Conduct an audit of the following safety management system elements at your organization, or an
Organization with which you are familiar and have access to the required information:
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM ELEMENTS
ANSI/AIHA Z10
Below you will find some suggested sources for the objective evidence to support your evaluation:
- Organizational safety manuals and instructions, safe operating procedures, and job hazard analyses
- Records: E-mails or letters from management to employees, safety meeting minutes, mishap logs, audit reports, OSHA citations, inspection reports, risk assessments, and training records.
- Interviews: Management personnel, supervisors, and employees
- Observation: Walk through some workplaces to observe conditions for yourself.
- For each management system element, discuss the objective evidence you found (or were unable to find). Evaluate the effectiveness of the organization’s implementation of each element against an available reference sources and best practice information. Use the following five-tier evaluation scheme to rate each element:
- World Class: OHS performance
- Strong: Conforming/complete, may have minor gaps with action plans
- Moderate: Scattered non-conformances need to be addressed, positive trends/major elements in place
- Significant Non-Conformances Exist: Still needs focus
- Major Effort Required: Major or systemic non-conformances exist