Chapter – 5Safety Audit & Safety

Survey

Made by:Gagan Kumar Tanwar

NCFSE

Safety audit is a tool used by management to promote and ensure the safe work procedures to be followed at industry.

It identifies various hazards and risks present at the site.

Safety audit is finding out whether the safety system is on right track.

It ensures that existing loss prevention systems, safe work procedures and other work practices are in place and being followed.

Safety Audit

Duty has been defined under state factory rules by Factories Act, 1948: To advise on maintenance of records which are

related to accidents, dangerous occurrences and occupational diseases

To advice on measures to be adopted for removing the unsafe actions by workers

To provide advice on matters related to carrying out plant safety inspection

To carry out health & safety surveys is the duty of safety committee.

Duties of Safety Officer

Internal Safety Audit: It is carried out in house and done by internal management.

External Safety Audit: It is carried out through an external source.

Sometimes, it is for certifications and for complying with the internal management guidelines

Types of Safety Audits

Internal Safety Audits are conducted by either the safety committee members or safety representatives or safety officer and procedure followed generally going through the records, matching standards with targets and physical observations at workplace.

External Safety Audits are conducted by external person for auditing from certified agencies and procedure is almost same.

Who conducts Safety Audit?

It ensures that management system is functioning in a manner that protects employees, customers, communities, the environment, assets against risks

It is control mechanism. Other benefits of Audit such as:1. Identification of opportunities for improvement2. Increased safety awareness3. Greater confidence regarding compliance with

regulatory requirements

Why Safety Audit is important?

Regular routine workstation inspecting Periodic detailed on machines High level audits on overview of entire

safety structure

Level of Conductive the Audit are:

Preliminary visit of factory Identify audit elements Prepare questions Discussion with management, officers,

executives, workers etc. Cross verification at site, personal or

records, accidents etc. Verification, preparation report, observation.

How Audit is conducted

Organisational & Administration Safety policy, operating instructions,

emergency and disaster control plan. Industrial hazard control like housekeeping,

storage of materials etc. Machine garding, material handling Use of PPEFire Prevention and ControlEquipment provided, maintenance, testing etc.

Aspects covered in Auditing system

Industrial HygieneVentilation, skin contamination control, air/water pollution, noise control etc.

Reporting and Investigation of AccidentType of accidents, procedures of investigation etc.

Aspects covered in Auditing system

Safety policy Safety organisation Safety training Safety promotional activities Communication for safety Personal and placement Accident investigation & reporting

Non- technical/ Administration

1 = Unacceptable performance 2 = Acceptable, improvement is necessary 3 = average performance, improvement

desirable 4 = Above average performance

Safety survey are made to have detailed observations of all types of unsafe physical and environment conditions

The occupier/manager of factory and other workers should provide necessary co-operation to the authorities conducting surveys

Safety surveys also helps in determining safety and training needs of workers/supervisors/ management etc.

Safety Survey

The reports on observations and remedial measures are discussed in joint meeting of all heads and owner of plant.

For each observation noted in survey, remedial measures may be suggested

Action plan can be drawn for taking up suggested remedial measures within time limits

Safety Survey

Statutory check of records and visual checking Productive machine safety PPE Working at heights Electrical Safety Work permit Fire Control Maintenance Storage of Chemicals

Technical

Occupational safety Environment protection Hazard identification techniques Emergency preparednessAudit is to give qualitative/quantitative terms to find out how far the defined standards are achieved

Technical

Audit inspection, each audit item will be rated from 0 to 4 according to manner of guideline set.0 = unacceptable performance and poor attitude and immediate work stoppage

Audit Rating System

To make detailed observation of all types of unsafe physical and environmental condition as well as unsafe practices committed by workers throughout plants

Objectives

In every part of factory, sufficient and suitable lighting should be provided

In every factory all glazed windows and skylights used for lighting of inner and outer surface shall be kept clean.

In every part of factory, provision shall be made for the prevention of:

1. Glare2. Shadow

Legal Requirements

Place in Industry Level of illumination (in Lux)Canteen 150Cloak Room 100Entries, Corridors, Stairs etc. 100Assembly Shop and Rough Work 150Medium Work 300Fine Work 700Very Fine Work 1500

Level of Illumination

The level of illumination required in a work room of factory depends on other factors such as: Age of workers: below 40 years can work in

half and one-third of average illumination and above 40 years 2 to 5 times of average illumination

Size of object Contrast between object and background Glare arises when some part of field is

bright

Other Factors

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