Job Site Safety Inspection Checklist

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Administrative/General

• Are subcontractor orientation checklists up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are on site meeting minutes addressing safety issues?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the Safety Records Manual And Accident Prevention Program on site and up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do daily reports contain relevant safety issues?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does each sub have trained first aid available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is first aid kit(s) on site and location posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Weather radio and camera in trailer?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are air horns on site and readily available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are emergency contacts and hospital map posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is exit and evacuation signage posted properly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there steps and handrails at the trailer entrances?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the temporary roads adequate for emergency vehicles?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are universal crane signals posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are OSHA records and posters posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are safety signs and postings properly maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Personal Protective Equipment

• Are hard hats and proper footwear worn by all workers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Body Protection as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is eye and face protection being utilized as necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is foot protection being worn where required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are dust masks or respirators being worn where necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have respirators been fit tested?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have personnel been trained in proper PPE use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is hearing protection being used as necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Housekeeping & Sanitation

• Are storage areas, aisles and walkways clear?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the site office/trailer clean and organized?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are construction materials neatly piled and stacked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are nails removed from lumber?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are sanitary facilities adequate and clean?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Drinking water tested and approved?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are refuse piles/dumpsters regularly removed or emptied?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have all spills been properly cleaned up?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Fire Protection / LPG

• Is a fire prevention program in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 1-hour construction maintained between occupied and construction?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evacuation signs posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Evacuation instructions to personnel?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fuel tanks inspected by municipality?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Rescue reviewed with Fire/EMS?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a source of water clearly marked for fire protection?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are fuels being stored in properly marked containers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are no smoking rules being observed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are fire extinguishers on site and charged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• FEs (1) per 3,000 s.f. Or (1) per floor?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• FEs at stairwells?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Air horn at stairwells?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Exits are unobstructed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are all liquids properly labeled and stored?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• No more than 25 gallons of flammable materials outside of storage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Combustible debris piles no higher than 20? At least 10' from bldg.?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Driveways around combustible piles at least 15' wide?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do storage locations have fire extinguishers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Ladders, Scaffolding & Aerial Lifts

• Have damaged ladders been removed and tagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do ladders reach 3 feet above landings and are properly secured?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ladders set at proper slope and on a stable surface?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Is the platform or top 2 steps of a step ladder being used as a work surface?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Has a competent person been identified for scaffolding?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have employees using scaffolding been properly trained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is scaffolding in good working order?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Frames with integral ladders, or ladders used to reach work?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Are scaffolds on sound, rigid surfaces?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolds secured and stabilized as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are scaffolds being properly labeled?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are guardrails, mid rails and toe boards installed as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are screens installed where persons pass under scaffold?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is planking scaffold grade, in good condition and installed correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have any OHC provided roof access ladders been installed and maintained?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Does it appear that fall protection methods are being utilized as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is lift equipment utilized by OHC properly maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are lifts utilized properly for the tasks being completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is fall protection being utilized in aerial lifts?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are stilts 18" or less? (For projects under OSHA jurisdiction, are stilts being used per the manufacturer's recommendations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Material Handling & Disposal

• Are materials stored according to their fire characteristics?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are proper lifting procedures being practiced?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are chutes over 20' enclosed to the exterior of the building?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are material drop areas barricaded and posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Concrete & Masonry Construction

• Is all exposed reinforcing steel capped as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are masonry walls braced as required and signage posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Fall Protection

• Is fall protection being used as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are guardrails installed and properly set?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are perimeter cables installed and properly flagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are safety nets installed and properly set?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are slab bars a trip hazard at entries / front stoops?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

• Are roof warning lines properly installed and maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are HOLES properly covered and marked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are wall openings properly protected?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are lower levels protected from falling objects?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are fall protection devices being used in aerial lifts?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are OHC employees properly trained for PPE being used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Electrical

• Are lights protected from breakage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are temporary lights properly suspended?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are extension cords grounded and correctly rated for use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have damaged cords been removed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are extension cords properly hung and flagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are energized electrical panels properly guarded and covered?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are ground fault circuit interrupters in use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are overhead lines properly supported and flagged?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Tools

• Are air line connections secure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are electrical tools properly grounded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does all equipment and tools have the required guards in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Compressed Gas, Welding And Cutting

• Are cylinders stored upright with cans secured?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are cylinders stored in a safe location?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are different types of gas cylinders stored the proper distance apart?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have damaged cable, regulators, etc. been removed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Cranes, Rigging And Mechanized Equipment

• Has the swing radius of rotating machines been barricaded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are back up alarms working on equipment where required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are clearances to OH power lines being maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do lifting hooks have safety latches?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have defective slings been removed from service?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are nylon slings being protected from cutting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are universal crane signals posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Excavating And Trenching

• Have underground utilities been located and staked?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are excavations guarded, sloped or shored as required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are materials a proper,distance from the edge of an excavation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are daily excavation inspections being documented by a competent person?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do trenches and excavations have required means of egress?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Special Requirements

• Is Lockout / Tagout procedures required for this project? If so, is the procedure in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a Hot Work Permit required for this project? If so, is the procedure in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Miscellaneous Items

• Miscellaneous Item #1

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Miscellaneous Item #2

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Superintendent's Signature

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• Auditor's Signature

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