Initial status review

Another similar OHSAS model chooses as its starting point an Initial Status Review by an independent auditor and the steps that follow are ... 

According to safety management system guidance, including that of BS 8800, an initial status review should be carried out in organisations that do not have an established fire safety management system. The initial status review should provide information on the scope, adequacy and implementation of the current management system. 

Where no formal fire or occupational health and safety management system exists the initial status review should serve as a basis for establishing what arrangements should be made to ensure an effective system is implemented. 

Many organisations will have established a system and therefore the initial status review is likely to be... 

The initial status review should provide the organisation with details of where they currently stand in relation to managing fire risks. The review should be carried out by competent persons in consultation with the workforce or its representatives. 

The initial status review should establish to what extent existing arrangements are in place for ... 

The review process, from the initial status review through to a formal annual review report, must be seen as a critical element in the overall fire safety management system. 

J. Hickling, Status review of initiation of environmentally assisted cracking and short crack growth, EPRI Report 1011788, December 2005. 

The safety status of the process should be periodically reviewed against the guiding principles for the original design. Monitoring of add-ons can detect potentially dangerous modifications. Process hazards analysis or process safety audits are useful tools for this review. Documentation of inherently safer principles is critical to ensure that future changes don t nullify the positive features of the initial installation. 

The objective is to verify that each record has been properly completed with signatures or initials and time where stipulated and that it has been reviewed by supervision as required. The Quality Unit can perform the review by having the records assembled for their review or they can perform the review of the records at the various departments wherein the records are maintained. Upon completion of the review and with acceptable findings, the Quality Unit then changes the lot status, or directs the lot status be changed to indicate the lot is available for sale. 

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