Information

  • Document No.

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Safety paperwork:

  • DTA /PTA Are all hazards associated with their work identified? Include other contractor hazards working around them.

  • Daily equipment checklists filled out? (Aerial Lifts/ Scissor Lifts, Generators, Light Towers, Lulls, Forklifts, Welders, etc.)

  • Current OSHA Posters?

  • Weekly paperwork completed? (PPE Audits, Lean Check Lists, and Tool Box Talks)

PPE:

  • Hard hat, safety glasses, high visibility vest, safety toed boots, gloves, long pants, and four inch sleeves. (Minimum requirement)

  • Welding hood or face shield attached to a hard hat?

  • Proper PPE used for task? (Ear plugs, welding sleeves, goggles, etc.)

Elevated work at or above six feet:

  • Proper use of safety harness, lanyard, retractable, life line, etc.?

  • Fall protection devices been inspected as is required?

  • Proper anchorage points provided for tie off?

  • Employees tied off when working six feet and above? (Ladders, form work, rebar, unprotected elevated surfaces, steel, walls, equipment, etc.)

Electrical:

  • Proper color coding of electrical cords, welding leads, etc.? ((Jan, May, Sept, - Red) (Feb, Jun, Oct, - Blue, )(Mar,Jul, Nov - White ) (Apr, Aug, Dec, - Yellow)

  • Extension cords are not damaged, have a ground prong or are double insulated, proper size for construction use, ends not pulled showing insulation, etc.?

  • All cords are either protected, run overhead or along walls, run over door ways, and do not create a trip hazard?

  • Cords not run through doorways or over sharp edges where they can be pinched or cut?

  • GFCI's used and are free of damage?

  • GFCI's inspected as is required?

  • Overhead crane hot rail locked out/ tagged out or protected by a proper shield blanket if employee working within 5 feet of hot rail? Coordinate properly?

  • Lockout/tagout of energized systems?

Ladders and stairways:

  • Ladders have been inspected and free of damage?

  • Extension ladders or wood ladders tied off or are held steady by another employee?

  • Ladder labels are legible?

  • Step ladders fully opened, spreaders locked, and employees not working off of the top two steps?

  • Bottom of ladders free of trip hazards?

  • Stair treads filled as is required?

  • Proper ladder angle used? 4:1

  • Scaffold stair towers checked by a scaffold competent employee before it is used?

  • Proper steps installed when step is more than 19 inches?

Excavations and trenches:

  • Daily excavation and trench checklist completed by a competent employee?

  • All underground utilities have been identified before underground work begins inside or outside of any of the buildings?

  • Proper benching or sloping according to soil type?

  • Open excavation barricaded off as is required?

  • All overhead utilities, structures, or structures close to operation identified an planned on DTA?

  • Proper access/ egress provided within 25 feet when excavation is four feet or deeper?

Barricading Systems:

  • Barricade system in place and maintained as is required?

  • When complete barricade system removed?

  • Barricade systems identified with signage as is required?

  • Is barricade back far enough from the top edge of the excavation?

Overhead work:

  • Overhead work either barricaded off or a spotter present to direct traffic or warn of danger above?

  • Employees not walking under extended boom or within 8 foot of aerial/ scissor lifts?

  • Spotter not distracted by a mobile device, electronic device, other employees, etc.?

Scaffolding:

  • Scaffold tagged as is required? (Green, yellow, or red.)

  • Scaffold inspected daily by a comment scaffold employee before it is used? Correct date?

  • Scaffold properly erected with all components free of damage?

  • Proper access/ egress established?

Cranes:

  • Is there a crane action plan completed for crane use?

  • Proper training and certifications for crane employees?

  • Crane operator certified and has up to date medical fit test?

  • Daily and Monthly crane inspections completed for crane?

  • Riggers and signal persons qualified?

  • Crane with current annual inspection?

  • Audible signals used or lift area barricaded off?

  • Rigging inspected and rigged properly?

  • Tag lines used to control loads?

Mobile equipment:

  • Daily inspections completed?

  • Employee properly trained with proof of training?

  • Employees back at least 8 foot when equipment in motion?

  • Seat with seatbelt provided and fastened?

  • Fully charged fire extinguisher ?

Work areas:

  • Aisles / access to work areas clear?

  • Trip hazards removed?

  • Holes or wall openings properly covered with hole written on cover?

  • Impalement hazards capped as is required?

  • Laser signage posted when lasers in use?

Housekeeping:

  • Are debris removed daily as is required?

  • Are nails bent over or removed before wood scrap is placed into the wood dumpster?

  • Daily are materials segregated Into dumpsters? (Wood, general trash, construction debris, metal, and cardboard.)

  • Lunch and break trash removed regularly?

  • Materials organized and 5S techniques followed as is required?

Hot Work (Welding, cutting, and grinding):

  • Is a fully charged fire extinguisher available within hot work area?

  • Flammables and combustibles removed within 35 feet of hot work?

  • Hot work permit completed before hot work performed?

  • Fire watch in area?

  • Flammable high visibility vests removed when performing hot work?

  • Welding screens used to protect from welding flash?

  • Proper cutting glasses or welding hood lenses for hot work?

Cylinders:

  • Cylinders secured and in an upright position?

  • Cylinders capped and gauges removed if not in use for 24 hours?

  • Cylinders protected from moving equipment?

  • Flashback arresters on torch hoses?

Hand and power tools:

  • All hand tools inspected daily before use and are free of damage?

  • Damaged tools tagged and removed from service?

  • Power tools have proper guards and handles in place when they are in use? (Grinders, drills, saws all, etc.)

  • Cutting blades have been inspected for damage before use? (Ring tested)

  • Employees following manufacturer recommendations?

  • Employees trained?

Flammable storage:

  • Fuels / flammables stored in secondary contained area?

  • Fire extinguisher fully charged and inspected? ((Jan, May, Sept, - Red) (Feb, Jun, Oct, - Blue, )(Mar,Jul, Nov - White ) (Apr, Aug, Dec, - Yellow)

  • Spill kit available?

  • Rain water drained from containment using a sock to filter the water?

Cell phone use:

  • No walking, talking, or texting?

  • Electronic devices, cell phones, iPads, iPods, earphones, or radios not used when operating a piece of equipment or vehicle?

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