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Safety Management

  • Safety Supervisor Nominated for the project?

  • Were you met and inducted on site?

  • Were emergency procedures explained to you?

  • First Aid facilities obvious?

  • Pre-Start and Hazard Register on-site?

Employee Involvement

  • Employees aware of emergency plan?

  • Employees aware of emergency assembly point?

General Safety Requirements

  • Hard Hats worn?

  • High Visibility clothing worn?

  • Gloves worn - manual handling?

  • Safety footwear worn?

  • Eye Protection worn?

  • Housekeeping on-site to acceptable level?

  • Toilets/Smoko sheds clean?

Site Accommodation

  • Site Containers tidy?

  • Safe access to site?

  • Toilets Clean?

  • Fire Extinguisher/Hose reels available at site?

Public Protection

  • Adequate signage around sites?

  • Site fencing in order to keep public/children off site?

  • Safe access to/from site?

  • Crossing clear with no obstructions?

  • Site parking controlled?

  • Visitor control operating correctly?

Reporting

  • Are company requirements for occurrence reporting complied with?

  • Does project report each serious near miss?

Site Vehicles/Machines (Diggers, Trucks, Hiabs, Dozers etc.)

  • Component operators and drivers?

  • Operator protective structures fitted where required (ROPS, FOPS etc.)

  • Are vehicle loads secure when traveling?

  • Reversing alarms operating correctly where fitted?

  • Reversing vehicles/plant guided by spotters?

  • Vehicle headlights on when traveling on-site?

Excavation

  • Underground services located/marked?

  • Shoring in place? No persons in place?

  • Safety shield installed where required?

  • Guardrails/Fences installed where required?

  • Proper access/egress from trench?

  • Sides battered/benched as required?

  • Overburden/Machinery well clear of the edge (600mm)

  • No water hazards?

Site Access

  • Access routes identified where appropriate?

  • Access routes have fall protection where required?

Manual Handling

  • Materials stored/stacked safely?

  • PPE provided where required?

General Hazards

  • Reo bar ends protected?

  • Protruding objects removed?

  • Hand tools properly used?

  • Machinery moving parts properly guarded?

  • Appropriate protection from by-products (sawdust/drill swarf etc.)?

Chemical

  • Hazardous material clearly identified?

  • Hazardous material properly stored?

  • Suitable PPE available?

Chemical/Fuel Spills

  • All chemicals/fuels stored in appropriate areas?

  • Are there materials on-site to deal with spillage?

  • Are people trained in what to do when spillage occur?

  • Do people know who to contact in the event for environmental damage?

  • Are SDS Sheets available where necessary?

Formwork/Framework

  • Is there Hazard ID relating to erection/fall protection?

  • Is there an exclusion zone around formwork/framework?

Precast Concrete

  • Proper lifting eyes/lift pins used for lifting?

  • Checked for cracking around lifting points prior to lifts?

  • Site storage correct?

  • Units at correct strengths before lifting?

  • Lifting beams, chains, strops etc. checked?

  • Checks at manufacturers carried out (where appropriate)?

  • Units checked for any other damage prior to lifting?

Portable Power Tools

  • Proper guards installed/operational?

  • Bench saws etc. transmission guards in place?

  • ELCB/transformers in use at supply?

  • Eye/hearing protection used when required?

  • Power supply cables/leads clear of cutting blades etc.?

  • Adequate lighting provided?

  • Tools used by component workmen?

Welding/Gas Cutting

  • Area checked for flammable substances?

  • Fire extinguisher handy?

  • Helmets/Goggles used?

  • Gloves/Jackets/Spats used where applicable?

  • Spark protection for others?

  • Flashback arrestors used?

  • Start-up/Shut-down procedures used?

  • Adequate ventilation provided?

  • Fume protection (extractors/masks) used where necessary?

  • Previous use of containers checked before cutting/welding?

Gas Cylinder Safety

  • Storage - separate fuel/oxygen?

  • Bottles vertical?

  • Bottles secured?

  • Flashback arrestors fitted?

  • Bottles turned off when not in use?

  • No bottles in confined spaces?

  • Fire extinguishers handy?

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