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why
carry out health and safety audits?
Many legal duties are placed on companies regarding
their health and safety. Auditing is a way of periodically
checking if and how they are complying with those duties.
It is an ideal time to compare those areas that are
performing well regarding health and safety management and
those that are not. This enables "best practice"
to be spread throughout the company and, consequently, resulting
in progressive improvement.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have produced a guidance
document entitled "Successful Health and
Safety Management" (HSG65). This document provides
advice on how health and safety should be managed,
particularly in large organisations. A key element covered
is audit. It stresses the importance of auditing the
organisation to ensure that its safety management system
is robust and is not deteriorating (as systems tend
to if left alone). The HSE have also stated that the advice
given in HSG65 will be used by their inspectors when
checking an organisation's arrangements for managing health
and safety.
Another advantage in carrying out audits is that they enable
the company to satisfy itself that their own
Health and Safety Policy and the requirements of the Health
and Safety Manual are being implemented.
To get a cost from Field Training Services to carry out
your Health and Safety Audit,
please click here. |
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