Information

  • Document No.

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

OSHA POSTERS & EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS

  • Available

FIRST AID KIT

  • Available

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

  • Eye Protection

  • Hard Hats

  • Hearing Protection

  • Respiratory Protection

  • Footwear

  • High Visibility Apparel worn by workers on site

  • Additional PPE concerns

HOUSEKEEPING / SANITATION

  • Stairs, Exits, Walkways kept clear

  • Trip hazards protected

  • Waist containers provided and used / rubbish removed

  • Material properly stacked and orderly

  • Nails bent or removed

  • Spills cleaned

  • Sanitary facilities / clean?

  • Adequate eating and drinking areas

  • Adequate lighting

  • Material on floor or roof secured from wind

  • Additional housekeeping concerns

FALL PROTECTION

  • Guardrails provided on unprotected edges

  • Cable guardrails flagged every 6 feet

  • Mid-rails in place and can withstand 150 pounds

  • Roof perimeter protected or warning line use

  • Floor openings/holes covered, marked, and secured (support 2 x the intended weight)

  • Employees using fall protection where required

  • Sufficient anchorage points being used (can support 5000lbs.)

  • Employees working on forms protected

  • Tied off in aerial lifts

  • Struck-by hazards eliminated (overhead work)

  • Additional fall protection concerns

  • Guardrails able to support 200lbs

  • Wall openings protected at less than 39 inches

  • Guardrails top between 39 and 45 inches

LADDERS / STAIRS

  • Ladders 3 feet above landing 4 to 1 ratio and tied off

  • Ladders in good condition

  • Area around top and bottom of ladder kept clear

  • Corral around access ladders

  • Hand rails on stairs with four or more risers

  • Platform or top step of stepladder not used as step

  • Metal ladders not used for electrical work

  • Step ladders used in open position only

  • No overhead electrical exposure

  • Additional ladder/stair concerns

SCAFFOLDING

  • Guard rails installed at 6 feet

  • Working platforms fully decked

  • Toe boards where needed

  • Access ladders provided

  • Scaffolds secured every 30 feet high and 26 feet vertically

  • Sufficient X bracing

  • Scaffolds on solid rigid footing no cinderblocks

  • Scaffolds not over loaded support 4 times the maximum load

  • Mud sills used where necessary for sloping ground

  • Scaffold planking overlapped 12 inches or secured

  • Scaffold planks extended over end supports 6 to 12 inches or secured

  • Fall protection on suspended scaffold and aerial lifts

  • Diagonal bracing on rolling scaffold

  • Baker scaffold has outriggers at 8 feet

  • Scaffolding Plumb and secure

  • Planking free from debris snow and ice

  • Diagonal brace provided

  • No overhead electrical exposure

  • No riding on rolling scaffolding

  • Additional scaffold concerns

ELECTRICAL PROTECTION

  • GFCI's used on all outlets?

  • Temporary panels covered / no empty breaker spaces

  • Access to breaker boxes kept clear

  • Lights sufficient for proper illumination

  • Cords in good condition / grounded / away from sharp edges, heat, oil, cutting surfaces / not strained

  • Only SJ, SJO, SJT, SJTO, S, SO, or STO hard cords used and durably marked

  • ROMEX used for temp lighting only

  • Overhead power lines accounted for / de-energized, guarded or insulated

  • Electrical equipment secured and fastened.

  • Temporary lighting - no open sockets, missing cages

  • Additional electrical concerns

EXCAVATION & TRENCHES

  • Protective system in place

  • Excavation properly sloped

  • Daily inspection made and documented

  • Inspections after rainstorms or excavation changes

  • Protective system for excavation greater than 20' engineered by a PE

  • Spoils 2' from edge of excavation & placed so rainwater & run-off move away from excavation

  • Access/egress provided if > 4' deep

  • Access/egress within 25' of workers

  • Able to walk upright on earthen ramps

  • Confined space hazard?

  • Excavation barricaded if necessary

  • SDS on site & up-to-date

  • Equipment away from edge

  • Adjacent structures shored

  • Additional excavation concerns

  • SDS on site & up-to-date

HAZARD COMMUNICATION

  • Written program on site

  • Container labeling- Hudson sprayers, drums, etc. (GHS)

  • Silica control plan provided for task disturbing silica

  • Additional Hazcom concerns

FIRE PREVENTION

  • Fire extinguishers provided & tested

  • Fire extinguishers every 3000 sq, feet / 100' of all work areas

  • Flammable liquids properly stored

  • Fuels in metal, properly labeled containers

  • Smoking controls in place

  • LPG safety relief valves in place

  • LPG containers properly stored

  • Fire hydrants kept clear

  • Soiled or combustible rags in appropriate container

  • Additional fire concerns

MASONRY

  • LAZ zone established - unsupported height + 4'

  • Masonry walls > 8' braced

  • Water used when cutting brick/ block

  • Respiratory protection used around masonry saw

  • Rebar capped

  • Additional masonry concerns

CRANES

  • Outriggers/cribbing used

  • Swing radius protected (360 degrees)

  • Power lines identified & marked if necessary

  • Inspections of cables, slings, chains, hooks, & eyes

  • Inspection logs maintained

  • Load capacity chart on machine

  • Signal persons trained and tested

  • Riggers qualified

  • Additional crane concerns

TOOLS

  • Guards in place; I.e. table saw, grinders

  • Employee trained on powder actuated tools

  • Loaded power actuated tools not left unattended

  • Radial arm & table saws have disconnect switches.

  • Belt driven equipment has full enclosed guards.

  • Air hoses secure

  • Tools disconnected when not in use / changing bits and blades

  • Damaged tools repaired or replaced

  • Tools /cords in good working condition

  • Proper tool used / grounded or double insulated

  • Additional tool concerns

COMPRESSED GAS, WELDING & CUTTING

  • Cylinders stored upright, with caps and secured

  • Different gas cylinders stored up to 20 feet apart/5ft barrier rated for 1/2 fire wall

  • Gas regulators working properly

  • Damaged welding cables, regulators or gauges removed

  • Valve protection caps in place when not in use

  • Fire watch provided - stay for 30 to 60mins.

  • Additional compressed gas concerns

PUBLIC PROTECTION

  • Construction fence

  • Roadway / sidewalk protection

  • Adequate warning signs & markers

  • Proper access / traffic control

  • Additional public protection concerns.

VEHICULAR EQUIPMENT

  • All vehicles inspected before each shift - testing shall include brakes, alarms, tires, horn, seat belt, lights, windshield wipers, defroster

  • Brakes & reverse alarm functional

  • Load capacities, operating speeds, hazard warnings posted

  • Parking brake set & loads down when not in use

  • Fire extinguisher in place and fully charged

  • Additional vehicle concerns

HOT WORK ENVIRONMENTS

  • Do heat stress conditions exist? ( high temp / humidity, direct sun, limited air, poor physical condition, insufficient h2o intake)

  • Danger ( 60% rel.hum. Or 95 degrees) / Caution ( 30% RH or 85 degrees

  • Is adequate h2o on site?

  • Are adequate cooling areas provided? / hose-down area?

  • Additional rest provided?

DEMOLITION

  • Engineering survey for all operations

  • Protection of adjacent structures

  • Public protection - sidewalks / roads

  • Clear areas for chutes & trucks

  • Chutes - bumpers used when using wheelbarrow / cart

  • Chutes - gates used at discharge end

  • Chutes - angle greater than 45 degrees must be enclosed

  • Additional demolition concerns.

OTHER

  • Any safety equipment needed on-site?

  • Misc pictues

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