Information

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Document No.

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

Site Details

  • Site / Project Name

Work Areas

  • Do you wish to examine work areas on this safety walk?

  • General Housekeeping (neat, tidy, dust free)

  • Walkways (free of debris and obstructions)

  • Work Surfaces (clear of clutter and dust)

  • Sides or Holes (safety guards or covered)

  • Impalement Hazards (none present, or adequately marked)

  • Material Storage/Lay Down (neat and tidy)

  • Is all lighting (general and task lighting) suitable and sufficient?

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Do you wish to examine PPE on this safety walk?

  • Hard Hats (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Safety Glasses (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Safety Goggles and Face shields (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Respiratory Protection (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Hearing Protection (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Appropriate Clothing (in safe condition)

  • Gloves (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Foot Protection (fit for task, worn by crew and in safe condition)

  • Tool Lanyards (available, worn by crew and in safe condition)

Working at Height

  • Do you wish to examine working at height on this safety walk?

  • Is there safe access to all work at height activities?

  • Is edge protection in place?

  • Are all podiums safely erected?

  • Are all mobile scaffold towers safely erected?

  • Are Scafftags in place and up to date on all podiums and mobile scaffold towers?

  • Does all lifting equipment for lifting persons (pop ups, scissor lifts, booms) have an in-date LOLER thorough examination certificate?

Fall Protection Equipment

  • Do you wish to examine fall protection equipment on this safety walk?

  • Fall protection equipment inspected inspected regularly and before use

  • Appropriate for task and used properly by crew where applicable

  • Suitable Anchorage Points

Ladders

  • Do you wish to examine ladders on this safety walk?

  • Ladders are well maintained and in satisfactory condition

  • Ladder base, footing and set up is to standard

  • Proper Ladder for Task

Tools and Equipment

  • Do you wish to examine tools and equipment on this safety walk?

  • General condition of tools

  • Tools and Equipment inspections take place and are recorded

  • Right tools are being used for tasks

  • Crew members are trained to be competent in the tools appropriate for their work tasks

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

  • Do you wish to examine COSHH on this safety walk?

  • Are COSHH assessments and material safety data sheets (MSDS) available for all hazardous substances?

  • Is exposure adequately controlled?

  • Hazardous substances correctly stored?

  • Hazardous substances correctly disposed of (i.e. In appropriately labelled, dedicated containers)?

  • Are spillage procedures in place?

Excavations

  • Do you wish to examine excavations on this safety walk?

  • Access/Egress is safe and frequency of egress is acceptable

  • Shoring/Shielding/Sloping is safe

  • Barricades are in place as required

  • Spoil Pile

Electrical Safety

  • Do you wish to examine electrical safety on this safety walk?

  • Ground fault circuit interrupters in use

  • Extension Cords are not causing trip hazards or used inappropriately

  • Power Tools are undamaged and being used fit for purpose

Personnel

  • Do you wish to check personnel and this safety walk?

  • Behavior is orderly and professional

  • Clear communication is possible without needing to shout

  • Proper lifting technique demonstrated

People Safety

  • Do you wish to check work crew safety knowledge at this inspection?

  • Approach at least one team member and record their responses to the following. Make clear this is not an assessment of the team member themselves, but rather the safety procedures on site.

  • Team Member
  • Has the team member attended a pre-start meeting or toolbox talk within the last week?

  • Is the team member able to describe the correct process to follow in an emergency situation?

  • Is the worker able to identify three hazards they may encounter in their tasks today?

  • Team member signature (to verify this interview took place NOT to assess their safety knowledge)

Fire and First Aid/Welfare

  • Do you wish to check fire and first aid/welfare?

  • Is fire fighting equipment available on site?

  • Have all fire extinguishers been serviced within the past 12 months?

  • Are all fire/emergency escape routes clear and marked?

  • Are all fire points clear and free from obstructions?

  • Is there a first aider on site?

  • Is first aid equipment available (first aid kits, etc.)?

  • Are suitable welfare facilities in place?

Safety Documentation

  • Do you wish to check safety documentation?

  • Are both the risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) relevant to the current work activities?

  • Are the current/most recently updated set of RAMS within the green site file?

  • Have the RAMS been signed by all operatives?

  • Have weekly toolbox talks been completed?

  • Have the weekly equipment inspection forms been completed?

  • Have the daily MEWP checklist forms been completed?

Ductwork Installation

  • Do you wish to check ductwork installation controls?

  • Are all operatives wearing the appropriate face mask to be used for when drilling into concrete (note: WTL policy states only JSP Force 8 half-mask with ‘press to check’ P3 filters must be used)?

  • Have all operatives been face fit tested, with records available on site?

  • Are all operatives that require use of face masks clean shaven?

  • Are all operatives using the correct on-tool extraction with their drills (note: It is WTL policy that only H-class or M-class type extraction is used)?

Competency & Training

  • Do you wish to check competency and training records?

  • Do all operatives hold a valid CSCS card?

  • If mobile towers are being used, is there adequate coverage of PASMA trained operatives?

  • If MEWPs are being used, is there adequate coverage of IPAF trained operatives?

Quality

  • Do you wish to check quality assurance compliance?

  • Have daily site diaries been completed?

  • Is there a fully signed-off release of works form for each area released to date?

  • Have all finished works been fully inspected, complete with fully signed-off record of inspection/completion form(s)?

General Comments

  • Any further comments or recommendations arising from this inspection?

  • Add any additional relevant photos

  • Have all required corrective actions been added as Actions to this inspection?

  • Please add any corrective actions to the appropriate questions above before completing this report

  • Have all previous corrective actions identified on previous inspections been completed?

Sign Off

  • Name & Signature of Inspector

  • Name & Signature of Site Supervisor / Foreman

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