Safety Auditing
In addition to ensuring compliance, safety audits also review the company’s safety documentation and determine whether their record-keeping systems are adequate or need to be more robust. They will also look beyond the current activity in the workplace and evaluate the company’s safety training.
A safety audit can involve a walk-through of the facility, interviewing management or employees, and reviewing company documentation.
Safety audits are beneficial because they:
Auditing Process
It is important to have structure during any safety audit, and for that reason PRIME uses a 5 step process to assist your organization.
1
Audit Preparation. Through initial consultation with your company representative, we will develop a site specific audit form tailored specifically for your operation.
2
Perform the Audit. We send an experienced safety professional to walk your whole project or facility, taking notes, speaking with supervisors in regards to areas of concerns and positive observations.
3
Audit Report Created. PRIME uses safety audit software to draft final audit report. The audit report is drafted with pictures and communicated to your management team.
4
Recommend Corrective Actions. In conjunction with the created audit report, we make recommendations based upon the safety model of elimination, substitution, engineering or administrative control methods.
5
Follow up. At any time during any stage of the audit process, we are here to help. We want to assist your management team at all times. We will develop a trend analysis for your management team that shows improvements and percentage scores over a period of time.