EBL Newsletter EBL_Newsletter_Winter_2019_WEB | Page 12

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 12 EBL QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER 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