Occupational health and safety audit
Broll - mtn audits
What does this form include?
This form contains 9 sections:
General Requirements (Clause 4.1)
- Is it being maintained the requirements of OHSAS 18001-1999?
- Is the scope of the program clearly defined? (If so, How long has the program been established?)
- Has a program been established?
What is the organization’s policy?
OHS Policies (Clause 4.2)
- Is the policy defined and is it appropriate to the type, size, and OSH impacts of the organization’s activities?
- Does the policy include a commitment to continual improvement in the organization’s operations?
- Does the policy reflect the organizations hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control in the organization’s activities and facilities?
- Does the policy include a commitment to compliance to legal requirements
- Is the policy documented, implemented, maintained (periodically reviewed) and communicated to all employees and are they aware of their responsibilities to the OSH?
- Is the policy available to interested parties?
Planning For Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment And Risk Control (Clause 4.3.1 - OHSAS 18001 Audit checklist of Planning For Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment And Risk Control)
- Are there documented and maintained procedures to establish and update hazards, risks and implementation of controls?
- Does the procedure cover routine and non-routine activities?
- Does the procedure cover all personnel and facilities?
- Do the criteria for the assessment of risk address both likelihood and consequence?
- What mechanism is used to initiate hazard review/revision when operations change?
- Are there records to provide evidence of analysis of hazards, risks and controls?
- Are there any obvious hazards that should have been considered and were not? If not, why not?
- Are results of assessments and effects of controls considered when setting OSH objectives and are they documented and up to date?
OHSAS 18001 Audit checklist of objectives (Clause 4.3)
- Has the organization established and maintained OSH objectives?
- Have the documented objectives considered legal and other requirements?
- Are objectives reasonable and measurable?
- Is there a documented and maintained procedure for periodically reviewing objectives?
- Are objectives communicated to the employees that are supposed to achieve them?
- Are organizational objectives consistent with Lab/higher level objectives?
OHSAS 18001 Audit checklist of OSH Management Program(s) (Clause 4.3.4)
- Are all procedures that supplement the OHS management program available to the appropriate personnel and current
- Are the management programs reviewed at planned intervals and amended as required?
- Are there programs to achieve all the identified objectives?
- Do the programs include schedules for completion and resources necessary to achieve the objectives?
- Do the programs assign responsibilities for completion of tasks in achieving objectives?
OHSAS 18001 Audit checklist of Structure and Responsibility (Clause 4.4.1)
- How does management demonstrate their commitment for continual improvement of OSH performance? ( Please describe in detail)
Training, Awareness and Competence (Clause 4.4.2)
- Are procedures established and maintained to make employees aware of 1 – 4 above
How do you ensure personnel are competent to perform tasks that impact OHS?
Use this template