You may have seen recent changes in the labelling of substances and chemicals in the workplace.  These are a result of recent European Legislation on the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) of Substances.   The EU is adopting the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of labelling as developed in the United Nations.  Labels are changing in a

The internet is to play a bigger role in the way you should report incidents from autumn this year.  Why the changes? Find out more. How is the way we should report incidents changing? From 12 September 2011, statutory reporting to HSE of work-related injuries and incidents under RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and

Get management support by ensuring you all know why internal audits are required and eliminate: Lack of support from Senior Management Not enough time for internal audit preparation Difficult auditees Time taken to write up the audit results Let’s deal with each of these…. Management Support.  It is the Audit Manager’s job to ensure that

Your corrective action system is at the heart of your management system and demonstrates your commitment to improvement. Here is a 10 point checklist to audit your system… 1. Do you have a documented procedure for your CA system? 2. Do you identify and define the sources of problems in your procedure?   Do the sources

One of the key audit skills we deliver in our audit courses is the ability to write a good audit checklist.   This is simply because a checklist provides you with a clear set of questions to ask during the audit and keeps you on track with the audit timetable and objectives. At QCS write our

Stress Audit Checklist How often do any of your employees experience high levels of stress at work? Never, Rarely, Weekly, Constantly? Stress has firmly been on the HSE agenda for some time now but do you ever audit the control measures for this particular hazard?   Here are some questions that you can use to assess

Setting environmental objectives is getting easier by the day.   With Government Initiatives raising overall awareness, even Financial Directors are asking how we can reduce the Carbon Footprint of the company. Also many organisations have heard of SMART objectives so we now know to make any objective for our system specific, measurable and time bound. The

Love them or hate them KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are the way many organisations monitor and measure their processes.   These should be linked to business objectives and as January often starts with the annual cycle of objective setting, just how good is your organisation at setting KPIs?..   Here is what ISO 9004 tells us… ‘ensure that you provide information that

You may be thinking about setting your Health and Safety objectives for 2011.   If you are short on inspiration, here are a few ideas straight from OHSAS 18001:2007… Look at your risk assessments – what hazards still have a high risk score?   Can you reduce these in any way? Still looking at your risk assessments –