Undertaking an OHS Audit (or OHS Review) will assist your business evaluate how effectively your safety processes are being implemented. Once a business has an OHS Management System (OHSMS) it is important that the business regularly audits the OHSMS (as a whole or by elements), to evaluate if it is operating as expected. When undertaken correctly, strategically an OHS audit program will assist a business to continue to improve its safety performance, by improving the management of foreseeable workplace OHS hazards.
Our experienced auditors are accredited Lead auditors. This will give you the confidence that your audit scope will be met. The OHS audit methodology we adopts will assist businesses of all sizes across all industries improve their workplace safety performance.
Our methodology identifies the strengths of how a business manages workplace safety and the opportunities that are available to the business to improve their workplace safety performance.
Our proactive approach provides businesses with a more effective experience and OHS audit outcomes as compared to an audit schedule that simply focuses on what a business is doing wrong. Our OHS audit service includes:
- OHS Management systems audits as required under OHS Act 2007
- Fire Risk assessment audits as required under OHS Act 2007
- OHS Management System (OHSMS) Audits (against ISO18001)
- Site-Specific OHS Audits
- Project Specific OHS Audits
- OHS Audits as requested by Customers and Suppliers
- Development of Internal OHS Audit Programs
- OHS Legal Compliance audits
1. Work Place Risk Assessments
Africrystalcare Consultants Risk Assessment methods are easy and practical tools to identify hazards at work and to ensure compliance with the appropriate safety regulations and good practice.
Workplace risk assessment is one of the most ineffectively implemented safety activities. There is a need for practical methods to save time and resources and to give maximum prevention results.
The focus should not be on assessing all risks on paper, but to remove and control the hazards in practice. This is the principle of the Africrystalcare Consultants Risk Assessments methods.
OHS legislation and standards are based on scientific studies and long experience of different hazards and stress factors at work. Most accidents and negative health effects in the workplace can be avoided when these OHS standards are followed. Thus, the main task of workplace risk assessment is to identify the hazards and ensure compliance with the appropriate standard.
Our Risk Assessment consists of a modular hazard and control based check tool for hazard identification, and a risk assessment matrix. The hazard check tool includes a limited number of questions concerning the main types of hazards and stress factors. Each question also includes the basic requirements of the relevant safety standards, which makes the method easy to use for people who are not safety experts.
The severity and probability of possible negative health effects are the two dimensions of the traditional risk assessment matrixes. In single cases, it is very difficult to evaluate the probability of future events.
However, in the AfricrystalcareConsultants Risk Assessment Matrix this dimension is replaced with an evaluation of the present controls, which is a much easier task to do.
Logically, when the control meets the OHS standards, the probability of negative health effects is low.
This evaluation immediately indicates the possible needs for further preventive actions.
Let us undertake all your Work Place Risk assessments and help you manage and mitigate all imminent risks that you face while undertaking your business activities.
2. Occupational Health and Safety Training
Occupational health and Safety training is key to implementation of an effective health and Safety system.
Every respectable organization now requires their suppliers to provide evidence of OHS management systems that include documentation, inspections and monitoring, trainings and improvement actions.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations requires every employer to consider employees’ capabilities about health and safety and that they are provided with adequate health and safety training.
We have registered and certified resource persons with over ten years’ experience in providing OHS training services on occupational safety and health.
At Africrystalcare Consultants we customize your OHS training needs and develop training modules that meet requirements of your customers’ requirements, local OHS requirements as well as International requirements.
At Africrystalcare Consultants, we deliver the following OHS Trainings;
a) Basic First Aid Training
- The Basic First Aid course offered by Africrystalcare Consultants is OSHA compliant and is approved by The Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services. This training program may be taught separately or as part of a comprehensive safety course.
b) Fire Marshal Training
- Fire marshal training course covers the role of the designated fire marshal. You will learn about preventing fires and learn about the different types of fire extinguisher and how to use them correctly.
c) Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment​
- This Risk Assessment course dispels all the myths around risk assessments and explains in very easy terms how to approach risk assessments and how to carry out your own. Health and Safety can only work if it can be understood. This risk assessment course takes delegates through some of the most effective and yet ‘easy to use’ formats available.
Other OHS Related Training Courses that we customize and offer for our customers;
- Accidents and incidents reporting and Investigation
- Manual Handling Training
- Health and Safety committee training
- HIV/Aids Awareness Training
Training Methodology and Content
The training methodology adopted and used by Africrystalcare Consultants over the years has proved not only beneficial in imparting requisite skills to participants but also has contributed general appreciation of the importance of maintaining highest safety standards in those institutions. The methodology shall include:
- a) Lectures
- b) Open discussions
- c) Demonstrations / role plays
- d) Video / Audio-visual aids
The training shall cover modules prescribed in the DOSHS-approved syllabus, as shown below:
Occupational Medical Examinations
Medical Examinations are conducted as according to the Medical Examinations Rules, 2005. Our comprehensive and customizable baseline and periodic workplace medical examinations identify pre-existing injuries or underlying medical conditions, and determine an employee’s ability to perform the essential duties associated with his or her job. Being aware of pre-existing conditions and/or risk factors may help lower your workers’ compensation and general disability claims.
Our Designated Health Practitioners (DHPs) are registered under Directorate of Occupational Health and Safety Services and have wide experience in different sectors of businesses across Kenya. This enables us to determine specific health impact issues that we then subject to the medical examinations. Other medical examinations that we conduct as required by the Medical Examinations Rules, 2005 include;
PERIODIC MEDICALS
Periodic medicals help ensure the long-term health of valued employees, particularly those who may be exposed to potentially harmful substances or hazardous working conditions. Our health monitoring exams are an effective safeguard against the financial and emotional costs of illness and injury, with a positive effect on employee health, wellness and productivity. Routine testing of your employees helps to mitigate both of your risks
PRE-PLACEMENT EXAMS: REDUCE YOUR RISK
In theory, every job has physical demands. By conducting pre-employment medical testing that matches those demands, you can determine whether employees can safely perform a job, reducing insurance claims, lost time and related medical costs. Plus we can help you identify work environment risks and ensure you comply with current laws and regulations.
EXIT MEDICALS: LIMIT YOUR FUTURE RISK
When you and an employee part ways, it’s good to know that they are leaving with a clean bill of health to limit your future risk and ensure liability resides with the right party.
Tests carried out for employees include the following:-
Comprehensive history taking which takes into account previous medical, occupational and social aspects .The medical examination has various components that include:-
Questionnaire. This includes the employee’s relevant medical and personal history, as well as a past work history. Where necessary further details are added.
Clinical/physical Examination including Blood pressure measurement, weight measures, body mass index, and physical examination of the various body systems ( cardiac, respiratory, abdominal, nervous system and musculoskeletal systems)
Lung Function Test
– Clinical chest examination
– Auscultation with a stethoscope
– Spirometry test Audiometric ( Hearing Tests)
– History taking
– Clinical ear examination
– Audiometric testing with audiometer for hearing levels Ophthalmological –Eye tests
– Visual acuity
– Test for color blindness/driving strain Toxicology/ drug screening
The training shall cover modules prescribed in the DOSHS-approved syllabus, as shown below:
COURSE TITLE
Legislation on Occupational Health and Safety: The Occupational Safety & Health Act 2007
Course Outline
- Overview and interpretation of the Laws of Kenya
- Health, Safety & Welfare provisions
- Employee & Employer duties
- Comparison to International Law
COURSE TITLE
Accident causes and Prevention
Course Outline
- Discussion of accident causes & costs
- Planned accident prevention
- Accident investigation
COURSE TITLE
Machinery Safety
Course Outline
- Dangers resulting from machinery.
- Principles of reducing risk.
- Types & Comparison of machine guards
COURSE TITLE
Personal Protection
Course Outline
- Types and choice of equipment
- Body parts & relevant PPE
- PPE standards
- Storage of PPE
COURSE TITLE
Electricity safety
Course Outline
- What is electricity
- Effects on the body
- Causes & Precautions
COURSE TITLE
Occupational Health
Course Outline
- The health environment at work
- Factors affecting health at work
- Control of substances hazardous to health
- Reportable chemical injuries & diseases
- Nature of substance health hazards
- Occupational exposure limits
- Organizational & demographic changes
- Case studies of work related health risks
- Stress
- Noise
- Wellness at work
COURSE TITLE
Safety Management
Course Outline
- Combination of courses 1 to 13 plus
Risk Assessment, Loss control, promoting safety, safety
terms & systems
COURSE TITLE
Chemical Safety
Course Outline
- Classification of chemical agents.
- Mode of exposure to chemical agents.
- Effects of chemical exposure agents.
- Control measures to chemical hazards exposure.
- Exposure limits (TLVS)
- MSDS
- Safe handling and use
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