Safety Auditing.

This article focuses on the application of the research methodology to validate a safety audit tool. Workplace audits are a common form of measuring an organization's safety performance. Many traditional forms of audits emphasize compliance activity. The practice of accepting audits as a valid measure of excellence is questionable, unless the audits have passed some rigorous tests. The article seeks to demonstrate a method to validate safety audit tools by using scientific methods commonly used in the field of psychology.