Internal Audit Checklist For OHSAS 18001

OHSAS 18001 stipulates a requirement that organizations implement an internal audit program. To be effective in this endeavor, you should maintain disciplined recordkeeping of findings from this audit program.

A DATAMYTE software tool can assist in the development of an efficient and effective audit checklist. Layered process audits can then be easily conducted while recording findings, assigning responsibility and taking corrective actions as quickly as possible.

1. Risk Assessment
Risk evaluation is an integral component of occupational health and safety audits and management systems, helping ensure processes are well defined, documented, and controlled so as to reduce risks and hazards.

This checklist also asks organizations whether they have documented methods for assessing the effects of changes to daily operations (e.g., peak work activity levels or restructuring) as well as external issues (such as economic change) on occupational health and safety systems and services.

Documenting a process means recording all relevant data in an easily accessible manner. Lumiform makes this easier with their digital form builder that automatically generates inspection reports and data – saving both time and resources while improving workplace results through continual improvement efforts and more accurate results.

2. Policy
When creating your internal audit checklist, various elements should be taken into account. Some of these requirements are mandated by standards while others depend on your business and its particular set of hazards and risks.

Your first priority must be to create and manage all documentation required for an OH&S management system, and control its records. Documents should reflect the complexity, risks and operations involved while documented procedures exist for their identification, storage, protection, retrieval and retention.

With DATAMYTE’s low-code software platform, you can quickly and efficiently create and adapt an internal audit checklist that fulfills the OHSAS 18001 standard. In doing so, layered process audits enable you to identify risks while making necessary improvements.

3. Training
Training is a vital element of an effective OH&S management system. It can reduce operational and liability insurance costs while improving employee morale and lowering downtime costs. Furthermore, attending an OHSAS 18001 training course can help develop your internal audit skills necessary for compliance.

Crafting an internal auditor checklist takes careful thought. Your checklist should include elements required by industry standards as well as those which directly check that your policies are being executed correctly.

Lumiform makes creating checklists easy with its drag-and-drop interface and automated tools, helping you save both time and effort while meeting OHSAS standards and avoiding expensive fines from noncompliance. Get started for free or upgrade for additional features such as analytics and unlimited reports.

4. Records
An effective OH&S management system must include creating and keeping accurate records to monitor, measure, report on, and review key performance indicators.

This process isn’t easy, however; it requires carefully reviewing each standard and matching it against your policies to make sure you are not just adhering to legal obligations but also reflecting their meaning in line with policy statements.

Recording audits accurately is also key; enough detail must be present for action to be taken on any issues found during auditing. Lumiform’s digital template makes this task far more manageable and time efficient than relying on manual paper approaches for auditing purposes.

5. Monitoring
As part of your OH&S management system, it’s crucial that you regularly evaluate and measure its efficacy. Doing this will allow you to identify any risks, such as incidents, accidents or compliance issues and ensure a safer working environment.

Procedures must also be in place for managing records. This means making sure documents are available at all relevant locations, current versions are kept, and obsolete versions are protected from being misused.

Lumiform can help automate internal processes and avoid costly fines by turning any paper list into an online OH&S audit checklist. Our user-friendly app makes creating forms easy; just create them, distribute them, analyze data from real-time reports generated, optimize measures based on results – and download our free demo to see how it all works!