4.5.1 Performance measurement and monitoring

The organization shall establish, implement and maintain a procedure(s) to monitor and measure OH&S performance on a regular basis. This procedure(s) shall provide for:

1. both qualitative and quantitative measures, appropriate to the needs of the organization;
2. monitoring of the extent to which the organization’s OH&S objectives are met;
3. monitoring the effectiveness of controls (for health as well as for safety);
4. proactive measures of performance that monitor conformance with the OH&S programme(s), controls and operational criteria;
5. reactive measures of performance that monitor ill health, incidents (including accidents, near-misses, etc.), and other historical evidence of deficient OH&S performance;
6. recording of data and results of monitoring and measurement sufficient to facilitate subsequent corrective action and preventive action analysis.

If equipment is required to monitor or measure performance, the organization shall establish and maintain procedures for the calibration and maintenance of such equipment, as appropriate. Records of calibration and maintenance activities and results shall be retained

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