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Safety Audit

an overview

Is Occupational Health
and Safety in your
Organization
up to standard?

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knowledge
initiative

Safety Audit can be defined as verifying the existence and


implementation of elements of occupational safety and health
system and for verifying the systems ability to achieve
defined safety objectives.
This presentation will give you an overview of Audit, Safety
Audit, Audit Process, Auditor attributes. It also discusses
about the different reference standards in India related to
safety audit and will give you some take home points.

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What is Audit?
Part of a Verification Process

Other modes of verification:

Inspection

Audit

Assessment

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Different Levels of Verification

Excellence

Best in Class

System
Improvement Development

Compliance

Elementary

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Audit features:
Audit criteria

Requirements against which audit evidence is compared

Extent and boundaries of an audit

Audit scope

Physical locations
Activities and processes
Results of the evaluation

Audit findings

Either conformity or nonconformity

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Safety Audit
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What is Safety Audit

Verifying the existence and implementation of


elements of occupational safety and health
system and for verifying the systems ability to
achieve defined safety objectives.
IS-14489-1998

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Different types of Safety Audit


National standards
IS 14489
Code of Practice on Occupational Safety & Health Audit
31 Elements, 278 Questions

Support standards

OISD 145

Indian Standards (BIS)

Guidelines on Internal Safety Audits

OISD Standards

International standards
British 5 Star Audit

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Safety Audit
In India, Statutory Requirement for Hazardous
Industries
Frequency: Every Year

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Approach
Risk Orientation

Hazard
Risk
Control
Residual risk
Acceptable risk

- Prioritization
- Focus on level
of control

Improvement

Management system
PDCA

- Finding
- CAP
- CAP closure

All safety
element

Level of
planning
Implementation
Monitoring effectiveness

Legal
compliance

- Applicability
- Implementation
- Monitoring

Management
Approach

Operational
approach

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Safety Depends on

Work permit

Accident and
incident
analysis

Engineering

Emergency
Procurement

Hardware

Software

Humanware
Leadership
PPE
Health and
Hygiene
Task
observation

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Elements of Occupational Safety and


Health System - IS 14489

Occupational Health and Safety Policy


OS&H organizational set up
Education and Training
Employees participation in OS&H Management
Motivational and Promotional measures for OS&H
Safety Manual and Rules
Compliance with Statutory Requirements
New Equipment review and inspection

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Elements contd..
Accident reporting analysis investigation and
implementation and recommendations
Risk Assessment including hazard identification
Safety inspections
Health and safety improvement plan/targets
First aid facilities-Occupational health center
Personal Protective Equipment
Good housekeeping
Machine and general area guarding
Material handling equipment

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Elements contd..

Electrical and Personal safeguarding


Ventilation, illumination and noise
Work environment monitoring system
Prevention of occupational diseases including
periodic medical examination
Safe operating procedures
Work Permit systems
Fire Prevention, Protection and fighting systems
Emergency Preparedness plans(onsite/offsite)
Process Plant modification procedure

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Elements contd..

Transportation of hazardous substances


Hazardous waste treatment and disposal
Safety in storage and warehousing
Contractor safety systems
Safety for customers(including MSDS)

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Audit Process
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Audit Process
Who does it?
4.

Follow Up

1.

Effective closure of
finding

3.

Report
Review of proposed
CAPA
Audit Report

Plan

Auditor / Audit team

Audit Plan

2.

Audit Program

Basis of audit?

Auditor Checklist

Audit criteria or
requirements

Conduct
Purpose?
Opening Meeting
Auditing Techniques
Sampling

Questioning

Probing

Writing a finding

To check compliance
To facilitate improvement
To identify the risks

Closing Meeting
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Audit Outcome
Noteworthy Effort

Strength

Risk

Nonconformity

Observation
Weakness /
Opportunity

Failure

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Requirement
Legal

Stakeholders

Standard

Organisations
Own

Process

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Lifecycle of an Audit Finding


Finding
Identified

Finding
documented

Finding
classified & issued
Department investigates
& quantifies

Finding
closed out
Department finds
root cause

effectiveness
verified
Department
applies CA

CA agreed

Department determines
Corrective Action (CA)
Risk assessment
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Auditor
Attributes
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Auditor
Person with the
competence to
conduct an audit.
Competence
Ability to perform

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Four Point Pledge for an Auditor


I shall check compliance to the requirements within
the scope of the audit criteria
I am here to facilitate improvement
I am here not to find faults or non conformities
I will contribute to the effectiveness of the system

An Auditor is an
Improvement Facilitator
But not a fault finder
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Auditor Attributes
Generic
Knowledge

Knowledge of ref
standard (e.g. IS
14489)

Skill

Specific
Knowledge

Personal
Attributes

Auditing Techniques

Health & Safety


Legal
Requirements
Process

Professional
Qualities
Team Work
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Personal Attributes
Ethical, i.e. fair, truthful, sincere, honest and discreet

Open-minded, i.e. willing to consider alternative ideas or points


of view

Observant, i.e. actively aware of physical surroundings and


activities

Tenacious, i.e. persistent, focused on achieving objectives


Decisive, i.e. reaches timely conclusions based on logical reasoning
and analysis

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Five Principles of Auditing


Ethical Conduct
Fair Presentation
Due Professional Care

Independence
Evidence based approach

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Take Home
Points
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Take Home Points


Safety Audit is a Risk Management tool for any
organization
Safety Audit is an Improvement tool for any organisation
Any safety audit must have both management &
operational approach
Safety Audit (as per IS 14489) is mandatory for
hazardous Industries
Findings must be focused towards Lack of Control, not
only non-compliance
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Safety doesn't happen by accident.


So, prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent

Occupational
Health and
Safety

Health &
Safety

Social
Responsibility

Environment

Safety Audit
A systematic, periodic and objective evaluation of
the safety performance against the established
safety standards / legal requirements.

Quality

Food
Safety

Information
Technology

Fire Risk Management


Integrated approach to identify fire load,
assessment of fire risk and its mitigation
processes. The result is a comprehensive
Report, Training, Recommendations and
Capacity Building.

Behaviour Based Safety


A systematic application of psychological
research on human behavior to the problems of
safety in the workplace.

Contractor Safety
Planning, coordination and controlManagement
over risks related
with contractors and their work ensures improved
safety performance.

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Ergonomic Survey
The science of people-work relationships
that results in improved productivity, quality,
comfort, health and safety.

Accident Investigation
A structured accident investigation and
analysis ensures effective corrective and
preventive actions.

Assessment Consulting Training

Health &
Safety

Social
Responsibility

Environment

OHS Legal Compliance


Planning, Identification and Compliance of legal
requirements ensure lower risk to the
organization.

OHS Due Diligence


This ensures the OHS status of work persons
and affected people in and around an
organization.

Workplace Stress
Management
programme
where workplace

Handholding
stress
level is measured, the causes are found out and
subsequent psychological intervention, training
and support practices are provided

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Quality

Food
Safety

Information
Technology

Journey Risk
Management
risks
associated with

To manage the
the
journey by assessing the route condition and
making arrangement for safe practices.

HAZOP
Identification and evaluation of process
hazards in structured and systematic way
that ensures safe operations.

OSHAS 18001
An international OHS Management System
based on PDCA principle provides a
framework for improvement.

Assessment Consulting Training

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What Verde does?


Verde is an international advisory firm involved in the field of Responsible
Business, Business Excellence and Risk Management.

Occupational
Health & Safety
Safety Audit

Assessment

Identifying the
gaps in a
system
against
standard(s)
and
requirement.
to meet
compliance
and facilitate
improvement.

Consulting

Supporting &
handholding
organisations
to solve their
problems and
to meet the
gaps identified
during the
assessment
or any other
audit.

Training

Empowering
people to
perform their
duties
effectively and
efficiently.

Assurance
&
Certification
Ensuring that
a process,
product, or
service meets
relevant techn
ical standard
s and fulfils
relevant
requirements.

Safety Management
System
Ergonomic
Electrical Safety
Accidental Investigation
Safety Legal
Fire Risk Assessment
OHS Due Diligence
Behavior bases safety
Safety Management
System Maturity
Assessment

Safety,
Health &
Environment

Food Safety

Social
Compliance

People
Excellence

Quality &
Business
Excellence

Information
Security

Sustainability

Risk
Management

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Helping Businesses
in their pursuit of

Sustainability

Quality

Social
Responsibility

Environment

Food
Safety

Responsibl
e Business

Information
Technology

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Safety

Assessment

People
Excellence

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Training

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