Internal Audit Checklist for ISO 45001 Compliance

Conducting periodic internal audits can assist organizations with remaining compliant with ISO 45001 standards and identify areas for improvement, while simultaneously improving employee satisfaction and decreasing turnover rates.

Utilizing an ISO 45001 internal audit checklist word is one of the best ways to streamline and assess your OH&S management system accurately. Xenia offers a robust form template library and builder to make audit management even simpler.

1. Planning
Planning is key when implementing an ISO 45001 OH&S Management System. In this phase, organizations evaluate their current OH&S system against its compliance with the standard. In addition, organizations create and conduct an extensive audit checklist in order to ensure all requirements of ISO 45001 are fulfilled.

Documented Information Required by ISO 45001 includes documents determined to be necessary by an organization for effective OH&S management system implementation. These must be adequately identified and described, formatted for media distribution, reviewed for suitability and approved, then stored away to protect them against unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Xenia’s powerful platform offers a form template library and builder to quickly create an ISO 45001 Audit Checklist and assign tasks, work orders and PPMs to teams or individuals. Furthermore, scheduling inspections allows for keeping on top of an ISO 45001 audit plan.

2. Implementation
The ISO 45001 standard provides guidance for creating, implementing, maintaining and improving an occupational health and safety management system. Compliance is vital since noncompliance can lead to workplace accidents or diseases as well as lawsuits and cost overruns. This document will help you understand exactly what steps need to be taken beyond current OH&S systems in order to meet ISO 45001 requirements.

This document includes department and clause-specific audit questions designed to assess whether your OH&S management system complies with ISO 45001:2018 standards. It’s an globally verified document designed for easy use.

The scope of an OH&S management system depends on the size and nature of your organisation’s activities, products, and services – an essential factor in complying with ISO 45001:2018. Once this scope has been decided upon, an organization must document this decision accordingly.

3. Monitoring
Organizations should conduct periodic internal audits to assess whether their OH&S management system fulfills international standard ISO 45001 requirements. Top management should review audit results to ensure corrective action are implemented as quickly as possible.

Has senior management assigned roles within their OH&S management system and documented them?

Benefits of conducting an ISO 45001 internal audit checklist word are numerous, such as improved reputation, employee satisfaction and retention, increased business efficiency and reduced costs. To easily and conveniently manage recurring tasks, work orders and PPMs use Xenia’s maintenance management platform which offers templates to create checklists or build your own, easily schedule tasks to be assigned and tracked progress; easily schedule and assign tasks; track progress via messaging / chat module to keep all team members updated about project status as well as any issues which arise – the list goes on!

4. Review
As part of the review phase, it’s crucial that your OH&S management system complies fully with ISO 45001 standard. To achieve this goal, review this standard, assess current management systems and create an Audit Checklist.

This checklist will enable you to identify both external and internal issues preventing your OH&S management system from reaching its desired outcomes, while simultaneously helping identify and prioritize areas for improvement.

Implementing an ISO 45001 audit checklist offers numerous advantages, including increased legal compliance, decreased risks and liabilities, and better business performance. Furthermore, this tool can help prepare for third-party certification audits while supporting continuous improvement processes.

Start now by downloading and using the free trial version of Xenia, our cloud-based occupational health and safety management software, to see how it can streamline your OH&S processes and achieve compliance with ISO 45001 standards. It’s user-friendly with features such as task board reports, response logs for checklists and an Audit Checklist that are both user-friendly and customizable to your business.