Independent Safety Audit System ISAS

6 Effectiveness of Various Safety Measures 5.6.1 Independent Safety Audit System (ISAS) 

a safety manager of a joint venture firm, points out that the content of audits is not very clear and leaves room for the auditor to interpret the requirements of safety. Further, different auditors have different interpretations. Take for instance, the question about adequate lighting the word adequate is quite subjective. Similar problems can be found in the question about whether the site has been effectively screened. Mr. Ho agrees and said he had an experience in which a safety auditor gave 0 marks to both the site safety and environmental committee items. He thought that his company met the requirement of the ISAS but scored 0 because of the terminology of the question. Though he successfully appealed the score, the 0 marks caused much trouble. Besides, the attitude of the safety advisor and site staff affects the success of ISAS. 

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Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) The purpose of the ISA is to serve an independent role in the safety certification process, and to interface with stakeholders, vendors, subcontractors, consultants, and all other specialty engineering participants throughout the system life cycle. The ISA helps to prepare the safety certifiable items list described below, and prepares the documentation for certification of those items throughout the process. The ISA will conduct audits of the vendors, subcontractors, and consultants throughout the process, and report findings to the stakeholders accordingly. 

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