BS OHSAS 18001

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How ready are you for BS OHSAS 18001:2007

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• This document has been designed to illustrate your company's readiness for a BS OHSAS 18001 Health and Safety Management System. By completing this questionnaire your results will allow you to self-assess your organisation and identify where you are in the BS OHSAS 18001 process. If you would like us to do thus analysis for you, please complete the questionnaire (including your contact details), save and email it to us at certification.sales@bsigroup.com

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Self-assessment questionnaire

1. Commitment and policy

• Is there a published OH&S policy has been communicated to all personnel working for, or on behalf of, the organisation?

• Is OH&S recognised as an integral part of the business performance?

• Does the organisation recognise the need to achieve a high level of OH&S performance with compliance to legal requirements as a minimum goal, and to press for continual cost-effective improvement in its performance?

• Does the organisation commit itself to providing adequate and appropriate resources to implement the policy?

• Does it commit itself to setting and publishing its OH&S objectives?

• Does it commit itself to placing the management of OH&S as a prime responsibility with line managers, from the most senior executive down to first line supervisor?

• Does it commit itself to ensuring that the policy is understood, implemented and maintained at all levels in the organisation?

• Does it recognise the need to gain the commitment of employees to the policy by encouraging their active participation?

• Does it commit itself to periodically reviewing the policy and management system and to carry out audits to verify compliance with the policy?

• Does it commit itself to ensuring that personnel working for, or in behalf or, the organisation receive appropriate training and are competent to carry out their duties and responsibilities?

2. Planning

• A comprehensive risk assessment programme following a hierarchy of control measures and covering all activities is in place

• A risk control action plan is in place to deal with those risks not judged to be acceptable

• Legal and other requirements which apply to all activities are identified and the relevant documents are held.

• Overall plans and objectives are in place for achievingOH&S policy

• Arrangement are in place for ensuring that there are sufficient knowledge, skills and experience available to manage CHSAS issues effectively

• Operational plans for implementing risk controls are in place

• Operational plans for implementing legal and other requirements are in place

• Operational controls activities are in place for ensuring the OH&S policy is implemented and effectively managed

• Arrangement are in place for measuring auditing and reviewing OH&S performance to identify any shortfall and implementing necessary corrective and preventive actions

• Arrangements are in place for implementing, monitoring and reviewing corrective and preventive actions

3. Implementation and operation

• A top manager is allocated with full responsibility for OH&S throughout the organisation

• There is clear responsibility in the management structure

• There is clear accountability in the management structure

• There is clear delegation of authority in the management structure

• Any necessary resources are allocated

• All personnel working for, or on behalf of, the organisation are aware of their individual responsibilities

• All personnel working for, or on behalf of, the organisation are aware of their responsibilities to other who may be affected by the activities they control

• All personnel working for, or on behalf of, the organisation are aware of the consequence of their action or inaction.

• A training, awareness and competence assessment programme is in place for personnel working under its control

• A retraining and refresher training programme is in place

• A system for effective, open two-way communication of OH&S information is in place with all interested parties

• Specialist (in-house or external) advice/services are made available, where appropriate

• Workers (including contractors) and external interested parties are fully involved and consulted

• An adequate documentation systems in place

• A system is in place for ensuring documents are kept up to date and relevant

• Contingency plans are in place for emergencies, including arrangement for evacuating the site, liaison with the emergency services and start-up following an emergency

• Emergency response takes into account the needs of relevant interested parties and is periodically tested.

4. Checking

• OH&S performance and the effectiveness of controls is routinely measured

• Proactive measures are used

• Reactive measures are used

• Monitoring OH&S performance to ensure policy, objectives and targets are being met is taking place

• Where performance is not meeting criteria, the root causes are identified and appropriate corrective and preventive action is taken

• Evaluation of companies against legal and other requirements is undertaken periodically.

• Records of compliance against legal and other requirements are being kept

• There is a procedure for reporting investigating and correcting any health and safety incidents

• Records of compliance of the management system are maintained

5. Audits

• Programmed audits of the OH&S Management System are taking place

• Staff conducting audits are competent to perform this task

• Staff conducting audits are independent from the activity being audited

• Audits verify that the organization is fulfilling its OH&S obligations

• Audits identify strengths and weaknesses in the OH&S Management System

• Audits verify that the organization is achieving its OH&S performance targets

• Audit results are communicated to all relevant personnel

• Audit results are the basis for corrective action

6. Management review

• The review considers the overall performance of the OH&S Management System

• The review considers the performance of the individual elements of the system

• The review considers the findings of audits The review considers internal and external factors affecting OH&S management

• The review is forward-looking, adopting a proactive approach towards improving the OH&S Management System and business performance

• The review considers the results of participation and consultation with interested external third parties

• The review identifies decisions and actions relevant to changes to OH&S performance, policy and objectives

• Programmed reviews of the OH&S Management System are taking place