Health & Safety Auditing

Monitoring isn't a foreign aspect in health and safety, but auditing is quite different than monitoring, surveys, inspections and tours. How? 

Well monitoring is more detailed, specified and it's more deep than the others when it comes to CHECKING the performance in the ACT phase. 
An Audit involves collecting information on the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of the total health and safety management system and drawing up plans for corrective action.

You would notice that the audit is detailed when you first look at the picture above and second when you know what it actually covers and it's stages from preparatory work to on site, and finally conclusion that accommodates:

1. The Policy:

 

2. Workers Participation:

3. Responsibility & Accountability:

4. Competence and Training:

5. OHS Documentations: 

6. Communication:

Active & Reactive Monitoring

Active and Reactive monitoring are the core process during the performance assessment. I summarized & simplified it in 2 flowcharts: 

Flow chart (1)

You would think that these two can't come together because one is to be done before the accident and the second one is after the accident. I was curious myself and so when i asked my instructor about it i was told that when i am doing an inspection (ACTIVE) and you find something hazardous is when you need to investigate it. (REACTIVE). 

Flow chart (2)

For further explanation, I liked the way HSE delivered the information about this topic. where they defined both types listed them and explain how to do them.