ASEAN Guidelines for Occupational Safety and Health 5.7: Routine monitoring of practice against procedures and planned workplace safety inspections with written, filed reports and tracked rectification

What does 5.7 require?

The enterprise should continually check that actual practice matches each written procedure and act on any discrepancy, writing up deficiencies, proposed improvements, responsible persons and a review date, and filing the report. Workplace safety inspections are a core part of this: scheduled on agreed dates, covering each work area systematically (building condition, access and egress, floors and stairs, lighting and ventilation, welfare facilities, cleanliness, hazardous substances, storage, fire precautions, electrical and process equipment, evacuation routes and assembly points), recorded on a standard form that lists what is inspected, the hazards found, the remedial action and an agreed timetable, with significant findings reported to senior management and a system to track rectification.