You are preparing for a surveillance audit of an organisation that is ISO 45001 certified. When preparing the checklist, you decided to ask whether the auditee has a documented procedure for the workers ' consultation and participation. They submitted the documented procedure with the word " OBSOLETE " on the first page.
Which of the following would be the best reaction?

• A. Ask the auditee to send the procedure related to the control of documented information.
• B. Use the procedure to prepare the checklist and check on site the differences with the valid versions.
• C. Note the procedure and check during the audit if it is part of the auditee documented information.
• D. Raise a nonconformity to clause 7.5.3 and present it during the opening meeting.

During a second-party audit at a sawmill, you find that the OHSMS Manager conducted the hazard identification process. In the risk assessment report, hazards were listed as physical hazards, chemical hazards, biological hazards, and psychosocial hazards, with the hazards categorized as low, medium, and high risk to be addressed. The OHSMS Manager did not have an action plan for low and medium risks, saying that they ignored those. He stated that they brought in a health and safety consultant to advise on treatment for the high risks.
When interviewing the OHSMS Manager, the auditor presents a nonconformity relating to potential hazards in the factory if the dust extraction system broke down. The OHSMS Manager said that, if that happened, the agreed planned action is that workers would put masks on.
Select one of the options for how the auditor should respond to this statement.

• A. Advise that the factory should cease its operations if the dust extraction equipment malfunctioned.
• B. Ask the OHSMS Manager to confirm that this action meets regulatory requirements for air purity.
• C. Seek evidence that the response action is both implemented and effective.
• D. Suggest that they should increase their maintenance checks.

While interviewing a member of top management, you ask him to explain the process by which OH and S objectives are established.
Which three of the following responses are not aligned with ISO 45001 requirements?

• A. We did consider checking our OH and S objectives against our OH and S policy in order to ensure they were consistent; however, as this is not mandatory and time at the meeting was short, we elected not to.
• B. There is no need for us to take into account the results of our organisation's risk and opportunities assessments when setting our OH and S objectives. All that matters is what has happened, not what might happen. We therefore focus on internal and external issues instead.
• C. Where possible we try to make our OH and S objectives measurable. In some cases, however, we need to use professional judgement to determine whether the objective has been met.
• D. Once we, as top management, approved the OH and S objectives, we did not define any action plan to achieve them, since the actions to be taken were discussed during a lunch we had with some of the managers.
• E. Once we have established our OH and S objectives, we pass them over to an external provider to monitor progress. They are a specialist OH and S consultancy company, much more experienced in OH and S performance measurement and independent too.
• F. Once we as top management have approved an OH and S objective, it is set and cannot be amended.
  Updating objectives is a sure route to chaos and confusion.
• G. We always try to consult with our workers before setting OH and S objectives. This means the process takes longer, but we have found workers feel greater ownership of the objectives as a result.
• H. Once we established our OH and S objectives, we did not see the need to communicate them to workers, since workers' representatives were consulted when they were set up.

Select the two options which represent an advantage of using a sampling plan for the audit.

• A. May require an increased audit duration
• B. Gives confidence in the audit results
• C. Implements the audit plan efficiently
• D. Use of the plan for consecutive audits without review
• E. May miss key issues
• F. Overrules the auditor ' s instincts