Information

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

1. Working at Heights

  • 1.1. Employees properly protected from fall risks of 6 feet or more?

  • 1.2. Unsafe, missing, or incomplete edge protection?

  • 1.3. Guard rails installed properly and complete to include toe boards for overhead protection?

  • 1.4. Warning lines/Barricades installed properly and complete.

  • 1.5. Personal fall arrest equipment appropriate for exposure and used properly.

  • 1.5.1. Unsafe or damaged harness or equipment?

  • 1.5.2. Unsafe or uncertified anchor points?

  • 1.5.3. Personal fall arrest will not allow contact with next lower level or hazardous equipment and no swing fall?

  • 1.6. Fall exposure and mitigation appropriately addressed in ADM JSA?

  • 1.7. Fall protection/arrest components stored/stowed properly?

2. Equipment

  • 2.1. Unsafe or damaged tools/equipment?

  • 2.2. Tools/equipment in proper working order and used properly, with required guards and handles in place?

  • 2.3. Proper tools/equipment for job readily available and in use? (e.g. grinding discs for cutting)

  • 2.6. Operators trained in safe operation, clean-up and maintenance?

  • 2.7. LOTO procedures for cleaning, servicing and maintenance of tools/equipment conducted per policy and verified?

  • Aerial work platform used properly / per manufacturer requirements?

  • Aerial work platform has documented pre-use inspection?

  • Proper fall protection in place for use of aerial work platform, including closed gate

3. Scaffolds

  • 3.1. Competent persons only erecting/altering scaffold?

  • 3.2. Scaffold provided as complete as conditions practically allow?

  • 3.3. Inspection for scaffold completed prior to use by competent person.

  • 3.4. Scaffold erected properly to include proper bracing and tie-back?

  • 3.5. Safe Work Load (SWL) provided and not exceeded? (tools, stored materials, number of persons)

  • 3.6. Scaffold tagged properly with appropriate use information.

  • 3.7. Scaffold provided with suitable access, to include swing gate and retractable where exposure exceeds 24'?

4. Lifting/Rigging Equipment

  • 4.1. Unsafe or damaged crane or other lifting device.

  • 4.2. Loads lifted over persons, close proximity to obstacles incl. overhead power lines?

  • 4.3. Maintenance, testing and inspection completed as required prior to use.

  • 4.4. Piece weights provided and load calculations conducted prior to lift?

  • 4.6. Unsafe or damaged lifting equipment, including ropes, slings, chains, hooks?

  • 4.7. Lifting equipment unlabelled, does not meet ANSI, no SWL displayed?

  • 4.8. Rigging equipment used per manufacturer requirements?

  • 4.9. Operator properly trained/certified?

  • 4.10. Safe rigging practices followed?

  • 4.11. Properly trained rigger?

6. Ladders

  • 6.1. Unsafe or damaged ladders?

  • 6.2. Unsafe positioning of ladders?

  • 6.3. Ladder not properly secured?

  • 6.4. Ladder unsuitable for job? (e.g. metal ladder used for electrical work)

  • 6.5. Ladder proper tool for job?

  • 6.6. Ladder provided with legible manufacturers labels and free of inspection obstructions (paint, stickers, etc.)?

7. Hazardous Manual Tasks

  • 7.1. Stretching conducted at beginning of shift?

  • 7.3. Inadequate risk controls? (examples: no job rotation, lighter loads, trolleys, lifting equipment, etc)

  • 7.4. Lack of training in risk controls and safe lifting/ team lifting techniques?

  • 7.5. Alternatives to manual material handling evaluated in JSA?

8. Hazardous Chemical (including fuel and oil)

  • 8.1. Unsafe storage location? (e.g. flammables near ignition sources, spills could enter stormwater drains, etc)

  • 8.2. Incompatible chemicals stored near each other?

  • 8.3. Inadequate spill containment equipment?

  • 8.4. Safety Data Sheets accessible on site?

  • 8.8. Insufficient, or incorrect, PPE?

  • 8.9. Unsuitable storage containers? (unlabeled or stored in food containers)

9. Confined space entry

  • 9.1. Entry policy followed?

  • 9.2. Emergency rescue available to require external rescue?

  • 9.3. Appropriate atmospheric testing conducted and documented?

11. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • 11.1. Required PPE available and in use (including sun protection)?

  • 11.2. PPE appropriate for exposure?

  • 11.3. Trainig in safe use, clean-up and inspection of PPE?

12. Work Environment

  • 12.1. Lack of/or inadequate amenities? (toilets, wash areas, lunch rooms, etc)

  • 12.2. Insufficient lighting?

  • 12.3. Inadequate housekeeping?

  • 12.4. Lack of, or inadequate noise/ vibration control?

  • 12.5. Site security and signage?

  • 12.6. Suitable overhead protection provided?

13. Electrical Hazards

  • 13.1. Unsafe electrical leads? (damaged, out of test date or untested)

  • 13.2. Assured grounding requirements acceptable and followed.

  • 13.3. Underground utilities located and uncovered by hand prior to excavating?

  • 13.4. Minimum distances from overhead electrical lines delineated and maintained.

  • 13.5. Temporary electrical panels without voids, labeled, and GFCI protected?

  • 13.6. Leads and cords properly suspended?

  • 13.7. Electrical equipment in wet conditions or conditions that can become wet GFCI protected?

  • 13.11. Electrical leads grounded directly to work?

15. Administrative Procedures

  • 15.1. ADM JSA completed and fully addresses exposures?

  • 15.2. Failure to obtain permits (Council, EPA, Hot Works, Confined Space etc)

  • 15.3. Suitable orientation for workers, contractors, visitors?

  • 15.4. Lack or, or inadequate, supervisory arrangements?

  • 15.5. Weekly safety meetings and OSHA required training conducted.

  • 15.6. Contractor Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) completed?

Corrective Actions

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Sign Off

  • On site representative

  • Auditor's signature

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