Third party audits play a key role in assisting your organization to achieve full compliance with applicable health and safety regulations. Whether you are looking to simply maintaining OSHA compliance, developing an elite safety program, or desire fresh, new ideas, conducting third party compliance audits is advantageous to your organization. After the completion of a third party audit, a report is usually available that not only identifies any corrective actions required, but also indicates solutions.

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Key Factors in the Auditing Process of Occ. Health and Safety

• Past regulatory activity and the abatement process should be reviewed;
• All accident investigations should be reviewed in order to identify corrective actions, investigation procedures, and areas of potential concern;
• Air sampling results and processes, health and safety training, and employee involvement should be reviewed;
• A “Wall-to-Wall” inspection should be conducted in order to reveal any non-compliances;
• Hazard assessments conducted for specific health and safety programs should be reviewed;
• Funding planning for health and safety improvements should be reviewed;
• Management planning, commitment, and involvement should be reviewed.

Conformity Assessment as part of Third Party Audits

Conformity assessment is defined as “the determination of whether a product or process conforms to particular standards or specifications. Independent third parties play a significant role in various sectors of the economy; this has been the case for many years. A wide range of approaches are encompassed by conformity assessment. These include approaches applicable to sampling, testing, inspecting, evaluating, verifying, and assuring its conformity. It also applies to the certification of quality system assessment and registration, which includes various combinations of these procedures.

How does OHSA use Third Parties?

In the instance of OHSA programs using some form of third-party activity, the agency does not delegate its enforcement responsibility. OHSA establish criteria that must be met by third parties to be permitted to perform the verification function. Thus, in order to ensure that the third parties meet these criteria, the OHSA staff oversees the performance of the certification.