminary investigation. This qualification is in 1922.4(a).
The Board should hear witnesses and review available documents and other data, weigh the evidence, and make determinations and recommendations based on that record. The process of hearing witnesses and considering documents for determinations is described in 1922.4(a).
If a recommendation does not receive a majority vote, it cannot be adopted as a Board action because 1922.4(c) requires a majority of members for actions, so a tie means the recommendation fails to carry.
The Board's report must include both its determinations (findings) and the recommendations required under paragraph (a), which include the recommended preventive measures. That content requirement is explicit in 1922.4(b).
Yes — the regulation requires the Board to hear witnesses and receive documents and other data that may be found available as a result of the preliminary investigation; if additional relevant materials become available before or during the investigational hearing, they should be considered when making determinations as described in 1922.4(a).