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EHS Audit checkpoints: General Questionnaires

EHS Audit General Questions / Checking points to Management representative

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A. According to Clause No. 4.2 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does signed copy of EHS policy available?
2. Does EHS policy shared to everyone and displayed in plant?

B. According to Clause No. 4.3.1 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Are they aware with the aspect- impact of company as well department specific?
2. Are they aware with the term hazard / Aspect?
3. Are they properly identifying Aspect-impacts & Hazard – Risk with in their area?
4. Do they have implemented any control measure to minimize risk or impact?
5. Does he aware the impact of their absence on control measures?
6. Does it effective or not?

C. According to Clause No. 4.3.2 & 4.5.2 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does they aware about legal requirements
2. Identification is properly done or not?
3. Are they monitoring or not?
4. Is legal compliance report available?
5. Does the evaluation of compliance of legal and other requirement have been made?
6. Is there any deviation in legal compliance?
7. Is there any action initiated on non fulfillment of legal compliance?

D. According to Clause No. 4.3.3 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does the EHS objective defined?
2. Does the Objective data available?
3. does the action plan prepared on objective / Sp / EP?
4. Does it communicate all?

E. According to Clause No. 4.4.3 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. is there any communication procedure is defined?
2. What is the communication procedure?
3. What is the participation & consulting procedure?

F. According to Clause No. 4.4.4 & 4.4.5 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does Manual is prepared with approval of MD?
2. Does M.L of EHS documents, Work instruction & formats are prepared?
3. Does Current revision number and correct document no. Is mentioned or not?
4. Tractability of documents is available or not?

G. According to Clause No. 4.4.7 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does they have emergency preparedness plan?
2. Does they dong mock drill or not?
3. Is it evidenced or not?

H. According to Clause No. 4.4.6 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does they aware about the procedure / Work instruction for operational control?
2. Does implementation is done properly?
3. Is there any control procedure / Work instruction?

I. According to Clause No. 4.5.1 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does they aware about the procedure
2. Does any changes in environment effects and safety
3. Does aspect-impacts and hazards decreasing or not?

J. According to Clause No. 4.5.4 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does EHS records incorporated in manual or not?
2. Are they amended?

K. According to Clause No. 4.6 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does MRM frequency is decided?
2. Does Minutes of MRM is evidenced?
3. Does All topics are covered in MRM?

L. According to Clause No. 4.5.5 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does Annual internal audit plan is prepared?
2. Does Audit is conducting by qualified auditor?
3. Does audit is conducting according to planning?
4. Does all departments are covered in audit or not?
5. Does the audit NC / Observations closed effectively?

M. According to Clause No. 4.5.3 (ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001)

1. Does incident investigation format is Available?
2. Does it maintain regularly?
3. Does non conformance record maintaining regularly?
4. Are they taking any actions regarding to the non conformance?
5. CAPA is evidenced or not?

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