Title Page

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Site activities being inspected

  • Type of Work

  • Weather Condition

Project Documentation

  • Operatives site induction training records available ?

  • Are the task specific risk assessment and method statement present on site?

  • Are the workforce signed risk assessment and method statement?

  • Workforce Involvement/Consultation - any revisions required by staff/site team to task specific RAMS- safe system of works?

  • Are all operatives are on the training matrix i.e. yard, admin staff etc?

  • Are the staff training records available on site?

  • Evidence of the latest training available such as- Toolbox Talks, RAMS, Equipment Training etc ?

  • Are there additional staff training required?

Lifting Operations

  • General condition of lifting equipment (check for damage , incorrect use etc)

  • Are thorough (e.g. 12 and 6 monthly) examination certifications on file and in date?

  • If lifting operations in progress, asset tags are legible and intact checked and valid for telehandlers, hiabs etc?

  • Manual handling operation -If operatives are lifting heavy items is a manual handling assessment in place- as part of activity risk assessment.

  • Operatives manual handling training records available on site?

  • Are there designated areas for loading and unloading operations?

Daily Inspection Records

  • Evidence of staff daily task safety briefing available on site ?

  • Daily plant and equipment inspection records available on site .i.e. forklift daily checks, work equipment, hand held tools , circular saw etc checks ?

  • Tool equipment daily/weekly inspections being carried out by the user/ operator?

  • Daily welfare facilities inspection records .i.e. maintenance records etc ?

  • Welfare facilities are clean and tidy toilets are clen and adequate for numbers ?

Site and Work Environmental Conditions

  • Adequate welfare facilities, clean, tidy and well-maintained ?

  • Are there sufficient facilities in the area ?

  • Fire risk assessment ,fighting equipment, suitable, sufficient and tested?

  • Fire escape ? (fire escape routes, disabled person access and egress clear from obstructions)

  • Fire prevention ? ( debris/waste removal , bon fires , smoking)

  • Is lighting and ventilation adequate in all facilities?

  • Have facilities been cleaned and waste removed?

  • Has public protection been provided ?

  • Adequate segregation in place and site safety signage in place?

  • Speed limit warning signage are displayed ?

  • Visitors information safety signs?

  • Site layout displayed ?

  • First aid and Fire marshal posters displayed in prominent locations ?

  • Mandatory PPE safety signs displayed?

Workplace

  • Access and Egress -suitable and safe , planned and well maintained ?

  • Site security (compound/site/adequately fenced/trespassers)

  • Public /private nuisance e.g. noise, dust, lighting and waste etc?

  • Personal Protective Equipment being worn by the work force ?

  • Work at height ?

  • Prevention of falls from height or falling materials and are adequate e.g. suitable edge protection in place, work platforms, work stations

  • Are service tranches protected , fragile surface, scaff tags , podiums, ladders, hop ups PUWER statutory inspection records in place?

Temporary Works

  • Are temporary work/storage inspection records are available (scaffolding structures, roof protection, formwork, falsework)

Electricity

  • Work benches - general condition of cables, transformers, spider boxes, power tools ?

  • Electrical equipment PAT tested and records in place?

  • Working underneath or next to the power lines ?

  • Safe clearance distance being breached ?

  • Lighting (adequate for operations in place including task lighting)

  • Are the 110 volts being used ?

  • Site traffic management ( signage, parking , fences, traffic plan)

Noise, Dust and Vibration

  • If noisy operations are in progress is hearing protection being worn and has an assessment been made?

  • Are measures in place to prevent activities creating a statutory nuisance in terms of noise?

  • Vibration?

  • If using equipment that is causing hand-arm vibration are workforce aware of and complying with trigger time?

  • Dust/mud suppression ?

  • Is dust and mud an issue and is it being adequately controlled?

  • Are cutting work require a dust suppression ? (i.e. timber and steel cutting)

  • Ground conditions ?

  • Safe access and egress to work areas ?

Housekeeping and Waste Management

  • Are all the spare materials in a neat and tidy condition?

  • Is the waste materials has been segregated in to the designated skips, bins etc?

  • Is any waste materials lying around the work area?

  • Is the waste been cleared and removed from site ?

  • Skips and bins are labelled ?

  • Oil/diesel storage are in bounds and no evidence of significant spillages, spill kits and emergency responses in place ?

  • Drip trays in place when carrying out fuelling duties (oil, diesel , ad blue )

  • Refuelling operations being controlled ?

  • Availability and location of emergency spill kit ?

  • LPG and gas canisters are stored in designated area and adequately secured ?

  • Wildlife-(tree and ground nesting birds, bats , badger , licences etc)

  • Materials stored in designated area ?

  • Storage of materials- safe, prevent loss, damage or contamination , collapse ?

  • COSHH if hazardous , is COSHH assessment available, briefed to the workforce ?

  • COSHH - are controls detailed in assessment being complied with ?

Corporate Image Information

  • Health and Safety notices board on display ?

  • Are the Health and Safety , Environmental and Quality Policies available on site?

  • Are the SHEQ Policies are signed by senior management in the past year ?

  • Are the health and safety ,environmental emergency procedures on display in the workplace i.e. yard, admin offices etc ?

Sign Off

  • On site representative

  • Auditor Signature

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