Safety and Health Monitoring and Auditing

The following list of questions will help inspectors make a judgement on the level of safety and health monitoring and auditing being carried out by the company. These questions can be asked of the senior manager at the close out meeting or to any members of staff during the walk around. Again the level of safety and health organisation in existence will determine the extent of monitoring taking place.

  1. Do you know how well you perform on safety and health issues?
  2. Are your executive board, your directors and senior management team kept informed of your safety and health performance and do you report on this performance in your annual report?
  3. How do you know if you are meeting your own objectives and standards for safety and health?  Are your risk controls good enough?
  4. Do you have an active monitoring system in place for safety and health critical issues? How do you know you are complying with the safety and health laws that affect your business?
  5. Do your accidents or incident investigations get to all the underlying causes - or do they stop when you find the first person that has made a mistake?
  6. Do you have accurate records of injuries, ill health, bullying complaints and accidental loss?
  7. Do you report on safety and health failures to your board and your directors?
  8. How do you learn from your mistakes and your successes?
  9. Do you carry out safety and health audits at least annually? If you do, what action do you take on audit findings?
  10. Do the audits involve staff at all levels? Do you involve your safety representative and safety committee, where it exists, in the audits?
  11. When did you last review your Safety Statement and your safety and health performance?
  12. Do your board and senior management team review your safety and health performance and ensure safety and health risk management systems are in place and remain effective?
  13. Has your board, your directors or senior management team appointed someone at director level to ensure safety and health risk management issues are properly addressed and is this person competent to do so?