Title Page

  • Contract Number & Name

  • Date of Inspection

  • Name of Safety Auditor

  • Name of Site Manager/Supervisor (Black Hat Appointed)

  • No. of HSE Reportable Accidents/Incidents since previous inspection

  • No. of First-aid Accidents since previous inspection

Health & Safety Inspection

Health and safety

  • 1 Supervision, competency, sub-contractors, young persons

  • 2 Traffic management plan, segregation, banksmen present

  • 3 Fire assessment, alarm, extinguishers, marshals, escape routes

  • 4 Welfare facilities, drying facilities, first aider & box available

  • 5 Display info: h&s policy & insurance notes available

  • 6 Safety induction & safety tool box talks

  • 7 Training records / matrix, competency - CSCS, IPAF, PASMA etc.

  • 8 Permits to work - roof / hot works etc. in place

  • 9 Safety meetings & consultation with workforce – frequency?

  • 10 Accidents / Incidents / Near Misses recorded? Book available

  • 11 Risk assessments & method statements in place, approved?

  • 12 COSHH assessments, including EPDM, adhesives, solvents etc.

  • 13 Physical agents, dust, noise, vibration – assessed?

Environmental

  • 14 Fuel & chemical storage controlled, spill kits/drip trays issued/used

  • 15 Waste – segregated & suitable signage, litter standards, leaching of skips

  • 16 Ecology – no disruption to general environment / wildlife / drainage systems

PPE

  • 17 PPE head protection being worn (mandatory?)

  • 18 Safety footwear being worn (steel toecaps / midsoles mandatory?)

  • 19 Eye protection being worn (mandatory?)

  • 20 Hand protection being worn (mandatory?)

  • 21 Safety harnesses being worn

  • 22 Hearing protection worn

  • 23 High-visibility clothing worn (mandatory?)

  • 24 Replacement PPE available

Working at Height

  • 25 Working at height: - how? emergency procedures in place?

  • 26 Protection from falling – debris netting, toeboards etc.

  • 27 Safeguarding others, occupiers, public, other workers

Scaffolding

  • 28 Scaffolding: foundations, base/sole plates, ties, bracing

  • 29 Standards, ledgers, transoms, platforms, guardrails, toeboards

  • 30 Brick guards, fans, nets, scaffold ladders

  • 31 Ladder beams, temporary roofs, gantry’s, material access

Access Equipment & Safe operation of plant, machinery and equipment:

  • 32 Access equipment: tower scaffolds, cradles, step ladders etc.

  • 33 Correct plant & machinery used / guarded where necessary

  • 34 Lifting equipment (vacuum lifters), lifting plans in place

  • 35 Towers / podiums erected by competent person, tagged

MEWPS

  • 36 MEWPs exclusion zones, debris netting, tethering lines in place

  • 37 Other plant being used (FLTs,), turned off when not in use

  • 38 Hand & power tools, drills, grinders – suitability

  • 39 Electrical safety, 110v & PAT inspections and records

  • 40 Maintenance & Inspection Records (MEWPs, towers etc.)

Safe place of work:

  • 41 Edge protection in place, stairways clear / closed

  • 42 Site tidiness, housekeeping, trailing cables, waste removal

  • 43 Storage, stacking, safe manual handling techniques adopted

  • 44 Access & egress around site & to workplaces, slips, trips & falls

  • 45 Work areas sufficiently illuminated, background & task lighting

  • 46 Services protected, highlighted, guarded, safe

  • 47 Structures, formwork etc. stable, braced/popped, not overloaded

Additional Information and Comments

  • Additional Comments Regarding Inspection Results: (Number Refers to Item on Previous Page)

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