Ground preparation inspection

• Site name

• Main Contractor

• Machine operator

• Prepared by

• Conducted on

  Date

• Any other person on site

• Location
  Address

• General update from last inspection

• Are there safety signs in place?

  Yes

  No

• Add pictures of signage

  Media

• What ground preparation is being used?

  Select Ploughing Continuous mounding Trench mounding Hinge mounding Invert Mounding

  • Ploughing
  • Continuous mounding
  • Trench mounding
  • Hinge mounding
  • Invert Mounding

• Has any ploughing occurred on peat that is more than 30 cms in depth?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are plough furrows at a greater gradient than 20 degrees?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there the recommended breaks in the ploughing?

  Yes

  No

• On steep slopes, plough lines show be broken every 30m. On shallow slopes and flat ground plough lines should be broken every 70m.

• How long are the plough line without breaks?

• Has any mounding occurred on peat over 50 cms deep?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What is the stocking density (mounds/ha)

• Yes

  No

• What is the mounding density? (per Ha)

• Are trenches disconnected from the drains?

  Yes

  No

• Can this be rectified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What can be done and who is responsible?

• Add images

  Media

• What is the mounding density? (per Ha)

• Yes

  No

• Yes

  No

• Yes

  No

• Are drains in the marked position?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there justification that drains needed to move from the marked line?

• Are new drains now steeper than 2 degrees?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are any drains running more than 2 degrees?

  Yes

  No

  N/A
• Add location
  Address

• Can this be rectified?

  Yes

  No

• What can be done to rectify?

• Are any drains discharging directly into a watercourse?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Can this be rectified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What can be done to rectify?

• Are there areas of steep ground on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has it been identified on the site specific risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

• Are the controls measures adequate and being followed?

  Yes

  No

• Are there any utilities on the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has it/have they been identified on the site specific risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

• Are the control measures in place adequate and being followed?

  Yes

  No

• Are there timber stacks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are they stable?

  Yes

  No

• Forest Road condition?

  Good

  Fair

  Poor

• What are the road issues?

• Is the defect safety critical and or require urgent attention?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there welfare provision on site?

  Yes

  No

• What are the welfare arrangements?

Risk Assessment

• Is there a copy of the risk assessment on site?

  Yes

  No

  No operator on site

• Where is the RA located?

• Have conditions changed which will require an update to the site specific risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What needs to be updated?

• Are operators following the controls on the site specific risk assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What controls are not being followed?

• Are operators wearing the correct PPE for the task?

  Yes

  No

  No operator on site

• What is the issue with the PPE?

• Are there suitable First Aid kits available?

  Yes

  No

  No operator on site

• Are there any watercourses present?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• KEEP YOU DISTANCE - Minimum working distances from watercourses, including connected ditches and drains. No ground preparation if:

• Width of 1 - 2m = 10m for no ground preparation

• Width of over 2m = 20m of no ground preparation

• Drinking water supply = 50m of no ground preparation

• What is the name and condition of the watercourse?

• Add images

  Media

• Are operators following the Forest Water guidelines?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide further detail

• Are there any diffused pollution incidents?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Detail of incident

• Is fuel/oil stored on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Location

• Is fuel or oil stored min 5m from drains or 10m from watercourses?

  Yes

  No

• Are tanks locked?

  Yes

  No

• Are there any historical features present?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What is the feature?

• Is it being protected during the operation?

Wildlife

• Are there any protected species/habitats constraints on site?

  Yes

  No

• Red squirrels

  Yes

  No
• Location
  Address

• Are Red squirrels being protected during the operation?

  Yes

  No

• Are veteran and or deadwood trees present?

  Yes

  No

• Has the management of veteran/deadwood trees been discussed and agreed with the contractor?

  Yes

  No

• Badgers

  Yes

  No
• Location
  Address

• Are badgers setts being protected during the operation?

  Yes

  No

• Pictures of holes

  Media

• Nesting birds

  Yes

  No
• Location
  Address

• Are known nesting birds being protected during the operation?

  Yes

  No

• Pictures of nest site

  Media

• Aquatic wildlife

  Yes

  No
• Location
  Address

• Are aquatic organisms being protected during the operation?

  Yes

  No

• Distiption

• Other European protected species

  Yes

  No

• What species have been found?

• Does the species require additional control measures?

  Yes

  No

• Protected area (SSSI, SPA, SAC)

  Yes

  No

• Name of designation?

• Are additional control measures required?

  Yes

  No

• Has there been any unsafe acts or near misses?

  Yes

  No

• Name of person reporting the near miss

• Date of reporting

  Date

• Job title

• Business

• Enterprise

• Date of the event

  Date

• Location

• Who did it involve?

• Who else was there?

• Describe what happened

• What caused this to happen?

  Select Third party access Environmental Equipment Human error

  • Third party access
  • Environmental
  • Equipment
  • Human error

• What caused this to happen?

• What can we do to stop this happening again?

• What is the target date for this to happen?

  Date

• Signature

  Sign