A workwell audit, in a nutshell, makes sure that you work well.
In reality, its an audit put into place by the Workplace Safety Insurance Board to review a number of aspects of the workplace. These include employee representation, training, workplace standards, policies, performance, and record keeping.
What Does The Audit Look At?
It’s hard to know if you’d pass an audit if you don’t even know what the audit would be assessing. Are you aware of your workplace health and safety policy? Do you even have a workplace health and safety policy? That’s a good place to start. You should also make sure you have training that’s specifically adapted to fit your respective departments.
During the audit, an evaluator will look at your workplace procedures and practices and watch as they are performed.
They’ll also assess your health and safety documentation to see if it’s up to code. Your return-to-work program documentation like policies, procedures, and records will also be under review.
Your workplace will get a tour to see if it meets requirements, and staff and management may all be subject to interviews. These interviews are conducted at random.
The Workwell audit contains about forty pages for the evaluator to go through when looking at your facility and workplace. The following are the categories that the evaluator looks through:
- Health & Safety Policy
- Health & Safety Responsibilities
- Posted Health & Safety Materials
- Health & Safety Standards and Procedures
- Health & Safety Representative/Committee
- Health & Safety Education/Training
- First Aid Requirements
- Health & Safety Inspections
- Preventative Maintenance
- Injury/Incident Investigations
- Senior Management
- Early and Safe Return to Work
Once those elements are assessed, the evaluator will help you to identify things that are top top priorities that need to be fixed immediately. These things might have a direct impact on the quality of work.
To pass the test, you must get a score of 75% or more when it comes to the evaluation criteria. If you don’t pass the test, you have six months to correct the problems that were observed during your audit. If the problems aren’t fixed within those three months, then large fines may be incurred.
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Still not sure if you would pass the test from the WSIB Workwell Audit? Our team of experts will make sure that you pass it on the first try, saving you your valuable time.
We’ll give you a hands on approach to the safety audit by personally assessing the safety program you have in place and seeing if it matches up with the standards that the audit is looking for.
If we see any gaps in your safety program, we’ll provide you with personal training and support to get you everything you need to pass the test without ever having to break a sweat. The majority of companies that receive a Workwell audit do not pass the first time. Don’t let that be you.
