Recently, a UK company Strachan and Henshaw was fined £30,000 plus costs for failure to improve ‘filthy and dilapidated’ toilets. This seems a hefty fine but is a good reminder to ensure that the requirements of the Workplace, Safety, and Health and Welfare regulations 1992 are reviewed on a regular basis during health and safety audits. The
Although this is probably not the most exciting audit to do, it is worth performing an audit across your business from time to time to assess how documentation is controlled. A question of risk… It is important when planning your audit to look at the overall risk to your business posed by documentation control. The
This month, Checklist of the Month takes a look at your OHSAS 18001 system and how you investigate accidents and incidents. The checklist looks at base compliance to OHSAS 18001 and also RIDDOR so should give you plenty to audit. The checklist is also available here for anyone who wants to download and audit. Sept
ISO 19011:2002 is the standard that covers the auditing of Quality and Environmental management systems and, after 8 years, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) is looking to revise this. With a focus on enhancing the standard, ISO 19011 is now out for final comment and will be published next year. This will include the following
An audit of the audit system I hear you say! What ever next? Well actually it is a mandatory requirement but it often confuses people on what they should actually ask during their ISO 9001 internal audit. Here is a checklist that will allow you to thoroughly audit your ISO 9001 internal audit system. It
In this month’s blog we are launching our checklist the month. This free service aims to give you a helping hand when it comes to performing your management system audits. This month we are going to take a look at your ISO 9001 corrective action system. This ISO 9001 internal audit checklist can also be
You may well know that CoSHH assessments are required by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. However, many organisations still think that a having a material safety data sheet on file is all that is required. What are you using ? The first step in complying with the regulations is to review what materials/chemicals
Recent research from NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) suggests that more than 50% of health and safety managers are now responsible for managing quality and environmental issues at work. The same is also true of internal auditors – there is now more and more pressure on auditors to audit the
Is air travel that bad? Our increased use of air travel (in particular short haul flights) is actively being targeted by pressure groups and governments alike- but is it really the worst offender in terms of carbon foot print? And should we be targeting a reduction in air travel as a way of improving our