Title Page

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Policy

Policy & Objectives

  • Are there adequate arrangements for communicating policies to:

  • Does the organisation create annual objectives for

  • Are objectives linked to management policy?

  • Are objectives SMART

  • How frequently are objectives reviewed by senior management?

  • Can this review be evidenced?

  • Does the organisation hold management HSEQ meetings

  • How frequently are they held?

  • Are the minutes of these meeting made available to all employees?

  • How?

Legislative Compliance

  • Does the organisation maintain a legislation register of all applicable legislation to its activities?

  • How does the organisation ensure is legislative compliance?

  • Does this register include an overview of the legislation?

  • Does the register include a statement on how conformance is achieved?

  • Does it highlight the applicable procedures in relation to legislation requirements?

  • Is it subject to review?

  • How does the organisation ensure the register continues to reflect current legislative requirements?

Safety Management

Safe systems of work

  • Have all tasks/operations that involve significant risk to HSSEQ been identified and assessed?

  • Are employees involved in this assessment process?

  • Does the organisation have written procedures/safe systems of work for all the tasks/operations identified?

  • How are these systems/procedures communicated to employees?

  • When are these safe systems/procedures reviewed?

  • Is employee feedback sought from those using the procedures/systems on issues stemming from them and/or improvement suggestions?

  • Do these procedures reflect industry best practice?

  • How can this be evidenced?

  • Are the requirements of the permit to work system understood?<br>

  • Are employees asked to carry out lone working?

  • Has lone working been subject to a risk assessment?

  • Does the organisation have a lone worker policy or procedure?

  • How is both periodic and emergency contact to/from employees maintained during periods of lone working?

  • Are employees required to carry out manual handling activities?

  • Are these activities subject to a manual handling risk assessment?

  • Does the organisation have a manual handling policy or procedure?

  • Are employees engaged in manual handling activities subject to periodic assessment?

  • Are employees engaged in manual handling activities subject to training?

  • Is this training refreshed?

Employee Engagement and Participation

  • Does the organisation hold employee safety meetings?

  • Is there another process for informing employees about safety issues relevant to them?

  • Describe this process

  • How often are these held?

  • Does the organisation elect employee safety representatives?

  • Does the organisation operate a safety observation program?

  • Does it include:

Accidents & Near Miss Events

  • Does the organisation have adequate procedures for reporting accidents and near miss events to the HSE?

  • Are all accidents and near miss events recorded?

  • Does senior management review these records to look for trends and to identify issues?

  • Are all accident and near miss events investigated?

  • Are investigations subject to senior management oversight?

  • Does the organisation understand its duty to report to SEPA where applicable?

Competence Management

Policy

  • Does the organisation have a training and competency policy?

  • Does it include a statement regarding the assessment of what people do at work?

  • Does the policy include all employees who perform safety critical activities?

  • Does it include contractor who perform safety critical activities on behalf of the organisation?

  • Do the standards of competency used to assess individuals include

Assessment

  • How is competency assessed?

  • Other?

  • Are the organisations assessors:

Contractor Management

Contractor Management

  • Will the organisation use the service of third party contractors or suppliers in delivering the scope of work to NorSea Group?<br>

  • Who are these third parties?

  • Are they subject to an approval process prior to use by the organisation?

  • Is there performance subject to regular monitoring?

  • How would NorSea Group specific requirements be communicated to them?

Customer Focus

Customer Requirements

  • Are their sufficient controls to ensure customer requirements are accurately captured and met?

  • Do these controls include a clear process for documenting changes in customer requirements?

  • Can the organisation provide clear evidence trails to support all invoiced charges?

Non Conformance and Complaint Handling

  • Does the organisation operate a formal non conformance system to control service and product issues?

  • Are historical records available to view?

  • Are non conformance records regularly reviewed by senior management with a view to identifying trends?

  • How are these issues addressed?

  • Does the organisation keep records of them?

  • Are historical records reviewed by senior management to identify trends?

Customer Feedback

  • What process to collect feedback on the organisations products or services is in place?

Vehicles & Equipment

General

  • Does the organisation maintain a log/database of all safety critical vehicles and equipment<br>

  • Can the organisation demonstrate that it is in compliance with any statutory requirements for inspection and/or certification of vehicles and equipment?

Equipment

  • Is the organisations storage of equipment sufficient to protect it from both damage and unauthorised use?

  • Can the organisation demonstrate control of non conforming/damaged equipment (e.g. Use of quarantine area)

  • Are there clear methods to prevent employees using out of cert equipment (such as use of colour coding)?

  • Does the organisation require pre use inspection of equipment?

  • Is this documented?

Vehicles

  • Does the organisation require employees to complete pre use inspection of vehicles?

  • Is this documented?

  • Can a link between documented faults and actioning of repairs be evidenced?

  • Can the organisation demonstrate control of access to vehicles to prevent use by untrained or unauthorised individuals?

  • Does the organisation maintain a log/database of all vehicle operators required licenses?

  • Does the organisation perform periodic assessment of its vehicle operators?

  • How often are vehicle operators subject to medical assessment?

Environmental Management

Management

  • Does the organisation have an aspects and impacts register which identify its significant environmental impacts?

  • Is the register reviewed by senior management?

  • Is the register subject to review at least annually or upon significant changes to working practices or equipment?

Effluent Discharge

  • Does the organisations worksite discharge effluent?

  • Have the legal requirements for discharge been identified e.g. is a discharge consent in place?

  • Does the organisation ensure discharges are in line with any consent e.g. by monitoring activities?

Waste Management

  • Does the organisation have effective plans to minimise and segregate its waste streams?

  • Has the company's waste contractor been assess to ensure they have the appropriate licenses to transport and process the waste?

Energy Efficency

  • Does the organisation monitor its energy consumption?

  • Does the organisation have plans/measures in place to minimise its use of energy?

Emissions to the Atmosphere

  • Are there significant emissions to the atmosphere from the organisations activities?<br>

  • Has the organisation identified it legal obligations with regards to these emissions?<br>?

  • Are these emissions subject to a regular form of monitoring or analysis?

  • Are there plans to minimise these emissions?

Land Management

  • Does the organisation have a risk of land contamination from its activities?

  • Has this risk been adequately assessed?

  • Does the organisation conduct an impact assessment before modification of existing facilities or creation of new facilities?

Hazardous Substances

  • Does the organisations activities include hazardous substances:

  • Are all drivers ADR trained?

  • Do vehicles carry the required personnel and general protection equipment?

  • Have drivers received spill response training?

  • Are storage facilities and practices suitably sufficient for the chemicals in storage e.g. do they ensure safe separation?

  • Are copies of the SDS for chemicals in storage readily available to those handling them?

  • Have employees handling substances received spill response training?

  • Are employees provided with suitable PPE for handling substances?

  • Does the organisation maintain a log of all chemicals in use?

  • Have all chemicals in use been subject to a COSHH assessment by a suitably competent assessor?

  • Has the content of these assessments been explained to employees?

  • Can't this be evidenced?

  • Are storage facilities and practices suitably sufficient for the chemicals in use e.g. do they ensure safe separation?

  • Have employees handling substances received spill response training?

  • Are employees provided with suitable PPE for handling substances?

Emergency Response

Emergency Response Management

  • Does the organisation have a documented emergency response plan?

  • Are emergency response plans tested?

  • Does the organisation have nominated emergency response personnel?

  • Are they subject to suitably sufficient training in their duties?

  • Does personnel include:

Emergency Response Equipment Available

  • First Aid Equipment

  • Defibrillator

  • Fire Extinguishers or Water Deluge System

  • Emergency Lighting

  • Spill Response Materials

  • Haz Chemical Kits

  • Radiation Protection & Monitoring

  • Is all emergency response equipment subject to suitably sufficient inspections by qualified specialists<br>

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