Information

  • Document No.

  • Site Health and Safety Inspection

  • Site / Project

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Manager

Site setup

  • Site is adequately secured from unauthorised access, security provided where required?

  • Site perimeter, approaches, access. In good order, compliant, effective?

  • Traffic plan, pedestrian routes, segregation. Formalised, clearly signposted, suitably robust?

  • Signage - warning & exclusion, PPE required, fire & 1st aid, emergency egress routes, informational?

Welfare

  • Sufficient for numbers, clean and sanitary?

  • Drinking water & cups, means of heating food & preparing hot drinks, seating, fixtures & fittings meet standards?

  • Fire plan suitable & sufficient for current needs, alarms & extinguishers tested / in date

  • Hot water & washing facilities, changing facilities, adequate storage for clothes & belongings?

Site office & Management

  • F10 and statutory notices displayed & in date?

  • Barnfield standard document systems used, statutory & BCL registers & returns complete?

  • Adequate supervision of hazardous works, vulnerable workers? Out of hours works properly authorised?

  • Trained & competent? Induction training conforms with policy? Asst. mgr. / foreman trained & available?

  • RA / MS available, reviewed for suitability?

  • Housekeeping & site order is to required standards?

Emergency readiness

  • Adequately trained personnel - fire marshal(s), basic training at induction & handout card given?

  • First aid cover available at all times, 1st aid kit adequate for numbers, in date?

  • Accidents / incidents are recorded & reported according to policy?

  • Environmental controls given adequate consideration?

  • Access routes are kept clear, emergency egress unobstructed? Muster point clearly indicated?

PPE

  • Correctly specified and used?

  • Recorded issue, adequate stock conforms to standards?

Plant

  • Operators competent & authorised, evidence obtained & recorded? Being used correctly / safely?

  • Inspections & maintenance carried out & recorded? Defects?

Temporary Works

  • Propping / formwork / hoardings etc to approved design? Independently checked?

  • Suitable & sufficient RA / MS and safe systems of work? Appointed duty holders?

Excavations

  • Safe dig policy implemented? Permits issued where required?

  • Suitably supported / battered? Adequate protection from falls into excavation?

Demolition

  • All operatives trained, competent and adequately supervised?

  • All plant & equipment is inspected, suitably guarded and free from defects?

  • Suitable exclusion, works left in safe condition when unattended?

Tools & equipment including work platforms <2m high

  • Hoses, Cables & Connections safely made, free from defects, routed to avoid damage / trip hazard

  • Operators competent? Others nearby affected / protected?

  • Free from defects, suitable for task? Max voltage 110v CTE for electrical apparatus?

Work at Height

  • Openings, stairs and edges adequately guarded, hierarchy of control for W.A.H.followed?

  • Low height access equipment correctly assembled, registered / inspected?

  • Personal equipment correctly specified, inspected & implemented? Suitable rescue plan?

  • FASET netting inspected / certified? Free from defects / excessive slack / dropped waste?

  • Exclusion zones, protection of others including public?

Scaffold

  • Erected to approved design or TG20 compliant? Access complies with BCL standards?

  • All platforms free from excessive gaps / loose or defective boards?

  • All potential falls adequately controlled?

  • Adequate inspection regime, recorded every 7 days?

  • Safe working load displayed / shared with all users?

MEWPS

  • Ground conditions, exclusion zones, overhead hazards inc. crushing?

  • MEWPS appropriately selected, correctly operated by competent authorised users?

  • Inspections recorded, free from defects?

Specified risks

  • Vibration - policy implemented, reduced vib. tools & equipment selected?

  • Dust - on-tool controls, suitable RPE face-fit tested, damping down of haul roads / spoil heaps?

  • Manual Handling - mechanical aids used ASFARP, any remaining awkward or >20kg lifts adequately assessed?

  • Noise - assessments where required, exclusion zones / protection zones? PPE correctly selected & used?

Hazardous substances

  • Asbestos management arrangements suitable & sufficient? Adequate awareness training provided?

  • COSHH data sheets / guidance provided, assessments adequate?

  • Adequate controls & ventilation? Correctly stored?

  • Fuels & lubricants safely stored, bunded 110% where required?

Lifting operations

  • Lifts are planned & carried out by competent persons, nominated in writing where required?

  • Adequate liaison on / off site prior to lift? Ground conditions checked & satisfactory?

  • Lifting equipment is inspected & certified, lifting accessories safely stored?

Confined Spaces

  • Trained & competent persons, Top man & Emergency team named?

  • Atmosphere checked? Adequate egress / rescue provisions? Emergency communication checked?

  • Permit to work? Nominated supervisor?

Miscellaneous / Other

  • see text

Conclusion & handover

  • Summary notes

  • Report issued by

  • Report received by

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