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Document No.
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Audit Title YYYY Sem ? COSTC
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Client / Site Building and Campus
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Location
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Personnel
1. Layout
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Area is clean, tidy and well kept.
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Floor is free of obstructions and slip resistant.
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Adequate storage areas provided.
2. Environment
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There is adequate ventilation.
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Is temperature is comfortable?
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Is lighting is adequate?
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Is the work area is free from odours?
3. Emergency Procedures
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Emergency and hazard signage is clearly visible?
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Written evacuation procedures and exits displayed?
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Escape routes and emergency doors are clear?
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Are spill kits available?
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Portable fire extinguishers have been provided and maintained?
4. First Aid Facilities
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There are appropriate first aid and emergency facilities in the near vicinity and workers' are aware of them.
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Kits are clearly signed, stocked and contents are in-date.
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Names and contacts of first aiders displayed and up to date.
5. General Facilities
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Washing facilities are clean and functional.
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Are stairs, passageways and store rooms well lit?
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Warning and Safety signage in good condition.
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Isolation valves are readily accessible and clearly labelled.
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Walls, windows, doors and furniture is in good condition.
6. Manual Handling
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Where applicable manual handling Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are available.
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Personnel in inspection area are inducted and trained in manual handling.
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Trolleys or mechanical hoists are available and are being considered for heavy items or loads.
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All manual task-related incidents have been adequately investigated and control measures implemented and reviewed.
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Workers have been asked for safer ways to do the job.
7. Storage
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Materials stored in racks and bins wherever possible are not above shoulder height.
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Storage designed to minimize lifting problems I.e. heavy objects not stored on upper racks.
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Racking securely fixed to the floor or wall.
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Safe lifting sign displayed.
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Are storage areas labelled appropriately and organised?
8. Slips and Trips
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Warning signs are available and erected near spills
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There are special provisions for slip resistance in wet areas.
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Guard rails and slip resistance are provided on ramps and stairs.
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All slip and trip incidents have been adequately investigated and control measures implemented and reviewed.
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Significant hazards have been identified and assessed all the factors that will affect the risk has controls implemented?
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Walkways are free of hazards?
9. Electrical Safety
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Personnel in inspection area are inducted and trained in Electrical Safety and are following applicable SOPs. (Safe Operating Procedures).
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All equipment has current test tags?
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Residual current devices (RCD) are installed at switchboards or fixed into sockets?
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Portable RCD device is available and has been tested.
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Flexible cords, plugs and extension leads are in good condition and have either moulded or transparent type plugs and current test tag?
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Power points are suitable for the location and are positioned safely?
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Power boards are used. (not double adapters)?
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Faulty equipment is tagged out. (Tag and tags is available).
10. Chemical Aspects
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Personnel in inspection area are inducted and trained in Chemical Handling and are following applicable SOPs (Safe Operating Procedures)?
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Current MSDS are available for workers reference and included in the hazardous substances register?
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A risk assessment has been completed for all chemicals and harmful substances stored and used at the workplace?
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Control measures are in place? And in use?
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Original containers have the manufacturer's label?
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Decanted containers are labeled with name, risk and safety instructions?
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Chemicals stored according to compatibility and bundled i.e. in flammable or corrosive cabinets.
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Are minimal amounts of corrosives stored, and/or used?
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Only flammables stored in flammable liquid cabinet?
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Are the warning signs on the cabinet legible? (e.g. DG Class 3 diamond, no smoking, no ignition sources).
11. Personal Protective Equipment
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PPE requirements are posted at all entry points?
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PPE requirements displayed on equipment?
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Required PPE available?
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PPE is in use?
12. Noise
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A risk assessment on noise has been conducted where it is likely that workers are exposed to noise levels.
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Control measures have been put in place to reduce the risk of injury as a result of noise, including the provision of personal hearing protection?
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Workers have received information and training in relation to noise at the workplace?
13. Machinery and Plant
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Records are kept of maintenance, alterations and inspections.
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Are records of training held for appropriately trained people?
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SWMS/SOP/Warning signs are clearly visible and current?
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Pre-start safety check of mobile plant is carried out in accordance to Manufactures instructions
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Manufacturer's manuals and operator instructions are readily available.
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Emergency stops tested and are working?
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Work area is tidy, clear of hazards, separated from pedestrian traffic etc?
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Mobile plant is in good working order. (Seat, lights, steering, controls, horn, tyres, gas cylinder, warning signs, brakes, mast, chains, hoses, counterweight, control labels).
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Work area is organized for the safety of the mobile plant operator and pedestrians. (Safe walkways on floor?)
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Keys are not left behind in unattended mobile plant.
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Forklift operators hold a high risk work license for forklift operation and have reached 18 years of age.
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seatbelt and rollover protection is provided wherer required.
14. Guarding
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Operators and maintenance personnel properly trained, familiar with the operation and set up of machinery and able to demonstrate safety features.
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Where fixed guards are provided, they prevent operation of the machinery when open, the guards are prevented from opening while the machinery is in operation.
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Where a presence sensing system is used, it operates as intended and stops the machinery when the light beams or sensors are interrupted.
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Guards protect against hazards to the rear and sides of machinery.
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Pre-operational checks are conducted to ensure safety features are in working order.
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Warning signs and decals clearly visible.
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Where it is not practical to provide guarding and people are required to operate or pass close to dangerous moving parts, a safe system of work in place to reduce risk?
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Manufacturer's manuals are available for operators.
Other Hazards
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Other hazards
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