Posted By Rich Hall as a starter, you may wish to consider the classic 'PEME' acroynm as a starting poiint to a new audit. ie People ( training records, competancys, skills required , first aid etc ) Equipment - look at you equipment on your audit site, is it safe, certificated, guarded ok, operated correctly, etc etc ppe Materials - ie coshh data , storage of materials , usage , training required PPE etc etc Environment - Look at the premises and surroundings - ie fire exits / walkways , vehicle movemtns, anti slip, access / egress emissions, LEV , etc etc etc PEME should form the basis of any audit - you could do an audit long hand and get a secretary or sopmeone employed to operate a Word processor to do the tricky typing bit. Dont forget to include findings/ recommendations in your audit.

Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney Paul Any possibility that you have a PA or access to one? I find that they are usually excellent with tables in word or excel, that way it means you can do what you do best and let someone else write up all the data you produce. Failing that, I may be able to help you with some formatted documentation I have produced, I have it under copyright but would not have a problem if you wish to use any of them, perhaps if you email me directly and give me some information with exactly what you need I can send you what I think you are probably after. I will send it zipped, just confirm that you are able to unzip. Charles

Posted By paul debney i would like to thank everybody for giving me valuable information and help as regards h&saudit material.

Posted By Pat Hannaway Hi Paul, a good free starting point can be found via this link. http://www.hspi.info-exchange.com/ You can use the questions that are on this site as the basis of an audit. I suggest that you try out the audit first and note down all of the questions asked on the site. You could edit the question set (using Word), to create your own dedicated audit. I have found it very useful. Pat