Information

  • Document No.

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Element 1.0 Health and Safety information

  • Is Health and Safety information made available to people who regularly work from this location?

  • A notice board should be available where the current Health and Safety at Work poster ' What you need to know' is displayed.
    Other current information should also be available including Fire Wardens & First Aiders.

  • Recommendations

  • Are staff aware of where to access the CRI Health and Safety policies?

Element 2.0 Training and Instruction

  • Have all those who regularly work from this location been given induction training, including fire evacuation?

  • Are written records available confirming this induction has been given?

  • Have staff and managers attended CRI's Introduction to Health and Safety training?

  • Have staff received appropriate de-escalation or managing violence and aggression training?

Element 3.0 Workplace Safety

  • Are premises inspections carried out on a regular monthly basis?

  • Where action is required from inspections are they closed out and recorded as such ?

  • Are statutory tests completed in line with CRI policy?

  • Fixed wiring, gas, asbestos, portable electrical appliances.

  • Has a legionella risk assessment been conducted for the location?

  • Are monthly water temperature checks carried out and the results recorded?

  • Are all work areas kept tidy and uncluttered?

  • Are floors and passageways (if included in the audit) clear of obstruction?

  • Regularly work can also include visiting clinical staff, cleaners and maintenance contractors

Element 3.1 Fire Safety

  • Is a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) in place for this location?

  • FRA's are required for all CRI operating locations where the organisation has a responsibility for it's demise. Only services operating from prisons are excluded from this requirement

  • Does the FRA reflect the occupancy level. Activities and fire safety risks?

  • Have actions arising from this FRA been addressed, and signed off?

  • Actions arising must be recorded with dates for completion. All actions completed should be signed off by the responsible person, normally Service Manager.

  • Does the building floor plan correctly reflect the building layout?

  • Is the floor plan posted on exit routes in the building?

  • Is there sufficient evacuation signage?

  • does the Fire Evacuation Plan contain the correct, current information for this location?

  • The plan should include the number of extinguishers, the types, the location of the muster point and the names of current Fire Wardens.

  • Are all fire safety system checks carried out as prescribed in CRI policy?

Incident reporting and Investigation

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