제 목 : "JISHA's Industrial Safety and Health Audit System"
일 자 : 1996년 04월
제공처 : SAFETY ＆ HEALTH IN JAPAN
JISHA is now developing a system to evaluate safety ＆ health
management activities in workplaces that are available for audit. The
system is currently in the trial phase to enterprises by applying
checklists and is expected to proceed to the implementation phase
during fiscal 1996. The purpose of this development and the composition
of checklists are introduced below.
1: Purpose
Nowadays it is not rare to see largescale workplaces with more than
one thousand employees where even one accident with leave in a year
does not occur. Apparently, such companies are in need of new index
to evaluate their performance to prevent work accidents and eliminate
potential hazards.
The achievement is brought by the total participation of the
management, staff, and workers, and the practices there have been
closely adhered to the worksite activities.
OHS management as the basis of such achievement is now reviewed to be
the subject of evaluation or audit for a new tool to verify the
function in the field of occupational safety and health.
Part of major companies is already aware of the usefulness of such
auditing upon the management of occupational safety and health and
introduced internal audit.
In this context, JISHA has developed Industrial Safety and Health
Audit System that consists of 21 factors for evaluation. It is
expected that the newly launched audit system by JISHA will play a
vital part to make a breakthrough to further improve corporate
OHS management and the quality of working life.
In line with the development of this evaluation system, JISHA plays
an important part in studying Japanese policy for ISO's move of
possible formulation of ISO standards. It also intends to participate
discussion in the ISO Workshop scheduled to be held in Geneva
September of this year.
2: Items to be Evaluated
The following items are subject to the evaluation.
1) Enterprise's policy and president's principle
(headquarters' matters)
2) Worksite's policy and worksite director's principle
3) Safety and health management program
4) Safety and health management regulations
5) Safety and health key personnel
6) Safety and health staff section
7) Safety and health committee
8) Guidance and assistance to onsite cooperating enterprises
9) Safety and health education
10) Daily workplace activities
11) Management of machinery and equipment
12) Management of chemical substances
13) Management of working environment
14) Management of operations
15) Health management
16) Analysis of accident causes
17) Total health promotion plan (THP)
18) Creation of comfortable workplaces
19) Measures for workers requiring specific care
20) Traffic safety measures
21) Emergency measures
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