Construction Site Inspection

• Site conducted

  Select

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Do workers have a safe route to their place of work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the site fenced and secured so that the public cannot gain access?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are members of the public, such as people passing by the site, protected e.g. from falling material, moving machinery?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do vehicles have visual and reversing aids fitted where needed e.g. reversing camera, convex mirror?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the site tidy and well laid out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are appropriate safety signs in place e.g. traffic routes, authorised personnel, PPE?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are welfare facilities e.g. toilets and canteen, adequate and are kept clean?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have workers been instructed and trained on safe manual handling?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is appropriate lifting equipment provided for handling heavy loads; is it suitable for the job, certified and inspected regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have existing services and equipment maintained and frequently inspected by a competent person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are electrical systems and equipment maintenance and frequently inspected by a competent person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the only power supply being used 110V and are there adequate transformers points on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are collective measures in place to stop workers and objects from falling e.g. netting, scaffolding?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolds erected, altered and dismantled by competent CSCS scaffolders?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolders inspected at least weekly by a competent person and the results records?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are any remedial works identifed during scaffold inspections complete?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where collective fall protection measures are not possible, are persons working at height using appropriate fall arrest/restraint equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladders and stepladders used only for light work of short duration and when there is no other choice?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have lifts and hoists been properly installed, certified and checked by competent people?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all people on site wearing the correct personal protective equipment e.g. footwear, hard hat?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are suitable protective measures being used to prevent or reduce exposure to dusts e.g. wood, cement, silica?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are suitable protective measures being used to prevent or reduce exposure to noise and vibration?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is work equipment, plant and machinery maintained in a safe condition and is it inspected regularly by competent persons?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are plant and machinery safety devices kept in good working order e.g. sound signals, guards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are excavations adequately supported to reduce the risk of collapse and are they inspected before work starts and given a thorough examination by a competent person weekly and after alterations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are people working on site in possession of a valid Safe Pass card and have they been inducted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are workers suitably trained and in possession of a valid CSCS card where applicable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do all employees get information about potential risks and control measures in a language and at a level that they understand?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there systems in place for consultation with workers on safety, health and welfare matters and to support the safety representative?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Completion

• Name

• Signature

  Sign

• inspections complete?

  Yes

  No

  N/A