Nobody at your facility has been hurt in more than a year. Weekly inspection forms are returned with no non-compliances. Are the facility's safety plans really working that well or is it just luck? Conducting a safety audit is one of the proven ways to answer that question.

Audits evaluate the effectiveness of safety plans, double-check that processes are still accurate and determine if established procedures are being followed. Because they can be time-consuming, facilities don't tend to perform audits frequently. However, just as preventative maintenance schedules for equipment increases reliability; audits can pre-emptively identify hazards resulting in the prevention of injuries and fatalities.

Course Objectives:

• You will learn assessment techniques for identifying specific health and safety requirements
• You will learn proven industry practices on how to document findings and implement adequate health & safety policies and procedures. For identifying hazards which exists at the workplace
• You will learn how to integrate risk assessment into your ongoing operational activities which will help you meet requirements in programs like PSM, VPP, Responsible Care, Chem. Stewards and ISO 45001
• You will be able to communicate the importance of conducting EH&S audits to your organization to get buy in
• You will be able to develop proper objectives in developing and designing the program.
• You will be able to evaluate how your company's current written programs compare to actual implementation in the workplace

Why Should You Attend:

What is the essence of conducting a health and safety audit? An audit may be an independent event or part of an ongoing program. The main reason for any organization to conduct a health and safety audit is to provide assurance that the workplace is free from recognized hazards that could harm employees, the environment or public. In concert with the previous, companies also have a legal obligation to identify, understand and comply with federal, state and local requirements to maintain license to operate.

Additionally, the quality and effectiveness of your health and safety management systems must be regularly examined. It has been observed over time that when major accidents occur and investigations are being conducted, the root causes of these accidents/incidents are usually from the miscarriage of health and safety management.

The topic will discuss the laws and regulations applicable to safety and health audits and how to avoid violating those rules. Finally, we will examine the potential ways that employers can bring safety and health audits under some type of legal privilege in order to avoid disclosure of those audits to an OSHA investigator.

Course Outline:

• Planning, execution and validation of internal audit programs
• Health and safety responsibilities
• Organizational structure
• Identifying, assessing and controlling hazards
• Implementation of policies and procedures
• How to evaluate training and competence of employees
• Measuring, reporting and evaluating the outcomes
• Review of the HSE system and its overall performance

What You Get:

• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points

Who Will Benefit:

• CEO or Company Executive
• Compliance & Safety Officer
• Director of Risk Management
• Director of Human Resources
• Regulatory Compliance Agent
• Risk Advisor-Insurance Companies
• General Contractors
• Process Technicians
• Warehouse Managers
• General Employees
• Concrete Workers, Finishers
• Safety directors
• Claims and risk managers