Statutory Compliance Audits

How are you managing health and safety risks in your workplace?

The already substantial tome of Health and Safety legislation continues to grow with the introduction of additional regulations, guidelines and responsibilities. In addition, Governments are also planning to use a bigger stick to punish non-compliance. Not only do businesses face bigger fines but their directors and senior management face imprisonment for neglect of duties.

HBI’s Workplace Health Division focuses on a day-to-day basis with the fundamental objective of preventing injury and illness at work. We have the resources and expertise to lessen the burden on management by providing ‘competent’ assistance as required by workplace health and safety legislation. HBI has successfully delivered health and safety solutions for a wide range of clients who are involved in a number of different operational activities.

Statutory Compliance Audits can be used as a useful starting point in reviewing an organisation’s health and safety procedures and legal compliance. The audit consists of a procedure review of the organisation’s safety procedures.

Findings from the compliance audit identify gaps in an organisation’s current policy and procedure or that they have been superseded by more recent legislation. In many cases specific risk assessments required by law, such as in the areas of water management, asbestos and fire, have not been conducted to an adequate standard or were missed altogether. In other cases the audit simply provides peace of mind by confirming that the organisation is doing everything reasonable to minimise the risk of illness and injury occurring to all building users.