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A health and safety audit report is a document explaining the outcome of your audit and your compliance rating percentage. The document breaks down the audit into different sections which explain the various aspects of your health and safety audit. View Full Answer
That's a great idea! Let's examine the first section of the report! This contains all the formal bits; the name of the company, where the audit was conducted, the date it was done, etc.
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Ahh, good question. But don't sweat it! It's all good! The graphs follow the formal introduction of the report. Whilst these might seem confusing at first, the clue to understanding them lies in the titles; the graph on the left says 'Contributing Legislation' and the graph on the right says 'Overall Compliance Rating':
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Again, a good point! So, let's break it down a bit further. Firstly, the bar graphs on the left highlight how the different types of legislation affect you specifically, while the bar graph on the right shows how these fit together overall and give your compliance. View Full Answer
Okay, no problems! Let's track backwards slightly. Remember earlier we spoke about how there are a number of different types of legislation. Each of the three bar graphs represent a different type of legislation affecting your health and safety:
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Another good question! Each type of legislation is weighted differently, based on its importance. Acts are the driving legislation so they have the highest importance (and greatest consequences) so they represent 0.70 of your compliance score. Regulations have a 0.20 weighting and Standards and Bylaws a 0.10 weighting.The weighting now ties back to the bar graphs. Now when you look at t View Full Answer
Yeah, you got it! Awesome! The finer details also provide guidance on which findings should be given priority so the greatest risks can be removed and the maximum improvements made to improve your compliance rating. View Full Answer
Sure, happy to do so! As the graphs show, green means compliance and red means risk. The greener your graphs are the more compliant you are to health and safety legislation. The redder your graphs are the greater risk your business is exposed to, with regards to health and safety legislation. So, remember, 'GREEN is GREAT and RED is RISKY!' View Full Answer
A good question! Risk is a common expression we see used today. In our scenario, the health and safety context, it means we are looking at the likelihood of a serious incident or accident happening and the ripple-effects which arise from this.Let's rewind very briefly! Safety legislation is the only legislation which is written in such a way that any finding arising automatic View Full Answer
Yes and No! If you are doing nothing to improve or address health and safety concerns in your workplace(s), then 'Yes', you should be worried. At some point it will catch up with you, if you are an employer. If you are taking time and providing resources which can show you are making a concerted effort to improve and address health and safety concerns in your workplace, then View Full Answer
Ahh, yes! After the graphs comes the legislation, all the 'red-tape'! Don't worry though, all we are doing here is listing the different health and safety legislation which affects your workplace. In this way you know what legislation affects you.
You will notice your legislation is organised into the same section types described in the bar graphs earlier on, with the values View Full Answer
Don't get concerned! This list is simply showing you what legislation is not applicable to your workplace. It's there as reference between audit cycles which creates a form of transparency. We don't know what will happen in your business, you may expand operations or move premises, which results in legislation previously not applicable to now being applicable:
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Well, we've gone through all the informative and measurement parts of the audit report, now we get down to the nitty gritty part; the meat of the report, the actual audit questions and their answers. This section displays each audit question and its answer, legislative section by legislative section:
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A health and safety Action Request (AR) report is a document describing all the health and safety findings which have been identified in your business. Think of it as a road-map, another guide to helping you fix and improve your health and safety compliance.
The document is dynamic in nature. Initially, it shows findings identified in the audit. As findings are fixed these are rem View Full Answer