Information
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Document No.
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Audit Title
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Client / Site
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Location
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Personnel
Element 1.0 Health and Safety information
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Is Health and Safety information made available to people who regularly work from this location?
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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
- request the board and pack from Procurement
- display current fire evacuation information
- Post the current H&S newsletter
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Are staff aware of where to access the CRI Health and Safety policies?
Element 2.0 Training and Instruction
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Have all those who regularly work from this location been given induction training, including fire evacuation?
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Are written records available confirming this induction has been given?
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Have staff and managers attended CRI's Introduction to Health and Safety training?
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Have staff received appropriate de-escalation or managing violence and aggression training?
Element 3.0 Workplace Safety
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Are premises inspections carried out on a regular monthly basis?
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Where action is required from inspections are they closed out and recorded as such ?
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Are statutory tests completed in line with CRI policy?
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Fixed wiring, gas, asbestos, portable electrical appliances.
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Has a legionella risk assessment been conducted for the location?
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Are monthly water temperature checks carried out and the results recorded?
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Are all work areas kept tidy and uncluttered?
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Are floors and passageways (if included in the audit) clear of obstruction?
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Regularly work can also include visiting clinical staff, cleaners and maintenance contractors
Element 3.1 Fire Safety
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Is a Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) in place for this location?
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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
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Does the FRA reflect the occupancy level. Activities and fire safety risks?
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Have actions arising from this FRA been addressed, and signed off?
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Actions arising must be recorded with dates for completion. All actions completed should be signed off by the responsible person, normally Service Manager.
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Does the building floor plan correctly reflect the building layout?
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Is the floor plan posted on exit routes in the building?
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Is there sufficient evacuation signage?
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does the Fire Evacuation Plan contain the correct, current information for this location?
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The plan should include the number of extinguishers, the types, the location of the muster point and the names of current Fire Wardens.
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Are all fire safety system checks carried out as prescribed in CRI policy?