Short answer: A thorough workplace safety audit should cover your safety management systems and documentation, risk assessment and risk registers, hazard and incident reporting, consultation and worker engagement, training and competency, site conditions, and workplace culture — including both physical and psychosocial risks.
A good safety audit looks at both the system (what your business is supposed to do) and the practice (what actually happens). Here are the areas a thorough audit covers:
WHS policies and procedures are current, implemented, and aligned with your obligations under the WHS Act.
Risk assessments are current and specific to your work, with a risk register that is actually maintained.
Reporting works in practice — hazards and near-misses are captured, investigated and acted on.
Workers and health and safety representatives are genuinely consulted in how work and WHS are run.
Induction, supervision and role-specific training are current, including supervisors and contractors.
Physical workplace conditions, plant and equipment, and work practices observed first-hand on site.
A modern safety audit must also cover psychosocial hazards — job demands and control, support, role clarity, exposure to traumatic events, and remote or isolated work. Under Australian WHS laws, managing psychosocial risk is now part of every business's core safety duty.
Wellfirst Solutions conducts thorough workplace safety audits based on real-world experience — covering both physical and psychosocial risks so you get a complete, practical picture.
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