Comprehensive Workplace Health and Safety Audit Report - HRM 0124

This report presents a comprehensive safety audit conducted at ABC company by XXX Pvt Ltd. The audit focused on identifying and assessing workplace hazards related to physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial agents. The report details critical risks observed, including non-compliance with safety regulations, inadequate training, improper equipment, and poor hygiene practices. Specific hazards identified include fire safety deficiencies, poor air quality, and inadequate sanitation facilities. The report provides detailed recommendations for improvement, including establishing minimum safety standards, defining oversight roles, updating safety codes, and ensuring proper training and resource allocation. The recommendations are structured with timelines and assigned responsibilities to facilitate effective implementation and address the identified deficiencies, ultimately aiming to enhance workplace health and safety.

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The management of XXX Pvt Ltd has conducted a health and safety audit for ABC
company. The health team from XXX has visited ABC company on the respective date to focus
on specific aspects that are related to health and safety, such as recognition of hazards,
assessments of risks and control of biological, physical, and chemical agents as well as hazards
that are related to psychosocial. A full overview of the Audit was designed, and a range of
management, HR, sales, facilities, and maintenance staff was involved. Interviews were
conducted depending on the observation, and XXX Pvt Ltd. asked evidence proofs.
The critical risks linked with Workplace Safety observed during Audit are as follows:
 Nonfulfillment of Acts such as
 Workers Compensation Board
 Union Agreements
 Workplace Safety and Health Act
 Unwilling to follow safety practices
 Save time and money
 No central coordination in the workplace
 Lack in addressing a safety concern
 Inadequate information towards laboratory performance
 Inadequately trained staff and insufficient funding
 Improper availability of lab equipment
The risk assessment and control
Deviating from the guidelines and noncompliance of the health and safety act would affect the
company’s worker and maintenance team more. The risk observed during Audit
 Improper lab equipment would affect individual health. The use of chemicals requires
proper caution, and no cautions were followed in ABC company, which would further

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affect the Research and development group of the company. The lab specimens were not
appropriately maintained; therefore, it would further lead to the prevention of any animal
work in the future if observed by the animal safety team (Hale & Booth, 2019).
 The fire extinguisher needs to the full; however, it was noticed that there was no fire
alarm as well as the empty fire extinguisher. This would make the scenario difficult if
there is any fire.
 The work environment was not clean, and the lights were very low. It would stress the
employee's eyes and hygiene. The workplace must be airy and must have enough lights
so that the employees are not stressed and can work comfortably and adequately (Lajinha
& Diogo, 2020).
 The bathroom does not have filled sanitizer and hand wash. Even there was no paper
towel in the bathroom. This is the primary point for better hygiene. It would affect an
employee’s health physically. The sanitizers and hand wash must always be filled so that
employees, before starting their work, can wash their hands properly (Lingard &
Wakefield, 2019).
 The air conditioner vent was dirty, which needs regular cleaning to keep germ away.
 The floors were not cleaned properly, which would lead to injury if any person falls. The
floor needs regular cleaning and drying so that no slips down and fall on the ground. That
would further affect the company’s reputation, and also, the person can claim money
from the company due to the accident because of the company’s carelessness (Wong,
Dawson & Van dongen, 2019).
All these risk assessments need to be controlled.
Recommendation provided
Chief Area Recommendation Time Status
Structure of
Control
The Director of XXX company
must guarantee workplace safety
at the highest level by focussing
on the respective roles and
Second-quarter of 2020 Agreed

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responsibilities.
Minimum safety
criteria
XXX director must create an
ample set of minimum safety
standards for the company’s
safety program to be executed in
all departments to proctor
acquiescence concerning the
Workplace Safety and Health
Act.
June 2020 Agreed
Oversight roles
and departmental
safety resource
XXX director should ensure the
company's Safety and
Occupational Hygiene Branch to
accomplish the extended
inaccuracy tasks mentioned in
health safety policy.
Director needs to check regular
data being reported for safety
performance data by the
departmental human resource
team to the company’s Safety
Branch. Human resource leaders
of the company must work with
applicable safety resources, and
their Department Heads must
guarantee organisational safety
July 2020
July 2020
On target
On target

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Departmental
Supervisors
Director of XXX Pvt Ltd must
make sure that the company’s
Safety Code of Practice needs to
be updated to include the
different guided safety everyday
jobs for a supervisor (Bernardi,
2019). They should keep in mind
that the information must be
generated to all the employees
through emails, messages, notice
board, or a personal discussion
with the groups. Safety and
Occupational Hygiene Branch
need to modify the safety code
of practice performed by the
company. If any additional
clarification required, they must
contact the safety support team
of the company.
September 2020 Agreed

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occupational health and safety.
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Lingard, H., & Wakefield, R. R. (2019). Integrating Work Health and Safety Into Construction
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Wong, I. S., Dawson, D., & Van dongen, H. P. (2019). International consensus statements on
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