Audits are directly connected to the many facets of compliance: requirements, codes, standards, and procedures. Compliance is directly connected to training and events management.
Why then are so many EHS managers left peering through a magnifying lens to figure out where they need to focus attention?
Guessing what is happening day-to-day in certain aspects of their overall safety plan?
Projecting about what data will be revealed after an EH&S audit is performed?
3 Proactive Components For EH&S Management Solution
One EH&S management solution to see more clearly through the audit haze is proactive alignment of three key components:
- Audit Questions - The investigative process behind an audit traces its way back to compliance concerns: policies, procedures, codes, standards, regulations, penalties, and so much more; however, users only see this connected abundance of information if they elect to do so. Before EHS managers ask an audit question, they need to examine under the hood of that inquiry to understand all it contains. When even a single question is more carefully considered and constructed, several more data points can be captured.
- Training Program - Learning content in any EH&S program is driven by a need for compliance; therefore, the LMS should directly reflect those compliance requirements and audit findings.
- Events Management - Whether an event is a near miss or an injury, EHS managers must be able to identify, with ease and clarity, how the situation ties back with compliance requirements.
An audit questioning process synergized with training subject matter and events oversight eliminates the need for decoder glasses. What was once fuzzy is now crystal clear because it is in full alignment with compliance. No more wondering, wandering focus, or hypothesizing. The data makes sense and is working for the EHS professional — rather than the other way around.
Need help seeing more clearly how this can work for you? Give us a shout. We’d love to discuss how the alignment concept can fit into your own EH&S safety management approach.
~ Proact
