Work Health & Safety Audit – What EBL do
and the Frame Work.
As part of EBL Disability’s commitment to Work Health & Safety and the environment, WHSE, we run an integrated
management system. This to ensure that our operations do not affect the health or safety of anyone; from staff, to
clients, and members of the public, as well as minimising any impact on the environment.
Our system is quite comprehensive, The system includes also considers The pleasing thing for me since
including; and reacts to issues such as; adopting this function of WHSE
• WHSE (IMS) Management • legal requirements; within my role is the continued
• responsibilities defined across all support of staff in assisting me with;
developed from our IMS policy
statement;
levels of the organisation;
• the implementation of that plan;
• monitoring and measurement
• house inspections;
• development, continual
• emergency evacuation drills;
improvement and implementation
• reporting of hazards on our Hazard
to ensure it is continuing to be of a variety of policies, protocols, and Maintenance report form
effective; and checklists & registers system;
• management review to determine
its validity in terms of business
requirements.
• continued training and upskilling of
• electrical testing & tagging; and
our staff;
• attending training sessions.
• effective consultation,
I am confident that with this support
communication and reporting
across the organisation we can
across all levels;
continue to improve our systems and
• robust hazard identification & risk
maintain a safe workplace for all.
assessment processes;
• emergency response procedures.
Peter Norton
Recent external auditors also
Program Manager
commented on how the system is
actually being used as opposed to
sitting in a folder on a shelf gathering
dust. The application and continued
development of the system was
noted by auditors.
PLAN
ACT
Management review 4.7
4.7.1 General
4.7.2 Input
4.7.3 Output
Management
review
Management
Systems
General requirements 4.1
Improvement
Improvement 4.6
4.6.1 General
4.6.2 Corrective,
preventative and
improvement action
CHECK
Performance assessment 4.5
4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement
4.5.2 Evaluation of compliance
4.5.3 Internal audit
4.5.4 Handling of non conformities
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Policy
Planning
Performance
assessment
Implementation
and operation
Management system
policy 4.2
Planning 4.3
4.3.1 Identification and
evaluation of aspects,
impacts and risks
4.3.2 Identification of
legal and other
requirements
4.3.3 Contingency planning
4.3.4 Objectives
4.3.5 Organisational
structure, roles
responsibilities and
authoritiies
DO
Implementation and operation 4.4
4.4.1 Operational control
4.4.2 Management of resources
4.4.3 Documentation requirements
4.4.4 Communication