Safety Audit by Consultivo

Safety Audit Services in India

Consultivo is a leading independent, third-party safety audit company. You get a quantified safety audit against IS 14489, the law and global best practice, with a scored report and practical recommendations. IFC-approved auditors, delivered on the ProtoSafe protocol.

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2,000+Audits and assessments

17+Years in safety advisory

30+Industry sectors

20+Countries served

AA1000 Licensed Assurance Provider IFC and World Bank Group approved 750+ organisations served

Types of Safety Audit

Three Types of Safety Audit

Consultivo offers three types of safety audit. Choose by the criteria and depth you need. Every audit is independent, third-party and led by experienced safety auditors.

Statutory Safety Audit as per IS 14489

The statutory third-party safety audit, conducted as per IS 14489 and applicable legislation, including the Factories Act and state rules. It gives you an independent, legally defensible record of compliance with risk-rated gaps.

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Scored Assessment with ProtoSafe

Our proprietary scored safety assessment protocol. It goes beyond compliance to score your OHS maturity against global standards and best practice, with a star rating and multi-plant benchmarking on the ESGSlate platform.

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Specialist Subject Safety Audits

Focused safety audits on specific subjects and domains: fire, electrical, thermography, process, construction, contractor, warehouse, logistics, behaviour and more. Each is scored, risk-rated and benchmarked the same way.

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The Scored Option

ProtoSafe: The Scored Way to Audit

When you want more than a pass or fail, ProtoSafe turns your safety audit into a score.

ProtoSafe rates your safety maturity across 30 elements, gives a one to five star rating with a supporting score, and benchmarks it across your plants, on the ESGSlate platform. It is the common protocol behind every Consultivo safety and EHS audit.

IS 14489 audit vs ProtoSafe

Capability	IS 14489 audit	ProtoSafe
IS 14489 and legal compliance	Yes	Yes
ISO 45001, IFC and World Bank guidelines	No	Yes
Sector best practices	No	Yes
Scored maturity assessment	No	Yes
Multi-plant benchmarking	No	Yes
Dashboard and data visualisation	Basic	Full

Standards We Audit Against

The Right Standards for Your Industry and Country

We apply the standards that fit your operations, and customise the audit to your industry and country-specific needs. Depending on scope, these include:

IS 14489 ILO-OSH 2001 ISO 45001 HSE HSG65 IFC PS 2 World Bank Group EHS Guidelines NFPA Good International Industry Practice (GIIP) and many others

Country-Specific Legal Requirements

The Law Is Part of the Scope

Every country and state has its own safety legislation, and a safety audit that ignores local law is incomplete. Our comprehensive safety audit covers the legal and statutory requirements that apply to your location as part of the scope. For a dedicated, deep legal compliance review, we offer a specialised OHS legal audit.

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Audit Approach

Three Ways We Audit Your Safety Systems

Different business situations call for different audit objectives. Consultivo offers three distinct safety audit approaches, each designed for a specific purpose and outcome.

Current State and Gap Analysis

A consulting-led assessment of your existing OHS systems against best practices, global benchmarks and international standards. It shows where you stand today and what to change, with a prioritised improvement roadmap.

Ideal for: improvement drives, new site set-ups, post-incident reviews, ESG-driven benchmarking.

Statutory and Legal Compliance Audit

A rigorous, evidence-based audit against the Factories Act, IS 14489, state rules, customer requirements and applicable legislation. It gives you a defensible, independent record of compliance status, with risk-rated gaps.

Ideal for: statutory OHS audits, insurance requirements, customer and buyer audits, legal risk mitigation.

OHS Due Diligence for M&A Transactions

A structured evaluation of safety liabilities and system maturity as part of M&A due diligence. It surfaces latent OHS risks and compliance gaps that affect valuation, deal terms or integration.

Ideal for: pre-acquisition review, investor due diligence, post-merger integration, ESG due diligence.

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The Basics

What Is a Safety Audit?

A safety audit is an independent, systematic check of how well your workplace manages occupational health and safety risk.

It goes further than an inspection: an inspection spots unsafe conditions on the day, while a safety audit examines whether your whole safety management system is designed and working to prevent them. A good safety audit answers three questions: are you compliant, how big are your risks, and what should you fix first.

In one line

A safety audit is an independent, systematic assessment of an organisation's occupational health and safety management system against a standard such as IS 14489, the law and global best practice, scored and risk-rated by IFC-approved auditors.

Audit vs inspection

An inspection is a snapshot of conditions. A safety audit is a systematic review of your systems, records, plant and practices, with evidence from documents, site verification and interviews.

Third-party safety audit

A third-party safety audit is carried out by an independent external agency, free from commercial bias. A first-party audit is a self-audit; a second-party audit is run by a customer on a supplier; a third-party audit is independent. Consultivo is a leading third-party safety audit company in India.

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How It Is Delivered

Protocol, Platform and People

Every Consultivo safety audit is delivered the same rigorous way, whatever the site or sector.

01 Protocol

ProtoSafe

Your audit is scored on ProtoSafe, our safety assessment protocol: 30 elements, a consistent scale, a maturity rating and a risk rating.

02 Platform

ESGSlate

Every audit runs on ESGSlate, our proprietary platform, for data capture, scoring, dashboards and reporting. Consistent data, comparable across every site and year.

03 People

Expert intervention

Your audit is led by a safety auditor with 10 to 30 years of experience who verifies findings on site, reads your sector's risk context and leads the report-out.

What You Get

A Report You Can Act On

After the audit, you receive a clear, visual report: what the gaps are, how to close them, and the data behind every finding. Here is what it looks like.

Executive Summary

Overview, note-worthy efforts, summary of findings and outcome.

Dashboard and Data Visualisation

Graphic scoring of each element, applicable to the ProtoSafe assessment.

Audit Findings

Note-worthy efforts and gaps, each with a risk rating based on context.

Recommendations and Action Plans

Practical recommendations and realistic action plans against each gap.

Improvement Roadmap

A prioritised, sequenced plan your team can put to work.

Annotated Photo Gallery

Pictures of efforts and gaps, for faster management decisions.

Expert advice on site

Inputs from competent OHS professionals during the audit.

Analytics and benchmarking

Scores, trends and multi-plant comparison on ESGSlate.

A report demo

We can walk you through a sample report and the risk profile.

Beyond the Report: Live Safety Intelligence

ESGSlate, Consultivo proprietary platform, turns a once-a-year audit into live, ongoing intelligence. Where you need it, it extends to you and your supply chain, so you manage risk continuously.

Data Analytics

Every finding scored and analysed at element and site level, so patterns are visible, not buried in a PDF.

Benchmarking

Compare sites against each other and against sector peers on the same scale.

Trend Analysis

Track safety performance year on year and see what is improving and what is slipping.

Live Dashboard and Portal

A live dashboard and portal access extended to you, and to your supply chain where required, so you manage risk continuously.

Emerging

Predictive Analytics

Using audit and incident data to flag where risk is likely to rise, before it does.

Emerging

System Reliability

Linking safety system maturity to operational reliability and uptime.

ESGSlate powers our audit, consulting, research and training work. A dedicated ESGSlate page is on the way.

Every Audit Type

All Safety Audit Types in One View

Start here, then go deep on the audit you need. Each specialist audit is scored, risk-rated and benchmarked the same way.

Core frameworks

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Comprehensive Safety Audit

A single audit covering every hazard category on site, end to end.

ProtoSafe

Our proprietary risk-scoring platform behind every audit report.

Safety Audit Methodology

The scoring model and process that every Consultivo audit follows.

Fire & electrical

Fire Safety Audit

Checks detection, suppression and escape routes against fire codes.

Electrical Safety Audit

Inspects wiring, panels and earthing for shock and fire risk.

Thermography Testing

Infrared scans catch overheating joints before they fail.

Fire, Electrical and Thermography

All three inspections bundled into one visit and one report.

Site & industry

Construction Safety Audit

Scaffolding, fall protection and site access reviewed on the ground.

Mine Safety Audit

Ventilation, ground support and gas monitoring, assessed on site.

Contractor Safety (CSM) Audit

Verifies contractor competence and supervision before work begins.

Warehouse Safety Audit

Racking loads, forklift lanes and stacking heights, checked.

Logistics Safety Audit

Loading bays, fleet handling and driver routines reviewed together.

Process Safety Audit

Reviews process hazards in plants that handle flammable or toxic material.

People & compliance

Behaviour Based Safety Audit

Observes how people actually work, not just what the policy says.

OHS Legal Audit

Checks compliance against every applicable occupational health law.

EHS Audit

Environment, health and safety practice reviewed as one system.

ISO 45001 Audit

Gap assessment and readiness check against the ISO 45001 standard.

Our Methodology

How We Run Your Safety Audit

A safety audit runs in three stages. For the full method, standards and report format, see our safety auditing methodology.

1. Pre-Audit and Plan

We turn your requirements into a structured plan, understand your industry challenges, set the scope and assign competent auditors.

2. Audit Activities

Opening meeting, walk-through, document review and evidence gathering, then a closing meeting. Task observations, physical verification and interviews.

3. Post-Audit Report

A detailed report with an executive summary, maturity scoring with a dashboard, and recommendations against each gap.

Industry Coverage

Safety Audits Across Every Major Industry

Sector-specific risks need sector-specific expertise. Our auditors are matched to your industry. We serve clients across India, SAARC and the Middle East.

▪ Manufacturing ▪ Chemicals and Petrochemicals ▪ Mining ▪ Construction and Infrastructure ▪ Automotive ▪ Pharmaceuticals ▪ Power and Utilities ▪ Oil and Gas ▪ Logistics and Supply Chain ▪ Commercial Buildings

Why Consultivo

A Trusted Safety Audit Company in India

AA1000 assurance

An independent, standards-based Licensed Assurance Provider.

IFC approved

A third-party audit firm trusted by investors and lenders.

Scored, not narrative

Every audit quantified on ProtoSafe, so you can benchmark and improve.

Senior auditors

Led by specialists with 10 to 30 years, with senior experts interpreting findings.

Proven reach

17+ years, 20+ countries, 750+ organisations across 30+ sectors.

Impact Stories

The Impact We Create

A few of the organisations whose safety journey we have supported as a safety audit and advisory firm.

Construction, Mining and Power

A group across 25+ locations: a customised ProtoSafe programme and a three-year improvement plan, with a safety performance scorecard for management.

Standards: ProtoSafe, IS 14489, Indian legal requirements, ISO 45001.

Petrochemicals

A naphtha-based petrochemical complex: a statutory safety audit as per IS 14489, delivered by a team with general, fire, process and electrical safety expertise.

Standards: IS 14489, Indian legal requirements, ISO 45001.

Automotive

An international automotive manufacturer: a customised OHS audit protocol across 400+ dealer and workshop units, with analytics, scoring and benchmarking.

Standards: Consultivo ProtoSafe, IS 14489, ISO 45001.

Questions

Safety Audit: Frequently Asked Questions

What is a third-party safety audit?

A third-party safety audit is a systematic verification of an organisation's occupational health and safety system by an independent external agency, free from commercial bias. A first-party audit is a self-audit; a second-party audit is run by a customer on a supplier; a third-party audit is independent. Consultivo is a leading third-party safety audit company in India.

What is IS 14489?

IS 14489 is the Indian Standard code of practice for occupational health and safety audit, issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards. It is the basis of statutory safety audits in India and a common criterion for most safety verifications.

What is an ISO 45001 audit?

ISO 45001 is the international standard for occupational health and safety management systems. In an ISO 45001 audit, the safety audit is conducted against ISO 45001 as the audit criteria.

Is a safety audit mandatory in India?

Requirements vary by state and by the nature of your operations, and certain hazardous units are required to undergo a safety audit as per IS 14489 under the applicable Factories Rules. Our comprehensive audit covers the legal requirements that apply to your location. For a dedicated legal review, see our OHS legal audit.

How often should a safety audit be done?

Most organisations run a safety audit once a year, and after any major change or incident. Some sectors and states set a specific frequency, which we confirm for your location as part of scoping.

Who is the best safety audit company in India?

Consultivo is an independent, IFC-approved safety audit company serving 750+ organisations across 30+ sectors, with scored audits on the ProtoSafe protocol.

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