Why undertake a Health and Safety Audit?

We believe at Ramsay Safety Solutions that our unique approach will provide valuable insight into how well your business complies with Health and Safety Legislation.

Being proactive is essential to identify problems before an accident occurs, giving the opportunity to correct any non – compliances before someone sustains any injury or ill health.

These are some benefits explaining why audits are a good idea:

1. Identifies and promotes good practice and maintains standards.
2. Improves team working and promotes a positive safety culture.
3. Highlights deficiencies but helps with solutions.
4. Prevent prohibition or improvement notices being served by the HSE.
5. Will assist to reduce insurance premiums.
6. Reduces the likelihood of any civil claims.

Our Audits are kept simple and we always provide practical advice that can be implemented simply and within a short time period.

During the audit, we will Identify:

• The hazards and the levels of those risks within the workplace;
• Identify strengths and weaknesses within your safety procedures;
• Assess whether your safety procedures meet legal compliance;
• Compare current documentation and practices against best practice and legal obligations;
• Recommend improvements in your safety procedures prioritising actions based on risk.
• Assess whether there are adequate resources available to manage your Health and Safety obligations effectively.
• Discuss any Health and Safety concerns with you
• Undertake a step by step assessment of your premises or site operations.

What to expect from a Health and Safety Audit

An audit of your health and safety management systems identifies whether the safety systems are operating effectively, or whether they need to be more working more effectively.

An audit can focus on:

1. Planning;
2. Health and Safety responsibilities;
3. Review the organisational structure;
4. How consultation is carried out and the arrangements currently in place;
5. The implementation of all procedures and activities;
6. Hazard identification, assessment and control;
7. The training and competence of staff at all levels;
8. Measurement, reporting and evaluation;
9. Conduct a review of the OHS system and its overall performance.

Upon arrival on site we will:

Step 1: Ask a number of bespoke questions to establish the current compliance level

We base our audit questions around the law and standards. We will audit your documented safety procedures and workplace practices to ensure they are compliant and check if safety practices are being followed - to identify if any improvements will need to be made.

We audit the premises identifying non-compliances together with the owner. This allows us to produce an accurate report and provides the owner confidence that we are addressing the risks that are important for their organisation.

Step 2: Produce an audit report

The report will identify any ‘audit findings’. The audit report will then identify the risks and assess the level of those risks.

Step 3: Develop an action plan to correct them

Then we’ll prioritise the risk controls that you will apply to those findings using the hierarchy of control to develop an action plan. This will identify whether the actions are classified as High, Medium, or Low, and a realistic time scale for these actions to be completed.