Workplace Health And Safety Victoria

Steven Main

Description

Main & Associates are experts in risk management and compliance. We tailor and strategies specific OH&S systems for small to medium businesses and develop compliant processes that will save you time and money
http://safesystem.com.au/

Informations

• Publié par: safesystem
• Publié le: 07 mars 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• Langue: English

Extrait

Occupational Health and Safety OHS Auditing The Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) is a standardized approach to inspecting health and safety risks. It helps the organizations to improve their safety performance and compliance with health and safety standards. They can create safer working environments that protect people at work by ignoring the health and safety hazards.

There are several steps employers can take to reduce the chances of workplace accidents, but the first task is to perform a risk management analysis. Once the problem is identified the owner can then allocate someone to find the solution.OHS auditingan effective method for ensuring compliance is and enhancing the performance of prevention systems. The structure and distribution of occupational health and safety (OHS) audits vary greatly. So the employers should choose an audit that best suits their needs. Some audits aim organizations that initiate to advance theirOHS management systemothers target organizations that are much and forward. OHS management audits label strengths and weaknesses of the workplace by assessing the features such as accountability, policy, hazard verification, hazard control, training, and communication. They ensure that every OHS program meets the legislation and regulation. The legislative compliance audit includes an audit plan, an opening meeting, verification of existing policies and procedures, consultation of work practices in business, a general visit to work location and verification of equipment, an exit meeting, assembling an audit report, recommendations for health and safety management, and presentation of the report.

Types Of OHS Audits There are six types of OHS audits, • OHS human factors or hazardous substancesaudits on • Auditing in machinery • Auditing in the site of work • Compliance with legal or internal standards •the design of OHS management systems Validation • Auditing in safety management Role Of Audits Audits plays important role in, • Reporting the identified risks and provide appropriate solutions •the workplace by qualified professionals Analyzing • Documenting the insurance compliance • Identifying the needs to improve safety management procedures •the areas that need improvements to protect Identifying workers from injury and illness •the legislative compliance Ensuring • Making benchmark in OHS practices • Determining the organizational rewards •the penalties Determining Health, Safety, and Business risk can be handled effectively by recognizing the gaps in the existing systems and implementing the effective management strategies and controls. The proactive and a systematic approach that involve us assessing the health and safety risk to your organization and then helping you to eliminate them. This structured approach to risk management provides clear checkpoints along the routes to compliance and allows for forwarding budgeting and continuousperformance monitoring. For further details and queries please contact us atOHS Australiavisit our website here: or http://safesystem.com.au.