Transportation Safety Board of Canada - Management Response and Action Plan - Internal Audit of OSH

TSB Management Response and Action Plan Internal Audit of OSH Training and PPE TSB management accepts the findings of this audit and generally agrees with the recommendations made by auditors. The detailed management responses and actions planned are described in the following tables. Recommendation 1 The National OSH Policy Committee should review the personal protection equipment policy and standards and attached guidelines and provide clarity in regards to maintenance, record keeping, and obligation for persons granted access to the sites. Management Management agrees that the PPE policy and standards Response need to be clarified. Actions Planned Review PPE policy and standards. Update and clarify PPE maintenance, record keeping and obligations for persons granted access to occurrence sites, where necessary. OPI PPE Sub-Committee Timeline End of Fiscal Year 2010 / 2011. Recommendation 2 The Manager of Human Resources in conjunction with Responsibility Centre managers should develop an orientation program for all new employees that includes a review of policies, overall responsibility for the implementation of the policies and information on the corporate reference centre and how to access policies on the intranet. As a best practice, the TSB should distribute their OSH policies annually to all employees as a part of National Occupational Health and safety week. Management Management agrees that new employees ...