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Manual health check. Spot the gaps before your auditor does.

Rate your existing safety manual on 7 elements auditors check first. Each rating reveals what good looks like versus what will be flagged. Takes about 5 minutes.

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Legislative references

OHS Act citations name the correct provincial Act and are current to 2026.

FLHA template quality

Your field-level hazard assessment form has proper hazard identification, risk rating, and control fields.

Formal hazard assessment coverage

FHAs or JHAs are completed for every major task or job type in your operations.

JSA / SWP depth

Job safety analyses describe each work step with specific hazards and controls — not generic statements.

Emergency response detail

Your emergency response plan is site-specific with actual phone numbers, muster points, and emergency contacts.

Training records process

Your manual describes how training will be tracked, verified, and maintained over time.

Document version control

Documents show version numbers, review dates, and approval signatures.

What auditors look for in documentation review.

The documentation review portion of a COR audit happens before the auditor sets foot on site. They are looking for evidence that your program is real, current, and tailored to your actual operations — not a generic template pulled from the internet.

The 7 elements in this tool appear consistently in audit corrective action reports across certifying partner protocols. Legislative references that cite the wrong Act or the wrong year. Hazard assessments that cover three tasks when the operation runs twelve. JSAs that say "follow safe work practices" instead of naming the actual hazard and control for each step.

A manual that passes this check has a strong foundation. A manual that does not is telling you something about what the audit report will say before you spend the money to find out.

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Common questions about safety manual quality.

What do COR auditors look for first in a safety manual?
COR auditors typically review legislative references, hazard assessment coverage, and version control first. A manual with outdated legislation citations, incomplete formal hazard assessments, or missing version numbers will flag issues before the on-site audit even begins.
How often should a safety manual be updated?
Most certifying partner protocols require a review at least every 3 years, and after any significant operational change, regulatory update, or serious incident. In practice, the most audit-ready programs review annually and update legislative citations whenever the provincial OHS Act is amended.
What is the difference between a JSA and an FHA?
A Formal Hazard Assessment (FHA) is a comprehensive analysis of all hazards associated with a job or work area. A Job Safety Analysis (JSA) breaks a specific task into steps and identifies the hazard and control for each step. COR audits look for both: FHAs for all major task categories and JSAs detailed enough that any worker could follow them.
What is a FLHA?
A Field Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA) is a pre-task hazard check completed by workers at the start of each shift or when conditions change. Unlike a formal FHA prepared in advance, an FLHA is completed in the field. Auditors look for a completed FLHA template in the manual and evidence workers are completing them during site visits.

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