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Something might be missing from occupational health and safety audits: findings from a content validity analysis of
Lynda S Robson1, Sara Macdonald, Dwayne L Van Eerd
1Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. lrobson@iwh.on.ca
Objective:
The objective was to examine the content validity of occupational health and safety (OHS) management audit methods.
Methods:
The documentation used by five broader public sector service organizations to audit OHS management in workplaces was analyzed with reference to a recent OHS management standard (CSA Z1000).
Results:
A relatively high proportion of CSA Z1000's content (74%) was partially or fully represented on average in the audit methods. However, six management elements were found to be incompletely represented in three or more of the methods. The most extreme example is the Internal Audits element whose content was completely missing for three of the audit methods.
Conclusion:
Some OHS management audit instruments in current use are incomplete relative to a recent OHS management standard. It may be that some instruments warrant revision to better reflect current expert consensus.
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