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Governance and leadership
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- The organisation’s safety policy is documented and endorsed by the CEO, or designated person. The safety policy is regularly reviewed
- Safety responsibilities and accountabilities are clearly defined and documented. Key safety personnel are appointed and appropriately resourced
- Leadership from the top; CEO or other designated senior person has ultimate responsibility for safety management
- All personnel understand and recognise their duties and accountabilities
- Operational procedures and policies are documented and communicated throughout the organisation
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- Safety policy and documented processes (eg reviews, staff sign off)
- Standards, rules, codes, practices, procedures, audit trails
- Annual budget associated with safety management system
- Health & Safety (H&S) training evidence
- Continuous improvement (staff feedback/suggestions on safety related matters)
- Document control and maintenance related evidence
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Safety record keeping and filing system
- Risk management policy and framework
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Operational management
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- Worker health and safety processes documented throughout policies
- Third party safety obligations are met
- Selection and monitoring of suppliers is transparent and in line with safety obligations
- Safety management training embedded across the organisation
- Safety management communicated throughout the organisation
- Key personnel identified, trained and appropriately resourced
- Assets managed effectively
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- Worker health and safety policies and processes
- Third party/contractor health and safety policies and processes
- Key operational interfaces/interoperability arrangements/contracts and associated policies
- Asset management plan
- Maintenance records/reports
- Equipment inspections/tasks/check lists
- Training programme, syllabus, requirements and processes
- Safety meetings
- Safety critical task controls
- Roles & responsibilities documentation
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Risk management
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- Reporting systems in place that combine reactive, proactive, and predictive modelling
- Risk assessment process embedded across organisation
- Risk management is part of day-to-day activities and decision-making
- Transparency of acceptable level of risk for the organisation
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- Safety reporting evidence, including systems, processes, data collection, policies
- Fitness for duty policies, processes and evidence of application
- Risk policies, controls, practices, standards, codes, procedures
- Analysis, reporting and reviews
- Risk assessments and related processes
- Roles and responsibilities
- Emergency response plan and related processes
- Documentation and processes around changes that may impact safety
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Safety assurance
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- Incidents investigated and action taken
- Safety reports completed in a timely manner and recommendations captured and assigned for action
- Safety goals set and regularly reviewed
- Culture of continuous improvement
- Risk-based approach adopted and independently reviewed and verified
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- Safety investigation process and documentation
- Incident registers/data collection systems
- Safety reports and corrective/recommended action documentation
- Causal factor analysis
- Feedback/adoption into safety management system
- Safety performance targets, objectives, measures, and indicators
- Verification of safety performance evidence
- Risk/hazard monitoring and managing process
- Continuous improvement process documentation and evidence of past improvements
- Safety performance improvement register
- Evidence of consultation of key stakeholders
- Auditing processes
- Risk-based auditing programme
- Monitoring process
- Independent audits
- Safety management review process, documentation
- Review schedule and results data collection and follow up
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