Safety, Health and Environmental Auditing

The goal of this book remains the same, to provide a "down to earth" guidance for managers and specialists in organizations who are committed to improving their safety, health, and environmental performance, but are not sure where to start or do not wish to employ consultants to do this for them, They do it themselves using this book.

Simon W. Pain is an award winning independent Safety, Health, and Environmental Management consultant based in Scotland. He has a wealth of health, safety, and environmental management experience in various manufacturing industries gained over the last thirty-seven years. Simon is a chartered mechanical engineer with more than thirty-two years experience in senior management positions with British Steel, ICI, and DuPont's engineering, manufacturing, research, and corporate functions. He has been advising company executives at the board level on safety, health, and management issues for the last twelve years. He spent many years as Divisional Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager for ICI and DuPont; the latter is widely regarded as the world benchmark company for health and safety standards. During the last twenty years he has developed novel techniques in health and safety training and communication, which were commended by the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health in November 2004. He has subsequently developed the unique SHEEMS emergency management system for small businesses. It is through this work that he has been awarded Best International Health & Safety Consultancy - Scotland and also International Health & Safety Consultancy of the Year - 2017. As a consultant, Simon specializes in raising awareness and motivating senior managers to achieve a paradigm shift in health and safety awareness. He does this by using the high-impact approach and making the subject interesting and fun. He is an expert in auditing, especially at the management level and personally designed and developed the ICI audit protocol system to ensure that auditing standards were consistent. As a Det Norske Veritas-trained auditor he has led audits not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the United States, Japan, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He regularly carries out lectures and training for health, safety, and environmental auditing. He is a Fellow of both the U.K. Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Energy and a chartered member of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health. He was also a member of the U.K. government's Energy Best Practice Committee and a board member for the Solway River Purification Board until the formation of the new Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Simon graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham and obtained his postgraduate qualifications in health and safety from the University of Loughborough. More information at www.solwayconsulting.com

Preface About the Author Chapter 1 Elements of a Good Safety, Health and Environmental System Chapter 2 Management Systems Chapter 3 Auditing: The Principles Chapter 4 What Makes a Good Auditor? Chapter 5 The Standard or Requirement Chapter 6 Preparation Chapter 7 Protocols and Checklists Chapter 8 The Entry Meeting Chapter 9 Area Familiarisation Chapter 10 Audit Observation Skills Chapter 11 The Formal Discussion Chapter 12 The Informal Discussion Chapter 13 Statistical Significance Chapter 14 The Importance of Verification and the Audit Trail Chapter 15 Conformity Chapter 16 Documentary Review Chapter 17 Convergence Chapter 18 The Exit Meeting Chapter 19 Audit Uniformity and Credibility Chapter 20 Auditor Training Chapter 21 Managing Auditee Expectations Chapter 22 Auditing and Its Relevance to Regulatory Compliance Chapter 23 Reporting: Quantitative Assessment Chapter 24 Reporting: Qualitative Assessment Chapter 25 Follow-Up Chapter 26 Choosing the Audit Process Chapter 27 Audit Team Composition Chapter 28 Using the Plaudit 2 Process Chapter 29 Using the Plaudit 2 Protocol Software Chapter 30 Process Safety Audits Chapter 31 EHS Aspects of Due Diligence Audits Chapter 32 International EHS Auditing Standards Glossary Appendix 1: Auditor Guidance Appendix 2: Plaudit 2 Audit Protocol Index