4.6 Management Review

Top management shall review the organization’s OH&S management system, at planned intervals, to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. Reviews shall include assessing opportunities for improvement and the need for changes to the OH&S management system, including the OH&S policy and OH&S objectives.

Records of the management reviews shall be retained.

Input to management reviews shall include:

1. results of internal audits and evaluations of compliance with applicable legal requirements and with other requirements to which the organization subscribes;
2. the results of participation and consultation (see 4.4.3.1, 4.4.3.2);
3. relevant communication(s) from external interested parties, including complaints;
4. the OH&S performance of the organization;
5. the extent to which objectives have been met;
6. status of incident investigations, corrective actions and preventive actions;
7. follow-up actions from previous management reviews;
8. changing circumstances, including developments in legal and other requirements related to OH&S; and
9. recommendations for improvement.

The outputs from management reviews shall be consistent with the organization’s commitment to continual improvement and shall include any decisions and actions related to possible changes to:

1. OH&S performance;
2. OH&S policy and objectives;
3. resources; and
4. other elements of the OH&S management system.

Relevant outputs from management review shall be made available for communication and consultation (see 4.4.3.1, 4.4.3.2).


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