Class B mishaps are described as which combination?

Class B mishaps are described as which combination?

• A. Property damage between 200,000 and 1,000,000; permanent partial disability; five or more personnel hospitalized.
• B. Property damage over 2,000,000; no injuries.
• C. Property damage under 50,000; no injuries.
• D. Only misalignment of equipment.

Answer: (A)

Class B mishaps describe mid-level severity, balancing significant property loss with meaningful injuries. This category covers incidents where property damage falls in a moderate dollar range and there are injuries such as permanent partial disability, along with multiple people being hospitalized. The described combination—property damage within that range combined with permanent partial disability and five or more personnel hospitalized—fits this mid-tier level, signaling substantial impact without reaching the most severe (Class A) thresholds. The other options either describe damage that would push into higher categories (over the upper dollar limit) or are minor incidents with no or few injuries, or an issue that doesn’t reflect a mishap severity at all.

Class B mishaps describe mid-level severity, balancing significant property loss with meaningful injuries. This category covers incidents where property damage falls in a moderate dollar range and there are injuries such as permanent partial disability, along with multiple people being hospitalized. The described combination—property damage within that range combined with permanent partial disability and five or more personnel hospitalized—fits this mid-tier level, signaling substantial impact without reaching the most severe (Class A) thresholds. The other options either describe damage that would push into higher categories (over the upper dollar limit) or are minor incidents with no or few injuries, or an issue that doesn’t reflect a mishap severity at all.