Which of the following is true regarding incident reporting accessibility?

• A. All staff can submit incident reports.
• B. Department Managers and the MOD can submit.
• C. Only supervisors can submit.
• D. No one submits incident reports.

Answer: (B)

Who is allowed to submit incident reports and why that access is restricted. In this system, Department Managers and the Manager on Duty are given submission rights because they hold the roles responsible for overseeing the department and shift operations. They have the knowledge of what happened, can verify details, and are positioned to take or authorize appropriate follow-up actions. This setup ensures incidents are recorded accurately, quickly escalated if needed, and logged for accountability and learning. Allowing only these roles helps maintain a clear audit trail and prevents incomplete or misreported information. If no one with these responsibilities could submit, important incidents might go unrecorded and lessons wouldn’t be learned.