Title Page

  • Business

  • Site Name

  • Site Address/Location

  • Person seen

  • Regional Director/Contract Manager

  • Principal Contractor

  • Inspector Name

  • Inspector Position

  • Date

Documentary controls

  • 1 Site specific Health & Safety documentation available, on file or electronic for review at time of audit and in good order?

  • 2 Notices (Insurance Certificate, H&S Policy, H&S Law Poster & H&S Alert/Bulletins) displayed or available?

  • 3 Risk Assessments cover all activities and specific to site hazards. Current revisions available?

  • 4 Method Statements available & routinely reviewed ensuring all activities and site specific hazards are covered. Evidence of RAMS communication available?

  • 5 COSHH Assessments cover all materials in use containing hazardous substances?

  • 6 Evidence of CSCS & training cards or certificates available & in date?

  • 7 First Aid provisions in place? Accident procedures followed, HG accident reporting line used, notification reports received in a timely manner? RONM reporting system used?

Management Controls

  • 8 Are Induction Records up to date?

  • 9 Are Weekly toolbox talks up to date ?

  • 10 Are Weekly/Monthly Manager’s SHE Inspections up to date?

  • 11 Are actions from previous Site Audit Reports closed out?

  • 12 Is a suitable supply of mandatory & ‘task specific’ PPE available? Records of issue evident?

  • 13 Is suitable RPE available and have Operatives received Face Fit Tests, evidence available?

  • 14 Is the plant and equipment in use suitable for the works and in good order?

  • 15 Are the working platforms on site correct for the tasks being performed and in good order?

  • 16 Are the plant, equipment & working platform inspection records maintained?

  • 17 Are materials safely stored & can they be safely transported vertically & horizontally - Suitable routes in place e.g. ramps/hoists/loading bays, and have manual handling risks been considered and mechanical aids available?

  • 18 Are operatives able to access work areas safely - Walkways maintained, immediate work areas free of obstruction, suitably lit?

Physical Controls

  • 19 Control of Housekeeping and Materials in use - is the work area appropriately maintained, waste routinely collected and materials held safely?

  • 20 Are work areas set up to minimise risk to 3rd parties i.e. exclusion zones/barriers/signage/cable management?

  • 21 Are dust controls implemented? On tool extraction in use, suitable RPE used and worn correctly?

  • 22 Are works at height being undertaken safely? Is access equipment (MEWPs, Towers, Low-level platforms) being used correctly?

  • 23 Is plant and equipment being used in accordance with the control measures as specified in the documented safe systems of work?

  • 24 Are workers wearing the mandatory 5 points of PPE as per company requirements?

  • 25 Is ‘task specific’ PPE being worn where required (hearing defenders & impact resistant goggles)?

  • 26 Where manual handling is unavoidable, have the principles of safe handling been adopted (TILE)? Are handling aids used correctly?

Best practice

  • 27 Can examples of best practice, as per company procedures and industry standards be provided, e.g. RONM submitted, pro-active initiatives introduced?

Principal Contractor Continuation

  • Access and egress

  • Contractor coordination

  • Work at height

  • Plant and equipment

  • Personal protective equipment

  • Housekeeping and material storage

  • Welfare facilities

  • Lighting, Signage and Fire

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