4.4 Review of health and safety performance

Written by Imran Qureshi (NEBOSH)

NEBOSH IGC · Health and safety management · 15 questions

Name: ____________________ Date: ____________

What should a performance review consider?
- A Only the number of workers
- B Audit results and incident data
- C Only costs of PPE
- D Only legal changes
The output of a review should:
- A Be filed and forgotten
- B Be shared only with inspectors
- C Replace the policy
- D Feed into action and development plans
Why should management review performance regularly?
- A To judge whether the system is effective and needs change
- B To remove the need for monitoring
- C To reduce training
- D To avoid audits
A performance review is carried out to decide whether the system is:
- A Cheap and quick
- B Popular and secret
- C Old and cheap
- D Suitable, adequate and effective
Which of these should a review consider?
- A The size of the car park
- B The colour of the logo
- C Results of inspections, audits and incident data
- D The price of the products only
A review should consider actions from:
- A Unrelated companies
- B Rumours
- C Television programmes
- D Earlier reviews
Whether objectives were met is considered in a review because it:
- A Replaces audit
- B Shows whether the policy is being turned into results
- C Is not important
- D Is required to buy PPE
Absence and sickness figures are considered in a review because they:
- A Are always unrelated to work
- B Cancel the policy
- C Replace the audit
- D May show health problems related to work
Complaints from outside the organisation should be:
- A Deleted
- B Considered in the review
- C Passed only to the supplier
- D Ignored
The outputs of a review should:
- A Replace the policy
- B Feed into action and development plans
- C Be kept secret from workers
- D Be filed and forgotten
A review that produces no actions:
- A Proves everything is perfect
- B Must be repeated weekly
- C Is the best kind
- D Has not been a real review
Legal and good practice developments are considered so that:
- A The costs rise
- B The system can be updated
- C The audit is cancelled
- D The review is shorter
Opportunities for improvement are identified in the review to support:
- A Continuous improvement
- B Avoiding audit
- C A reduction in training
- D Removal of controls
Management should review performance:
- A Regularly
- B Only after a fatality
- C Never
- D Only when a law changes
Who is responsible for carrying out the review of performance?
- A Competitors
- B Customers
- C The press
- D Management

Answer key

1. B, 2. D, 3. A, 4. D, 5. C, 6. D, 7. B, 8. D, 9. B, 10. B, 11. D, 12. B, 13. A, 14. A, 15. D

The review uses many data sources.
Reviews drive continuous improvement.
Review confirms effectiveness.
Management reviews judge suitability, adequacy and effectiveness.
Many sources feed into the review.
Checking previous actions shows whether progress is made.
Objectives link the policy to performance.
They are part of the performance picture.
External communications and complaints are part of the review.
A review that produces no actions has not been a review.
Review should lead to improvement.
The system must keep up with changes.
Reviews drive the Act stage of PDCA.
Regular review keeps the system effective.
Review is a management responsibility.