Health and Safety Performance Monitoring and Measuring

Monitoring and measuring of the health and safety performance of each workplace of the organization is a requirement of both European and national legislation on occupational health and safety (OHS) as well as of ISO 45001:2018 standard. Considering an organization and its workplaces as dynamic systems, their state from the point of view of OHS should be determined in a systematic manner by monitoring and measuring, using appropriate methods, instruments, and equipment. The subjects of monitoring and measuring could be in compliance with standards or legal requirements, work accident recordings, or workers’ exposure to noxae. The obtained results are then compared with reference values provided by legislation, standards or imposed by the organisation itself. An overview of the organisation’s health and safety performance monitoring and measuring in relation to both OHS national legislation and ISO 45001:2018 requirements is presented in this chapter, with a focus on internal audits and evaluation of compliance with legal and other requirements. Practical aspects regarding audit and evaluation of compliance are highlighted, and a checklist-based method for evaluation of compliance with legal requirements is also presented.

Keywords: Audit, Evaluation of compliance, Measuring, Occupational health and safety monitoring.