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OH&S 18001 Audit check list

  • INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Please answer "Pass," "OBS," "OFI," or "NCR" on the questions below.
    2. Add photos and notes (for Response and evidence identification) by clicking on the paperclip icon.
    3. To add a Corrective Action click on the paperclip icon then "Add Action," provide a description, assign to a member, set priority, and due date.
    4. Complete audit by providing digital signature.
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4 OH&S management system requirements

  • 4.1 General requirements

  • 4.1 The organisation shall have a OH&S Management system and is it maintained to the requirements of the Standard

  • The organisation shall documented Scope of its OH&S Management system - show me the scope

4.2 OH&S policy

  • 4.2 The top management will defined and authourised the organisations OH&S policy and does it contain the required parts as defined in OH&S 18001 - show me the current Policy

4.3 Planning

  • 4.3.1 Hazard identification, risk assessment and determining controls

  • The organisation shall have a procedure for the ongoing hazard identification, risk assessment and necessary controls - show me the procedure for risk assessments

  • What procedure takes into account requirements listed in OH&S 18001

  • How has the organisation defined the methodology for risk assessment

  • How does the organisation consider reducing risk using the heirarchy of control

  • Show me the documented risk assessments for the key activities on site - check review date

  • How does the organisation ensure that risks and controls are taken into account when establishing, implementing and maintaining the management system

  • 4.3.2 Legal and other requirements

  • How does the organisation establish, implement and maintain a prodeure for identifying and accessing legal and other requirements

  • How does the organisation ensure that legal and other requirements are taken into account in establishing, implementing and maintaining the Magaement system

  • How is this information kept up to date

  • How does the organisation communicate this information to persons workinig under the control of the organisation and other interested parties

  • 4.3.3 Objectives and Targets

  • What objectives and targets have been established and implemented within the organisation

  • How are the objectives measured to be consistant with the policy

  • How are legal requirements taken into account when setting objectives

  • What programme is in place to ensure the achievement of the objectives including responsibilities and time frame

  • How are the objectives reviewed to ensure achievment

4.4 Implementation and operation

  • 4.4.1 Resource, Roles , responsibilities, accountability and authority

  • How does top management take responsibility for the management system

  • How does the top management demonstrate its commitment to the management system - available resource, defined roles and allocated responsibilities

  • Who is appointed to top management with the specific reposibility of OH&S, maintenance of the management system and ensuring the reports on performance are persented to top management

  • How is the identitiy of the top management appointee made available to the organisation

  • How do those with management responsibility demonstrate their commitment to the continual improvement of the management system performance

  • How does the organisation ensure that persons in the workplace take responsibility for aspects of OH&S.

  • 4.4.2 Competence, training and awareness

  • How does the organisation ensure that persons performing tasks that can impact the OH&S system are trained and competent

  • How is training identified, evaluated and records retained.

  • What procedures does the organisation have regarding awareness of consequences of their work activities, their behaviour regarding OH&S

  • What procedures does the organisation have regarding awareness of the policy and procedures including emergancy and response requirements

  • How do training procedures account for different levels of responsibility, understanding and risk

4.4.3 Communication, participation and consultation

  • 4.4.3.1 Communication

  • What procedure for internal communciation to be carried out to cover all levels of the business

  • What is the procedure for communciation with contractors and visitors

  • What is the procedure for recieving, documenting and responding to communication from external interested parties

  • 4.4.3.2 Participation and consultation

  • What procedure(s) does the organisation have for the particitaption of workers by their involvement hazard identification, risk assessment and determination of controls

  • what procedure(s) does the organisation have for the particitaption of workers by their involvement in incident investigation

  • what procedure(s) does the organisation have for the particitaption of workers by their involvement in the development and review of policies and objectives

  • what procedure(s) does the organisation have for the particitaption of workers through consultaion due to changes that affect their OH&S

  • what procedure(s) does the organisation have for the particitaption of workers through representation on OH&S matters

  • what procedure(s) does the organisation have for the consultation with contractors where there are changes that affect their OH&S

  • How does the organisation ensure that relevnt external interested third parties are consulted about pertinent OH&S matters

4.4.4 Documentation

  • The OH&S management system shall include the policy and objectives - show me

  • The OH&S management system shall include a description of the scope - show me

  • The OH&S management system shall include a description of the main elements and their interaction, and reference to related documents - show me

  • The OH&S management system shall include documents including records required by OHSAS standard - show me

  • The OH&S management system shall include documents including records determined by the organisation to be nesscessary to ensure the efective planning, operation and control of processes - show me

  • 4.4.5 Control of documents

  • What procedures does the organisation have to approve documents for adequcy prior to issue

  • What procedures does the organisation have to review and update and re-approve documents.

  • What procedures does the organisation have to ensure changes and the current revision status of documents are identified.

  • What procedures does the organisation have to ensure the revlevent versions of applicable documents are available at point of use.

  • What procedures does the organisation have to ensure that documents remain legible and readily identifiable

  • What procedures does the organisation have to ensure that documents of an external origin determined by the organisation to be necessary for the planning and operationa of the OH&S management system are identified and their distribution is controlled.

  • What procedures does the organisation have to prevent the unitended use of oboslete documents and apply suitable identification to them if they are retained for any purpose.

  • 4.4.6 Operational control

  • How does the organisation determine those operations and activities that are associated with the identified hazard where the implementation of controls is necessary to manage OH&S risks and management of change

  • How does the organisation maintain operational controls that are applicaable to its activities

  • How does the organisation integrate those operational controls into its management system

  • How does the organisation maintain control related to purchased goods equipment and services

  • How does the organisation maintain control related to contractors and other visitors to the workplace

  • How does the organisation maintain documented procedures to cover situations where their absnce could lead to deviations from the OH&S policy and objectives

  • How does the organisation maintain stipulated operating criteria where their absence could lead to deviations from the OH&S policy and objectives

4.4.7 Emergency preparedness and response

  • What procedures does the organisation have regarding the identification of the potential for emergency situations

  • What procedures does the organisation have regarding response to such emerency situations

  • How does the oragnisation respond to actual emergency situations to prevent or mitigate associated adverse OH&S consequences

  • How does the organisation take into account the needs of relevent interested parties.

  • When does the organisation periodically test its procedure to respond to emergency situations.

  • When was the last review of the emergency preparedness and response procedure

4.5 Checking

  • 4.5.1 Performance Measuring and monitoring

  • What procedures does the organisation have in place to monitor and measure the OH&S performance

  • How does the organsiation provide qualitative and quantitative measure appropriate to the needs of the organisation

  • How does the organsiation provide monitoring of the extent to which the organisation's OH&S ojectives are met

  • How does the organsiation provide monitoring for the effectiveness of controls for health and safety

  • How does the organsiation provide proactive measures of performance that monitor conformance with OH&S programmes, controls and operational criteria

  • How does the organisation provide reactive measures of performance that monitor ill health, incidents and other historical evidence of deficient OH&S performance.

  • How does the organsiation provide recording of data and results of monitoring or measurement sufficent to facilitate subsequent corrective and preventative action analysis

  • What procedures does the organisation have for the calibration and maintenance of equipment used for monitoring and measuring

  • What records does the organisation keep with regards to calibration and maintenace acivities

  • 4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance

  • 4.5.2.1 What procedure does the organisation have for the periodical evaluation of compliance with applicable legal requirements

  • What records does the organisation keep of those periodic evaluations

  • 4.5.2.2 How does the organisation evaluate compliance with other requirements to which it subscribes

  • What records does the organisation keep of those periodic evaluations of other requirements

4.5.3 Incident investigation, nonconformity, corrective action and preventive action

  • 4.5.3.1 Incident investigation

  • 4.5.4 Control of records
    4.5.5 Internal audit
    4.6 Management review

Sign off

  • Name and Signature of Auditor:

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