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In the world of workplace safety, one of the cornerstones is the workplace safety audit. Safety audits are an essential component of workplace safety, along with safety policies, safety procedures and execution, safety awareness. Workplace safety audits are the hub of these other four components, ensuring that policy, procedure, awareness and training are working in concert to form a superior workplace culture. the 5 Important Steps to a Workplace Safety Audit. To recap, these steps are, Workplace Safety Audit Planning, Workplace Safety Audit Execution, Compiling the Workplace Safety Audit, Take Corrective Action as Informed from the Workplace Safety Audit, Communicate the Results of the Workplace Safety Audit. Safety policies are the big picture reflection of an organizations workplace safety culture. A company or worksite with effective, detailed, well informed and well thought out safety policies is far more likely to be a safer workplace. Safety policies stem from a number of areas, Past experience in your organization and industry, Best practices of workplace safety in your industry, Federal, provincial and municipal workplace safety laws and regulations. Workplace safety audits that you have conducted. While workplace safety policies have a big picture scope, they also inform the safety procedures and processes that are to be followed in the day-to-day operations of your workplace. When safety policies are planned and put into place at the managerial level, its the supervisors and staff who are executing the safety procedures that stem from said policies. Specifically, supervisors are to ensure that safety procedures are being followed at all times, and their role is extended to include providing feedback to management as to how policy and procedure can be improved. Staff are to be aware of all safety procedures and processes for their given role, following these to the letter in the safe execution of their job. Workplace safety audits should ensure that the above are taking place, and should recommend areas in which safety procedures and processes can be improved. A workplace safety audit will reveal the culture of safety awareness in your organization or work site. Specifically, it will uncover gaps and areas for improvement, showing where workplace safety needs to be bolstered. Workplace safety audits will also reveal an organizations strengths in terms of safety awareness. A superior workplace safety culture includes attention to safety awareness. Workplace safety audits should ensure safety awareness is ingrained in the workplace safety culture, and should recommend areas in which safety awareness can be improved. In the world of workplace safety, one of the cornerstones is the workplace safety audit. Safety audits are an essential component of workplace safety, along with safety policies, safety procedures & execution, safety awareness and safety training. Workplace safety audits are the hub of these other four components, ensuring that policy, procedure, awareness and training are working in concert to form a superior workplace culture. In this edition of the CIL workplace safety blog, we will explore workplace safety audits and focus on four areas on which managers and supervisors can focus to ensure that workplace safety audits are conducted properly, regularly and thoroughly. 5 Important Steps to a Workplace Safety Audit and 4 Areas to Focus On workers at construction site In a previous article on workplace safety audits, we talked about the 5 Important Steps to a Workplace Safety Audit. To recap, these steps are, Workplace Safety Audit Planning, Workplace Safety Audit Execution, Compiling the Workplace Safety Audit, Take Corrective Action as Informed from the Workplace Safety Audit, Communicate the Results of the Workplace Safety Audit.