The Safety Audit is carried out as per IS and OSHA guidelines using the following methodology;

1. Preliminary meeting with the auditee management.
2. Identification of areas of OH&S system, which require improvement.
3. Assessment of effectiveness of measures taken for controlling the hazards.
4. Recommendation of measures to strengthen the OH&S system and reporting.
5. Implementation of these measures.
6. Monitoring of the changes.
7. Training for further improvement and sustaining the OH&S system quality.

The external audit may be conducted once in two years, or as specified by the statute, the frequency of internal audit may be set once in every year. Records of accidents and dangerous occurrences should be examined and used to identify high-risk areas and activities and consequently the frequency of internal audit may be increased for those areas.

ELEMENTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OH&S) MANAGEMENT SYSTEM are;

A. Occupational Health & Safety

1. OH&S Policy
2. OH&S organizational set-up
3. Safety Manual
4. Safe Operating Procedures
5. Plant Modification Procedure
6. Work Permit System
7. Contractors' Safety System
8. Plant Design & Layout
9. Medical Management of Accidents
10. Management of Abnormal Workplace Conditions
11. Employee Selection and Placement
12. Safety Culture
13. Statutory Licenses, Approvals and Records
14. Motivational and Promotional Measures for OH&S
15. Job Safety Analysis
16. Product Safety
17. Safety Training

B. PHYSICAL HAZARD

1. Housekeeping
2. Machine and General Area guarding
3. Material Handling
4. Electrical Safeguarding
5. Safety in Storage and Warehousing
6. Hazard Assessment of New Equipment
7. Hazards from Radiation sources
8. Control measures for specialized industrial hazards like work at height and work in confined space

C. CHEMICAL HAZARD

1. Transportation of Hazardous Substances
2. Handling of Hazardous Substances
3. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
4. Spill Control measures
5. Bulk Chemical Storages
6. Gas Cylinders
7. Labeling and Colour Coding
8. Hazardous Waste management

D. FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD

1. Organisational Setup for fire fighting
2. Built in Safety in Civil Design and Construction
3. Built in Safety in Electric Circuits and Equipment
4. Explosive Substances
5. Fire Safety in Handling Flammable and Explosive materials
6. Fire Detection and Alarm System
7. Passive and Active Fire Protection
8. Fixed Fire Extinguishing System
9. Portable Fire Extinguishing System
10. Fire Fighting Equipment & Facilities
11. Fire Drill
12. Fire Fighting Training
13. Static Electricity and Lightning
14. Electrical hazards.

E. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE / OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

1. Ventilation, Illumination , Noise & dust
2. Work place monitoring for hazardous chemicals
3. First aid Facilities and Occupational Health Centre (OHC)
4. Periodic Medical Examination
5. Personal Protective Equipment & Emergency Equipment
6. Occupational Disease

F. ACCIDENT/ INCIDENT REPORTING, INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS

1. Accident Reporting,
2. Accident Investigation
3. Analysis of Accidents
4. Implementation of Recommendations
5. Reporting & Investigation of Near -miss Incidents

G. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (ON-SITE/OFF SITE)

1. Site specific details
2. Duties and responsibilities of key personnel
3. Identification of emergencies and accident scenario
4. Declaration and Termination of emergency
5. Resources-evacuation/ transport
6. Communication facilities
7. Medical care
8. Updating of emergency plan
9. Periodic Drills/ exercises
10. Training of plant personnel
11. Public awareness programme
12. Mutual - aid programme
13. Emergency Control Centre

H. SAFETY INSPECTION

1. Inspection Programme
2. Safety Related Deficiency (SRD) Report
3. Safety Inspection Records
4. Methodology & Inspection Team
5. Compliance of Recommendations