SAFETY, HEALTH, ANDENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
Chapter 5
DEVELOPMENT OF SAFETY, HEALTH,AND ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
Many companies have established programs to monitor andaudit the performance of safety, health, and environmentalactivities and consider S/H/E auditing as a powerfulmanagement tool to determine the fulfillment status andsafety, health, and environmental performance of their operating facilities.
Auditing, is a systematic examination that involves analyses,tests, and confirmations of a facility's procedures andpractices to verify whether they obey with legalrequirements and internal policies and evaluate whether they match with good safety, health, and environmentalpractices.
Purposes of Auditing
Motivations for developing a S/H/E audit programrange from the desire to measure compliance withspecific regulations, standards, or policies, to thegoal of identifying potentially hazardous conditionsfor which standards may not exist.
Therefore, while auditing may appear to serve theuniversal need of evaluating and verifying safety,health, and environmental compliance, in practiceauditing programs are designed to meet a broadrange of objectives, depending on the needs of their various stakeholders.
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