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Audit Criteria
Context of the Organization
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Does the business understand the needs and expectations of workers and other interested parties?
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Does the business understand which of these needs and expectations are, or could become, legal requirements and other requirements?
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Has the business determined the boundaries and applicability of the OH&S management system to establish its scope?
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Has the following been considered when establishing the management system scope: work activities, interested parties, and internal and external issues?
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Is the management system scope documented?
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Is the management system established, implemented, maintained and continuously improved?
Leadership
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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?
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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?
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Is the management system integrated into business processes?
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Do top management ensure that the resources needed to establish, implement, maintain and improve the OH&S management system are available?
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Do top management communicate the importance of effective OH&S management and of conforming to the OH&S management system requirements?
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Do top management ensure that the OH&S management system achieves its intended outcome(s)?
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Do top management direct and support persons who contribute to the effectiveness of the OH&S management system?
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Do top management promote continual improvement?
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Do top management develop, promote and lead on positive OH&S related culture?
Policy
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Does the policy include a commitment to provide safe and healthy working conditions for the prevention of work related injury and ill health?
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Does the policy provide a framework for setting the OH&S objectives?
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Does the policy include a commitment to fulfil legal requirements and other requirements?
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Does the policy include a commitment to eliminate hazards and reduce OH&S risks?
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Does the policy include a commitment to continual improvement of the OH&S management system?
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Does the policy include a commitment to consultation and participation of workers?
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Is the policy documented?
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Is the policy communicated within the business?
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Is the policy available to interested parties?
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Is the policy relevant and appropriate?
Roles & Responsibilities
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Do top management ensure that the OH&S management system conforms to the requirements of this document?
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Do top management assign the responsibility and authority for reporting on the performance of the OH&S management system?
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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
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Has the business established, implemented and maintained a process for consultation and participation of workers at all applicable levels and functions?
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Has the business provided adequate resources for consultation and participation?
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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
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Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to achieve its intended outcomes?
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Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to reduce or prevent risk?
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Has the business given due consideration to identifying and addressing risks and opportunities that allow the management system to achieve continual improvement?
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Has the business given due consideration to egal and other requirements taht need to be factored into the management system?
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Does the business have documented information on risks and opportunities?
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Does the business plan actions to address identified risks and opportunities?
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Does the business plan actions to address applicaple legal and other requirements?
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Does the business plan actions to prepare for and respond to emergency situations?
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Does the business evaluate the effectiveness of these actions?
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Does the business plan actions to
Hazard Identification & Assessment
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Does the process for hazard identification consider organizational, social and cultural factors?
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Does the process for hazard identification include routine and non-routine activity?
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Dees the process for hazard identification include past performance as a factor of consideration?
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Does the process for hazard identification include the consideration of human factors and how the work is performed?
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Does the process for hazard identification include the consideration of potential emergency situations?
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Does the process for hazard identification consider process and work design factors?
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Does the process for hazard identification consider consequential risks caused by other works under the control of the business?
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Does the process for hazard identification consider consequential risks caused by other works not under the control of the business?
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Does the assessment process consider the effectiveness of existing controls?
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Does the assessment process focus on pro-active assessment?
Legal & Other Requirements
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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?
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Does the legal and other process determine how relevant legal and other requirements apply to the busuiness and what needs to be communicated?
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Does the legal and other process take relevant legal and other requirements into account when establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving its management system?
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Does the business maintain and retain documented information on its legal and other requirements?
Objectives
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Has the business established OH&S objectives at relevant functions and levels?
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Are objectives consistent with policy?
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Are objectives measureable?
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Do objectives consider applicable requirements (Legal & Other)?
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Do objectives consider identified risks an opportunities?
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Are objectives monitored?
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Are objectives communicated?
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Are objectives updated as appropriate?
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DO objectives state what will be done?
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Do objectives outline resource requirements?
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Do set objectives outline responsibility for completion?
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Do objectives set a timeline?
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Do objectives illustrate evaluation criteria?
Support
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Does the business establish core competence at respective levels?
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Does the business ensure team members are competent?
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Does the business maintain competence?
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Does the business retain appropriate documented information regards training evidence?
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Are workers aware of the OH&S Policy?
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Are workers aware of their contributions toward the effectiveness of the management system?
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Are workers made aware of incidents that are relevant to them?
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Are workers aware of risks relevant to them?
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Are workers aware of their empowerment to move themselves away from significant and imminent harm?
Communication
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Does the business determine what it will communicate?
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Has the business defined when it will communicate?
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Has the business defined who it will communicate with (internally & externally)?
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Has the business defined how it will communicate?
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Does the business retain documented information on its communications?
Documentation
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Do documents have adequate identification and description?
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Are documents available in an appropriate format?
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Are documents suitably reviewed and approved before use?
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Are documents available where and when needed?
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Are documents adequately protected?
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Are documents appropriately distributed?
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Are documents stored suitably?
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Are documents revised accurately and with traceability?
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Are document retention periods defined?
Operations
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Are processes planned, controlled, maintained and implemented?
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Are process adapted where necessary?
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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.
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Is there a process for change management (CM)?
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Does the CM process include products & services?
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Does the CM process include legal and other requirements?
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Does the CM process include changes in knowledge ant technology?
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Does the CM process include the management of unintended consequence?
Procurement
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Is there a procurement process?
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Does the process consider contractor activities that may effect OH&S performance?
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Does the process consider business activities that may effect the OH&S performance of the contractor?
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Does the business ensure that outsources functions and activities are controlled to minimise OH&S risks?
Emergency Preparedness
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Is there a process for emergency preparedness?
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Is there a planned response for emergency situations?
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Are team members trained in applicable emergency response areas?
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Is response action periodically tested?
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Are emergency response plans communicated?
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Are documents relative to emergency preparedness retained?
Performance Evaluation
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Is there a process for performance evaluation?
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Is compliance with legal requirement monitored/evaluated?
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Are activities and operations monitored/evaluated?
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Are risk control measures monitored/evaluated?
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Is progress toward objectives monitored?
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Is the effectiveness of operational controls monitored/evaluated?
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Does the business schedule its monitoring and evaluation processes?
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Are evaluation/monitoring results analyzed and communicated?
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Is monitoring equipment calibrated?
Internal Audit
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Does the business conduct internal audits at planned intervals?
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Do internal audits ascertain the effectiveness of the management system?
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Do internal audits ascertain whether or not the OH&S policy is being adhered to?
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Do internal audits have a defined scope and criteria?
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Are auditors impartial?
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Are the results of audits shared appropriately?
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Where necessary are actions taken to address nonconformance?
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Are audit documents retained by the business?
Management Review
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Does the business carry out a management review (MR)?
- Compliant
- OFI
- Non-Compliant
- N/A
- Not Sampled
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Does MR consider actions from previous meetings?
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Does MR consider changes in internal and external issues relevant to OH&S?
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Does MR consider objective status?
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Does MR consider OH&S Performance?
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Does MR consider resource adequacy?
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Does MR consider key communications?
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Does MR consider opportunities for continuous improvement?
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Does MR generate suitable outputs?
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Does MR generate details for changes needed to the management system?
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Are management review details communicated?
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Is management review documented and documents retained?
Incidents, nonconformity and corrective action?
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Does the business have a process for managing incidents?
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Does the business have a process for managing nonconformity?
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Are incidents and NC's reacted to in a timely manner?
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Are actions taken to react to incidents and NC's and prevent their reoccurrence?
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Are causes of incidents and NC's identified?
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Are trend analysis undertaken for incidents and NC's?
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Is the effectiveness of actions taken evaluated?
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Does the business promote an evolving culture?
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Is continuous improvement embedded into the culture of the business?
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Is continual improvement a theme throughout the management system?