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Audit Criteria

Context of the Organization

  • Does the business understand the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties?

  • Does the business understand which of these needs and expectations are, or could become, legal requirements and other requirements?

  • Has the business determined the boundaries and applicability of the OH&S management system to establish its scope?

  • Has the following been considered when establishing the management system scope: work activities, interested parties, and internal and external issues?

  • Is the management system scope documented?

  • Is the management system established, implemented, maintained and continuously improved?

Leadership

  • Do top management take overall responsibility and accountability for the prevention of work-related injury and ill health, as well as the provision of safe and healthy workplaces and activities?

  • Do top management ensure that the OH&S policy and related OH&S objectives are established and are compatible with the strategic direction of the organization?

  • Is the management system integrated into business processes?

  • Do top management ensure that the resources needed to establish, implement, maintain and improve the OH&S management system are available?

  • Do top management communicate the importance of effective OH&S management and of conforming to the OH&S management system requirements?

  • Do top management ensure that the OH&S management system achieves its intended outcome(s)?

  • Do top management direct and support persons who contribute to the effectiveness of the OH&S management system?

  • Do top management promote continual improvement?

  • Do top management develop, promote and lead on positive OH&S related culture?

Policy

  • Does the policy include a commitment to provide safe and healthy working conditions for the prevention of work related injury and ill health?

  • Does the policy provide a framework for setting the OH&S objectives?

  • Does the policy include a commitment to fulfil legal requirements and other requirements?

  • Does the policy include a commitment to eliminate hazards and reduce OH&S risks?

  • Does the policy include a commitment to continual improvement of the OH&S management system?

  • Does the policy include a commitment to consultation and participation of workers?

  • Is the policy documented?

  • Is the policy communicated within the business?

  • Is the policy available to interested parties?

  • Is the policy relevant and appropriate?

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Do top management ensure that the OH&S management system conforms to the requirements of this document?

  • Do top management assign the responsibility and authority for reporting on the performance of the OH&S management system?

  • Do top management ensure that the responsibilities and authorities for relevant roles within the OH&S management system are assigned and communicated at all levels within the organization and maintained as documented information?

Consultation & Participation

  • Has the business established, implemented and maintained a process for consultation and participation of workers at all applicable levels and functions?

  • Has the business provided adequate resources for consultation and participation?

  • Has the business consulted non-managerial team members on adequate parts of the management system (policy, roles, process and objectives, risk control and competence etc.)?

Planning

  • Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to achieve its intended outcomes?

  • Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to reduce or prevent risk?

  • Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to achieve continual improvement?

  • Has the business given due consideration to egal and other requirements taht need to be factored into the management system?

  • Does the business have documented information on risks and opportunities?

  • Does the business plan actions to address identified risks and opportunities?

  • Does the business plan actions to address applicaple legal and other requirements?

  • Does the business plan actions to prepare for and respond to emergency situations?

  • Does the business evaluate the effectiveness of these actions?

  • Does the business plan actions to

Hazard Identification & Assessment

  • Does the process for hazard identification consider organizational, social and cultural factors?

  • Does the process for hazard identification include routine and non-routine activity?

  • Dees the process for hazard identification include past performance as a factor of consideration?

  • Does the process for hazard identification include the consideration of human factors and how the work is performed?

  • Does the process for hazard identification include the consideration of potential emergency situations?

  • Does the process for hazard identification consider process and work design factors?

  • Does the process for hazard identification consider consequential risks caused by other works under the control of the business?

  • Does the process for hazard identification consider consequential risks caused by other works not under the control of the business?

  • Does the assessment process consider the effectiveness of existing controls?

  • Does the assessment process focus on pro-active assessment?

Legal & Other Requirements

  • Does the legal and other process determine current legal requirements and other requirements that are applicable to its hazards, OH&S risks and its management system?

  • Does the legal and other process determine how relevant legal and other requirements apply to the busuiness and what needs to be communicated?

  • Does the legal and other process take relevant legal and other requirements into account when establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving its management system?

  • Does the business maintain and retain documented information on its legal and other requirements?

Objectives

  • Has the business established OH&S objectives at relevant functions and levels?

  • Are objectives consistent with policy?

  • Are objectives measureable?

  • Do objectives consider applicable requirements (Legal & Other)?

  • Do objectives consider identified risks an opportunities?

  • Are objectives monitored?

  • Are objectives communicated?

  • Are objectives updated as appropriate?

  • DO objectives state what will be done?

  • Do objectives outline resource requirements?

  • Do set objectives outline responsibility for completion?

  • Do objectives set a timeline?

  • Do objectives illustrate evaluation criteria?

Support

  • Does the business establish core competence at respective levels?

  • Does the business ensure team members are competent?

  • Does the business maintain competence?

  • Does the business retain appropriate documented information regards training evidence?

  • Are workers aware of the OH&S Policy?

  • Are workers aware of their contributions toward the effectiveness of the management system?

  • Are workers made aware of incidents that are relevant to them?

  • Are workers aware of risks relevant to them?

  • Are workers aware of their empowerment to move themselves away from significant and imminent harm?

Communication

  • Does the business determine what it will communicate?

  • Has the business defined when it will communicate?

  • Has the business defined who it will communicate with (internally & externally)?

  • Has the business defined how it will communicate?

  • Does the business retain documented information on its communications?

Documentation

  • Do documents have adequate identification and description?

  • Are documents available in an appropriate format?

  • Are documents suitably reviewed and approved before use?

  • Are documents available where and when needed?

  • Are documents adequately protected?

  • Are documents appropriately distributed?

  • Are documents stored suitably?

  • Are documents revised accurately and with traceability?

  • Are document retention periods defined?

Operations

  • Are processes planned, controlled, maintained and implemented?

  • Are process adapted where necessary?

  • Is there evidence of the correct hierarchy of control in use? a) eliminate the hazard; b) substitute with less hazardous processes, operations, materials or equipment; c) use engineering controls and reorganization of work; d) use administrative controls, including training; e) use adequate personal protective equipment.

  • Is there a process for change management (CM)?

  • Does the CM process include products & services?

  • Does the CM process include legal and other requirements?

  • Does the CM process include changes in knowledge ant technology?

  • Does the CM process include the management of unintended consequence?

Procurement

  • Is there a procurement process?

  • Does the process consider contractor activities that may effect OH&S performance?

  • Does the process consider business activities that may effect the OH&S performance of the contractor?

  • Does the business ensure that outsources functions and activities are controlled to minimise OH&S risks?

Emergency Preparedness

  • Is there a process for emergency preparedness?

  • Is there a planned response for emergency situations?

  • Are team members trained in applicable emergency response areas?

  • Is response action periodically tested?

  • Are emergency response plans communicated?

  • Are documents relative to emergency preparedness retained?

Performance Evaluation

  • Is there a process for performance evaluation?

  • Is compliance with legal requirement monitored/evaluated?

  • Are activities and operations monitored/evaluated?

  • Are risk control measures monitored/evaluated?

  • Is progress toward objectives monitored?

  • Is the effectiveness of operational controls monitored/evaluated?

  • Does the business schedule its monitoring and evaluation processes?

  • Are evaluation/monitoring results analyzed and communicated?

  • Is monitoring equipment calibrated?

Internal Audit

  • Does the business conduct internal audits at planned intervals?

  • Do internal audits ascertain the effectiveness of the management system?

  • Do internal audits ascertain whether or not the OH&S policy is being adhered to?

  • Do internal audits have a defined scope and criteria?

  • Are auditors impartial?

  • Are the results of audits shared appropriately?

  • Where necessary are actions taken to address nonconformance?

  • Are audit documents retained by the business?

Management Review

  • Does the business carry out a management review (MR)?

  • Does MR consider actions from previous meetings?

  • Does MR consider changes in internal and external issues relevant to OH&S?

  • Does MR consider objective status?

  • Does MR consider OH&S Performance?

  • Does MR consider resource adequacy?

  • Does MR consider key communications?

  • Does MR consider opportunities for continuous improvement?

  • Does MR generate suitable outputs?

  • Does MR generate details for changes needed to the management system?

  • Are management review details communicated?

  • Is management review documented and documents retained?

Incidents, nonconformity and corrective action?

  • Does the business have a process for managing incidents?

  • Does the business have a process for managing nonconformity?

  • Are incidents and NC's reacted to in a timely manner?

  • Are actions taken to react to incidents and NC's and prevent their reoccurrence?

  • Are causes of incidents and NC's identified?

  • Are trend analysis undertaken for incidents and NC's?

  • Is the effectiveness of actions taken evaluated?

  • Does the business promote an evolving culture?

  • Is continuous improvement embedded into the culture of the business?

  • Is continual improvement a theme throughout the management system?

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