Site audits
A site audit is the structured walk of a worksite that checks whether the controls in place actually match the hazards on the floor. SoterAI runs the audit from a conversation or uploaded media, identifies hazards and non-compliant conditions, maps them to applicable requirements, and returns a report with ranked corrective actions.
What a site audit has to prove
The buyer asks the same question every quarter: are our controls adequate, verified, and effective? An audit that produces a PDF nobody reads has not answered it.
Form-driven audits capture what the checklist anticipated, not the condition that was actually unsafe, and the report is stale by the time it is reviewed. The audit is supposed to find the gap, not document the template.
How SoterAI runs a site audit
SoterAI does not start with a form. Walk the floor, talk through what you see, upload photos and videos, and the AI structures the audit.
- Walk the site and capture it. Upload photos or videos, or describe conditions in a conversation with SoterAI.
- SoterAI analyzes the content and suggests the relevant regulation for the company location and industry.
- It identifies hazards and non-compliant conditions and the applicable requirements.
- It removes duplicates and categorizes each finding as a potential violation, a warning, or compliant.
- You review the structured findings, adjust ownership and due dates, and confirm. The form is the review step, not the entry method.
From audit findings to ranked corrective actions
Every finding carries a suggested control ranked by the hierarchy of controls: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, then PPE. The audit drives the highest-leverage fix first instead of a flat punch list.
- Hazard or non-compliance
- Applicable requirement
- Category: potential violation, warning, or compliant
- Suggested ranked control
- Owner
- Due date placeholder
Audits that compound into Risk Intelligence
Audit findings and the controls attached to them feed Risk Intelligence, built from the organisation's own incident, control, and hazard history. SoterAI builds a deep understanding of the specific risk profile of the business, so the next audit is informed by what actually happened, not a generic template.
Findings can flow into the EHS or operational systems already in use rather than living in another silo.
Where site audits fit
Site audits are one workflow on a horizontal platform, upstream of incident investigation and adjacent to hazard identification and inspections. The audit is not the deliverable; the verified control is.