Environmental Health and Safety Audits

A Compendium of Thoughts and Trends

Lawrence B. Cahill

• Publisher: Bernan Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN: 9781598888126
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Occupational & Industrial Medicine
• Index: Technology & Engineering

EHS auditing has been around since the mid-1970's when the Securities and Exchange Commission launched enforcement actions against three U.S. Fortune 500 companies that the Commission believed were misleading their shareholders about environmental liabilities. Since then the profession has continued to grow and mature with many process issues still not fully resolved. For example, how do we develop a more risk-based approach? How do we measure successful performance? How can we better utilize our auditors who sometimes have skill sets limited to environmental compliance matters or health and safety compliance matters? What kind of messes can our auditors get into and how do we anticipate those? In a companion title to the 9th edition of Environmental Health and Safety Audits, Lawrence Cahill draws from his 35 years' of experience in over 25 countries to address many of these issues. Along the way he uses his personal experiences to add some reality and fun to tell the story.

This book provides updated text and puts forward thoughts and trends that were not or were only briefly addressed previously. In addition, it addresses important EHS audit issues that audit program managers and auditors must deal with routinely and when special circumstances arise.

The text can help:

• To improve the management and execution of an audit program
• To make auditors more effective and versatile
• Auditors understand the special demands of auditing internationally

The 9th Edition of Environmental Health and Safety Audits is recommended by the Board of Environmental Health & safety Auditor Certifications.

Table of contents

• Cover-Page
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Introduction
• 2 U.S. EH&S Regulatory Trends in 2015: How They Affect EH&S Audit Programs
• 3 Measuring the Success of an EH&S Audit Program: What Are the Best Metrics?
• 4 EH&S Audits: Have We Lost Our Way?
• 5 Where Have You Gone, Ernest Hemingway? Tips on Writing Exceptional Audit Findings
• 6 Twenty Lessons Learned on International Assignments: The Good and the Bad
• 7 Classic Auditor Failures: How Do Auditors Mess Up?
• 8 Repeat versus Recurring Findings on EH&S Audits: Should Management Treat Them Differently?
• 9 Environmental Audits versus Health and Safety Audits: What’s the Difference for Auditors?
• 10 Using Risk Factors to Determine EH&S Audit Frequency: How to Best Manage Audit Resources
• 11 Outsourcing Corporate EH&S Audits: Does it Make Sense?
• 12 The Use of Statistically Representative Sampling on EH&S Audits: Does It Apply?
• 13 A Final Perspective: Lessons Learned in 35 Years of Auditing
• Afterword: Reflections on the First Earth Day, April 22, 1970
• About the Authors
• Index