A Safety audit is an organized process which is used to gather information associated to a company’s safety, reliability, effectiveness, and efficiency. An auditor will examine the, work environment, processes, the state of equipment, and other details to measure these qualities. In Safety audits the auditors will explore the company’s safety documents to assess how they can refine their processes and safety management systems.
Safety Audit in Industries as per IS 14489
IS 14489 is the Risk Management tool on Occupational Safety and Health Audit. This standard demonstrates Audit objectives, criteria and practices and provides instructions for establishing, conducting, planning and documenting of audits on the occupational safety and health systems of an Organization.
EHSS MAVEN Checklist as per 14489:2018
EHSS MAVEN has customized the check list of 14489 :2018 contains –Factory Act-1948 and Rules made therein, National Building Code-2016, Petroleum Act 1986,CGWA notifications, MSIHC Rules-1989, Petroleum Act 1934 & Rules 2002,Gas Cylinder Rules- 2016,Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2014. and The Electricity Rules rules,2005 , The Boiler Act 1923 & Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act,1985 and all applicable Environmental regulations imposed by the Govt, of India as well as SEBI(Security and Exchange board of India) .
Safety Audit and its types
There are three types.
1. Compliance Audit.
The compliance audit is conducted to inspect whether the Organization acts in accordance with all the related safety laws, safety standards, and other provisions.
It can be done by Government safety inspector or other external safety auditors. This depends on the Country’s safety rules, safety management system, etc.
2. Program Audit.
The safety auditor will inspect for the safety program execution that the Organization has planned or is an obligatory program put down by the Government or other parties.
3. Safety Management System Audit. This is an overall audit, where the compliance and program will be conducted simultaneously, apart from inspecting the safety management system itself.
