Astraseal Health and Safety Site Inspection - Redrow Homes, Saxon Square

• Inspection Date

  Date

• Review Date

  Date

• Completed by

• Operations Manager and Health & safety

• The site is located at Saxon Square, Luton LU2 0SX

• Site overview photo

  Media

• John Sullivan is site manager, Chris Hillery is lead supervisor..

• Site team (those on site at the time of this audit).

• Brief description of what and where the works are being carried out today.

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• This is audit version - 4.5 (effective 07/11/18) some minor amendments.

• Previous site inspection

• Previous inspection date , if applicable.

  Date

• All previous items closed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

1. Management of Health and Safety

• Are risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• RAMS signed by operatives on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have RAMS been reviewed within the last month?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the installers working to method statement procedures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are toolbox talks frequent and relevent to the work or current issues?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Recent topic?

• Does there appear to be cooperation and coordination between trades?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have there been any accidents, incidents or near-misses reported?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the issues been recorded or investigated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Please create an action to close-out.

• Is there any other health and safety information required from the client?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

2. Workplace Safety

• Is there safe access to and from the working area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the working area adequately protected?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are unnecessary materials removed from the working area and stored safely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is equipment safely stored?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the risks from slips, trips and falls satisfactory?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the welfare facilities in good order?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is lighting satisfactory?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are people generally segregated from moving plant and machinery on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are deliveries considered safe?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are there any other workplace hazards that prevent safe working?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

3. First Aid and Emergency Procedures

• Is a person appointed to take charge in an emergency?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there adequate systems in place for fire safety and do they appear to be updated to reflect changes in site layout?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there escape routes and is the assembly point clearly identified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Adequate first aid provision?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

4. Work Equipment

• For access equipment see section 8.

• Is all the work equipment suitable for its intended use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is all equipment appropriately tagged and recorded in the Site Safety File?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is any further user training required for work equipment used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there an RCD available for cordless chargers or transformers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all portable appliances inspected and tested?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Next test due

  Date

• Are there any lifting operations or lifting equipment? e.g stillages etc?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Briefly describe any lifting conditions.

• Is lifting generally safe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are stillages being returned to HO regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

5. Materials, Environment and COSHH

• Are COSHH assessments contained within RAMS?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have any new substances been introduced to site that are not contained in the RAMS?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are materials, i.e. frames, glass and ancilleries stored appropriately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is waste segregated where necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there anything else that may give rise to an environmental issue?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

6. Health

• Is manual handling being carried out safely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is manual handling at a minimum?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are noise levels generally acceptable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has an indicative noise sample been carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Indicative sound level (informally taken from a smartphone app) dBA

• Is drilling kept to a minimum ,reducing the effects of HAVS?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is dust suppressed adequately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are face masks available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there any other issues that may affect the health of the workforce?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

7. Personal Protective Equipment

• Is the five-point PPE site policy adhered to?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is PPE suitable for the task and used appropriately?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If there is additional PPE required for a specific task?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

8. Work at Height – Fall prevention, protection and falling objects.

• Scaffold

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Towers

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ladders and steps

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Hop-ups (Hop-ups minimum requirement is 600 x 600mm platform)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Podium

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Other (e.g. easi-dec, staging board etc).

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does there appear to be anyone working over/under the work area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can this be avoided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Carry out a point works risk assessment, discuss with other parties and agree an alternative course of action.

• Is the planning of work at height generally acceptable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are installers working safely at height?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Ensure that the issue is immediately resolved or cease works and create an action overcome the problem.

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Completion

• Is the site, working area and the people working on or near window installations considered safe?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are there any further actions required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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