Employer OHS Management System Self Assessment

1 Are you fully compliant with relevant legislation?

2 Do you comply with Common Law principles?

3 Does management actively demonstrate its commitment to OHS?

4 Do you have effective OHS consultative mechanisms?

5 Is OHS a part of the performance appraisal system?

6 Are all employees trained and held accountable for OHS?

7 Are Risk Management approaches appropriate?

8 Are all accidents investigated?

9 Do you have a comprehensive induction program?

10 Do you have realistic and achievable OHS goals that are regularly monitored?

11 Do you have at least an annual OHS audit?

12 Are Emergency response plans, realistic, trained and practiced?

13 Have safety learning needs been identified and appropriate learning programs actioned and evaluated?

14 Have OHS management plans been developed, implemented & monitored?

15 Have safe working procedures been developed for tasks with potential for injury?

16 Is OHS communications effective?

17 Have Fleet safety programs been considered for fleet owners?

18 Have Well-Being programs been considered?

19 Do you actively manage your workers compensation claims experience?

20 Are Contractor safety programs in place?

21 Is there a succinct OHS policy that has been fully communicated?

22 Has the role of the health & safety professional been defined?

23 Have those in leadership roles been trained in Safety Leadership?

24 Have Employee Assistance Programs been considered?

25 Are there regular, documented inspections of areas / tasks that have the potential for injury?

26 Are team management principles used to build OHS effectiveness?

27 Do you have effective methods of tracking your expenditure on OHS and the cost of down-grading incidents?

28 Is every aspect of your safety efforts documented in a succinct and thorough manner?

29 Are your OHS personnel well-trained and performing at a high level?

30 Is there a need to coach / mentor formal and informal leaders in how to perform at a high level in OHS?

31 Do you use taxonomies of industry personal damage occurrences to guide your efforts?