L153 site audit (Construction regulations 2015)

• Site name

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by (name)

• Site address

Regulation 17 Safe places of construction work

• Is there safe access to and egress from the construction site provided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there means to prevent access and egress to the construction site and construction areas through routes other than those provided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there sufficient space within construction areas for workers and vehicles/plant to facilitate safe work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there safe access to and egress from every place construction is being carried out to every other place to which workers have access to within a construction site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 18 Good order and site security

• Is each part of the construction site in good order?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are construction areas where work is being carried out in a reasonable state of cleanliness?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is timber or any other materials around the site free of protruding nails and other sharp objects? (Applies to materials waiting to be used in construction work or that remaining in place after construction)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the perimeter of the site identified with suitable signs or fenced off?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 19 Stability of structures

• Does any new or existing structure appear to be at risk of collapse due to the carrying out of construction work? (Visual layman estimation only)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are buttress', temporary support or temporary structures being used for anything other than the intended purpose?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any buttress', temporary supports or temporary structures appear substantial enough for the imposed loads? (Visual layman estimation only)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 20 Demolition or dismantling

• Are arrangements for for any demolition or dismantling work recorded in writing before the demolitions or dismantling work begins?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 21 Explosives

• Are explosives stored safely and securely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have suitable and sufficient steps have been taken to ensure that no person is exposed to risk of injury from the<br>explosion or from projected or flying material caused by the explosion?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 22 Excavations

• Are excavations provided with supports or battering to prevent collapse?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are control measures in place to prevent work equipment or any accumulation of material from falling into any excavation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are control measures in place to prevent any part of an excavation or ground adjacent to it from being overloaded by work equipment or material?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For excavations where work is being carried out, has the excavation, work equipment and materials been inspected by a competent person at the start of the shift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For excavations where work is being carried out, has the excavation, work equipment and materials been inspected by a competent person after any event likely to have affected the strength and stability of the excavation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For excavations where work is being carried out, has the excavation, work equipment and materials been inspected by a competent person after any material unintentionally falls or is dislodged.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For excavations where work is being carried out, has the competent person who inspected satisfied that construction work can be carried out safely there?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 23 Cofferdams and caissons

• Are cofferdams and caissons of suitable design and construction? (Visual layman opinion only)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are cofferdams and caissons appropriately equipped so that workers can gain shelter or escape if<br>water or materials enter it? (Visual layman opinion only)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are cofferdams and caissons properly maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For cofferdams and caisson where work is being carried out, have they been inspected by a competent person at the start of the shift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For cofferdams and caisson where work is being carried out, have they been inspected by a competent person after any event likely to have affected the strength or stability of the cofferdam or caisson?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• For cofferdams and caisson where work is being carried out, has the competent person who inspected satisfied that construction work can be carried out safely there?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 24 Reports of inspections

• Has a competent person deemed work in an excavations, cofferdam or caisson unsafe?

  They have not

  They have

  N/A

• Has the person on whose behalf the inspection of the excavation, cofferdam or caisson was carried out been informed of the risk to health and safety before the end of the shift?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has the competent person who inspected the excavation, cofferdam or caisson prepared a report (containing the information stipulated in L153) and provided a copy of it within 24 hours to the person on whose behalf the inspection was carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where a report has been completed has the person on whose behalf the inspection been carried out kept a copy at the site until construction is completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 25 Energy distribution installations

• Where there is a risk of interaction with construction work, are overhead electric power cables directed away from the area of risk?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where there is a risk of interaction with construction work are the overhead power lines isolated, and where necessary earthed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where the above two questions are not reasonably practical, have barriers for the exclusion of work equipment which is not needed been provided and/or suspended protections where vehicles need to pass beneath the cables been provided or measures providing an equivalent level of safety been provided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 26 Prevention of drowning

• Is there a risk of persons falling into water or other liquids drowning in the course of the construction work?

  Safe

  At Risk

  N/A

• Are there measures in place to prevent a person falling into water or other liquids where drowning could occur?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is suitable rescue equipment provided, maintained and accessible for prompt use in the event of a fall?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are suitable and sufficient steps in place to ensure the safe transport of any person conveyed by water to or from a place of work?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are vessels used to convey any person by water to or from a place of work overcrowded or overloaded?

  No

  Yes

  N/A

Regulation 27 Traffic routes

• Is the construction site organised in a way that facilitates the safe movement of pedestrians and vehicles?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the traffic routes suitable in terms of pedestrians or vehicles using them without causing danger to the health and safety of persons near it?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is sufficient line of site provided at any pedestrian doors or gates that lead onto a traffic route so that hazards can be spotted from a place of safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there sufficient separation between vehicles and pedestrians to ensure safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Where sufficient separation is not reasonably practical is there (a) other means of protection for pedestrians provided and (b) effective arrangements for warning any person liable to be crushed or trapped by any vehicle of its approach?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do loading bays have at least one exit for the exclusive use of pedestrians?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is an alternative door provided for pedestrians where the use of any gates primarily intended for vehicles would be unsafe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are traffic routes indicated by suitable signs where necessary for reasons of health and safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are traffic routes regularly checked ?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are traffic routes properly maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are vehicle routes free of obstruction with sufficient clearance for the vehicles and plant on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 28 Vehicles

• Is a person provided to give direction for activities where the task or vehicle don't give the driver or operator full visibility?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are vehicles being safely driven on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any vehicles appear overloaded or have loads that appear unstable?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do any construction vehicles have riders in any place other than the provided seats/operator positions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are designated safe areas provided for drivers who can't or are not permitted to stay in their 'cab' during loading and unloading activities?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are suitable measures in place to prevent a vehicle from falling into any excavation or pit, or into water, or overrunning the edge of any embankment or earthwork?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 29 Prevention of risk from fire, flooding or asphyxiation

• In the carrying out of construction work, is there suitable measures to prevent injury arising from fire or explosion?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• In the carrying out of construction work, is there suitable measures to prevent injury arising from flooding?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• In the carrying out of construction work, is there suitable measures to prevent injury arising from any substance liable to cause asphyxiation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 30 Emergency procedures

• Have suitable and sufficient arrangements for dealing with any foreseeable emergency on the construction site been made? (Matters in regulation 30(2) must be taken into account)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are people to which they apply aware of the emergency arrangements?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the emergency arrangements tested at suitable intervals?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 31 Emergency routes and exits

• Are there sufficient numbers of emergency routes for the fleeing of danger? (Matters in regulation 30(2) must be taken into account)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do emergency routes lead as directly as possible to a identified safe area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are emergency routes and exits and any traffic route giving access to it free from obstruction?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are emergency routes and any traffic route giving access to it have sufficient lighting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are emergency routes and exits highlighted by suitable signage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 32 Fire detection and fire-fighting

• Are suitable and sufficient fire-fighting equipment and fire detection and alarm systems provided and located in suitable places? (The matters in regulation 30(2) must be taken into account)<br>

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are fire-fighting equipment, fire detection and alarm systems examined and tested at suitable intervals and properly maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is non-automatic fire fighting equipment easily accessible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have people at the construction site been instructed in the correct use of fire fighting equipment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have people undertaking activities which present a higher risk of fire been suitably instructed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is fire fighting equipment highlighted by suitable signage?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 33 Fresh air

• Does the construction site, or the approach to the construction site have sufficient fresh or purified air to ensure that the site or approach is safe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does any plant used to provide sufficient fresh or purified air include a device that gives audible or visual alarms on any failure of the plant?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 34 Temperature and weather protection

• Is the temperature of indoor spaces on the construction site suitable for the purpose for which that space is used?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the persons in outdoor area of the construction site provided adequate protection from adverse weather?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Regulation 35 Lighting

• Is the construction site and approach and traffic route to that site must be provided with suitable and sufficient lighting? (Natural light preferred if reasonably practicable)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is any artificial lighting provided of free of color that could affect the perception of safety related signage? (For example red lights altering the colors and legibility of signs)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are areas where the primary artificial lighting could fail provided with suitable secondary lighting?

  Yes

  No

  N/A