Safety and Health Organisation
During the inspection our inspectors will choose from the following list of questions to question senior management on the level of their safety and health organisation in the company they control. The answers to many of them will become evident after reviewing the safety statement and during the sample walkabout inspection.
- Do your directors and senior management team ensure all their decisions reflect the safety and health intentions in your Safety Statement?
- Does your senior management team recognise the need to involve all staff in issues that affect their safety and health?
- Do senior managers provide daily safety and health leadership in the organisation?
- Do you have an agreed safety and health policy? Is it written into your Safety Statement?
- Have you allocated responsibilities for safety and health to specific people - are they clear on what they have to do and are they held accountable?
- Is safety and health always considered before any new work is started or work equipment is bought?
- Did you consult and involve your staff and your safety representatives effectively?
- Do you set standards for the premises, plant, substances, procedures and people you control or the products you produce? Are these standards in place and the risks effectively controlled?
- Do you have an emergency plan to deal with serious or imminent danger, e.g. for fires, process deviations etc?
- Does your staff have sufficient information about the risks your employees are exposed to and the preventive measures they must take?
- Do you have the right levels of safety and health expertise? Are your employees properly trained and do they attend the safety and health training provided by you?. Do you validate the effectiveness of your training?