Workplace Health & Safety Compliance Auditing

Service summary

An assessment of workplace arrangements against agreed occupational health and safety requirements. The audit examines how hazards, responsibilities and worker participation are translated into practical controls across the selected activities.

Findings give management evidence of implementation and unresolved weaknesses. The service does not replace employer responsibilities, statutory inspections, medical assessments or specialist testing required for particular workplace exposures.

Key objectives

• Assess implementation of workplace controls
• Examine worker participation and competence
• Evaluate incident and action follow-up
• Identify material safety management gaps

Methodology

Risk-based sampling combines workplace observation, worker and management interviews, and review of existing safety records against defined criteria.

• Confirm activities, locations, criteria and safe audit access.
• Review hazard assessments, obligations and recent incident information.
• Select higher-risk activities and representative worker groups.
• Observe work controls and interview relevant personnel.
• Examine competence, monitoring, participation and inspection records.
• Assess incident learning and corrective action implementation.
• Report substantiated findings and any urgent concerns through agreed channels.

Key outcomes

References: [G04]

• Workplace safety audit report
• Control implementation findings
• Worker participation evidence
• Documented priorities for management response