1 Bde General WHS Checklist

• Document No.

• 1Bde WHS Cell inspection - (Unit)

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Policy

• Does the unit have a Policy statement? If yes is it signed and current for the year and CO?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What safety directives has the unit issued if any?

• Are the references appropriate and current?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the Unit disseminate the safety policy and directives for all unit personnel to have access to?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the unit displaying the CA WHS policy and Comd 1 Bde Safety Policy for all unit personnel to have access to?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Unit hazard identification, hazard/risk assessment and control of hazards/risks

• Does the unit have a centralised hazard register that all subunit safety appointments have access to?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the unit identified the hazards relevant to their location, role, mission, task?<br>ie workshop hazards<br>office space hazards and equipment<br>A vehicle and pedestrians in the same space<br>loud noise areas etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit develop corrective action plans to address hazards?<br><br>Should be recorded in objective.<br>can be on the same spreadsheet as the hazard register

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Who is responsible for the actioning and closure of each corrective action plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do the corrective actions incorporate the hierarchy of controls?<br><br>Elimination<br>substitution<br>engineering<br>administrative<br>PPE

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How does the unit conduct WHS risk assessments?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What evidence did the unit provide to support the conduct of WHS based risk assessment?

• Where does the unit store records of its risk assessments?

  Select Objective G drive Personal Hard drive Not applicable

  • Objective
  • G drive
  • Personal Hard drive
  • Not applicable

• Are the risk assessments reviewed annually?

• What are the unit triggers for conducting an out of session review/risk assessment?

  Select Spike in incidents change in process change in equipment Other Does not conduct out of session reviews

  • Spike in incidents
  • change in process
  • change in equipment
  • Other
  • Does not conduct out of session reviews

• Has the Unit identified areas or equipment that pose a risk of Falls from height to workers and are appropriate mitigating strategies currently in place and being effectively employed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit have a WHS inspection schedule/plan?<br><br>needs to include HAZCHEM inspections.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where are the Results of the inspection recorded?

  Select Objective G drive Personal Hard drive Not applicable

  • Objective
  • G drive
  • Personal Hard drive
  • Not applicable

• Who monitors that all shortfalls identified during the unit inspections are addressed?

• Who conducts the inspections?

  Select CO Bn 2IC USA SUSA OC Coy 2IC Other

  • CO
  • Bn 2IC
  • USA
  • SUSA
  • OC
  • Coy 2IC
  • Other

• List other personnel conducting inspections

Legal and other requirements

• Is the inspection regime promulgated throughout the unit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide examples of where the inspection regime is displayed.

• Does the unit have a WHS risk assessment procedure?<br>ie large complex activities use full MRM<br>small simple activities - RAS tool<br>JSA<br>Lesson plans

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Rate the quality of risk assessments conducted by the unit

• Does the unit conduct HAZCHEM risk assessments IAW CA Dir 38/13 HAZCHEM RM Procedure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit have a HAZCHEM storage plan, site storege map and emergency response plan?<br><br>Must comply with FORCOMD stock holding policy and Defence HC instructions.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit use the product SDS to help develop the storage plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the unit holding Placard or Manifest levels of HAZCHEM?

  Yes

  No

• Has unit submitted the formal minute to Bde WHS Cell to obtain formal authority to hold greater than minor quantities of HAZCHEM in the unit? What is the max level of holdings of a HAZCHEM item that the unit is holding? Placard level - Comd 1 Bde approval Manifest - Comd FORCOMD approval

  Select Yes No Placard Manifest

  • Yes
  • No
  • Placard
  • Manifest

Unit Control measures/ operational control measures

• Does all unit plant equipment have a relevant Order, Instruction or Publication for its use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has JSA been conducted for the equipment/task and has a SWP been developed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are unit developed SWP endorsed by key staff and SMEs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How often are SWPs reviewed?

• Are there additional triggers to prompt review of SWPs?

  Select Sentinel events spike in incidents change in process change in staff change in equipment on request Other

  • Sentinel events
  • spike in incidents
  • change in process
  • change in staff
  • change in equipment
  • on request
  • Other

Emergency preparedness and responsiveness

• Does the unit have updated emergency response procedures displayed around the unit?<br><br>ie ECO, ERP, BERP information

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the units emergency response plan align to the base ERP?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit keep emergency response training records? if so where are they stored?<br><br>ie Objective, G Drive etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What type of emergency response drills has the unit conducted

Incident Management

• Does the unit track Sentinel reported incidents and demonstrate a process of corrective actions and present this information to the CO on a regular basis.<br><br>ie through WHS meeting

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit have an SOP or directive on how to handle critical incidents in barracks and in the field?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the unit aware of the need to preserve incident sites and if so what are the prescribed SOPs for this action?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit understand how to and have they provided direction for the handling of notifiable incidents? ie notifiable to COMCARE.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Describe how the unit handles safety incident corrective actions?

First Aid

• Has the unit appointed First aid attendant in unit ROs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the First aid attendants received first aid Training, either Military or St Johns ambulance based?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the unit wall mounted first aid kits been inspected on a regular basis?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are section first aid kits maintained and inspected regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do wall mounted FAKs have a usage log?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are First aid attendants assigned responsibility for the various first aid kits within the unit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit display the details of the First aid attendants?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit make contact with local health facility (RHC) aware of its activities, training exercises or high risk work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Registers

• List the registers the unit is maintaining?

  Select Chemalert RADHAZ Laser Abestos Confined space Training Noise Contractor/visitor Incident/AIMS Hazard First Aid Kit Health monitoring Consultation records Corrective actions Other

  • Chemalert
  • RADHAZ
  • Laser
  • Abestos
  • Confined space
  • Training
  • Noise
  • Contractor/visitor
  • Incident/AIMS
  • Hazard
  • First Aid Kit
  • Health monitoring
  • Consultation records
  • Corrective actions
  • Other

Health surveillance/monitoring

• Does the unit conduct work that requires health surveillance/monitoring?<br>ie Noise areas over 85db /8hr working day<br>Atmospherics (particulates/gases/vapours/UV/Temperature)<br>Over pressure wave (Artillery)<br>Explosive breaching<br>HAZCHEM exposure of known carcinogens

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How does the unit engage subject matter expertise for heath surveillance/monitoring?

• Does the unit generally have a good understanding and setup for work station ergonomics?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Where does the unit record its health surveillance /monitoring records?

  Select Objective G drive Personal Hard drive Not applicable

  • Objective
  • G drive
  • Personal Hard drive
  • Not applicable

• How often are the records reviewed? (should be min of annually)

  Select annually Monthly 6 monthly Does not keep records

  • annually
  • Monthly
  • 6 monthly
  • Does not keep records

Consultation, communication and reporting - WHS Committee

• Does the CO chair the Unit WHS committee?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit WHS Committee meet at least four times per year?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the unit WHS Committee's Terms Of Reference IAW FCSIs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the WHS meeting agenda items promulgated at least 14 days prior to the meeting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the WHS committee meeting minutes endorsed by the CO?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• How are the WHS Committee meeting minutes promulgated in the Unit?

  Select Sharepoint Notice Boards Objective Not displayed

  • Sharepoint
  • Notice Boards
  • Objective
  • Not displayed

• Does the unit archive meeting minutes in Objective?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is it evident that the unit WHS committees are closing off action items from previous meetings?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the CO attend the Unit level WHS meeting?<br>(check minutes for attendance)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the Unit have a Defence Working Group established with an elected HSR?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Notice boards

• Do all Unit notice boards conform to a standard Unit layout which is IAW the guidance in FCSIs?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the notice board only contain safety information

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the notice board information current and up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the notice boards in appropriate locations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the Unit using SharePoint to display the majority of WHS information?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

WHS Signage

• Are specific safety areas appropriatley signed?<br><br>ie Laser safety, RADHAZ, HAZCHEM, Noise, PPE, fire exits, fire extinguishers etc

  Yes

  No

  N/A

High Risk Work

• List which High Risk Work activities are conducted at the Unit in Barracks and in the field.

  Select Forklift truck Scaffolding - basic, int and advanced Dogging Rigging - Basic, Int and Adv Tower Cranes Self erecting tower cranes Derrick Crane Portal Boom Crane Bridge and Gantry Crane Veh loading crane over 10 Meter ton Non slewing Mobile Crane Slewing Crane Material Hoist Personnel and material hoist Boom type elevating work platform Concrete placing boom Reach stacker Order picking forklift truck Boiler operations - Standard and Adv Steam turbine operations steam turbine operations Reciprocating steam engines

  • Forklift truck
  • Scaffolding - basic, int and advanced
  • Dogging
  • Rigging - Basic, Int and Adv
  • Tower Cranes
  • Self erecting tower cranes
  • Derrick Crane
  • Portal Boom Crane
  • Bridge and Gantry Crane
  • Veh loading crane over 10 Meter ton
  • Non slewing Mobile Crane
  • Slewing Crane
  • Material Hoist
  • Personnel and material hoist
  • Boom type elevating work platform
  • Concrete placing boom
  • Reach stacker
  • Order picking forklift truck
  • Boiler operations - Standard and Adv
  • Steam turbine operations
  • steam turbine operations
  • Reciprocating steam engines

• Are all workers tasked with HRW activities licensed? <br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all licenses current and recorded on a Unit register?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Communication - Individual workers

• Are all workers made aware of their responsibilities to:<br>take reasonable care of their own health and safety, and to take reasonable care that their own acts and omissions doe not adversely affect te health and safety of others at work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Training and Competency - Other risks

• Does the unit have personnel tasked with demolition activities and are their qualifications current?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the Unit conduct regular reviews of its workers drivers licenses and transportation codes for currency?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the unit keeping a license register?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the unit have any personnel qualified and tasked with construction activities?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do the construction qualified personnel have a valid white card?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Area walk through

• Is the general Unit area free from clutter and trip hazards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do the unit personnel have a generally positive safety culture?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the unit maintaining good house keeping practices?<br>ie tidy work area, PPE available, exits not blocked, facilities being maintained, no evidence of oily rags being piled up etc.

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Is the Unit storing chemicals in the correct storage lockers and IAW 1 Bde direction?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Final comments and sign off

• Inspectors Final Comments:

• Inspector signature:

  Sign

• Site Representative Comments:

• Site representative signature:

  Sign