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Access and Egress

  • Is there safe access and egress to all working areas?

  • Have pedestrian walkways been provided to protect them from moving vehicles?

  • Access and egress compliant?

Confined space

  • Is there a risk assessment for the confined space work?

  • Ensure all confined space permits have been checked,are valid and being strictly enforced ?

  • Confined space compliant ?

Excavations and Earthworks

  • Ensure that checks are made to determine the presence of any buried services before and during all excavation works

  • All excavations should be carried out in accordance with a detailed method statement and permit to dig, is there a permit to dig?

  • Check that there is safe access into the excavations

  • Check that barriers or other protection are in order to stop people or vehicles falling in

  • Ensure that materials,spoils and plant is stored away from the edge of the excavation to reduce the chance of collapse

  • Excavation and earthworks compliant

Housekeeping and welfare

  • Drying room condition?

  • Canteen condition?

  • Toilets condition?

  • Access to drinking water?

  • Are welfare facilities compliant ?

  • Housekeeping compliant ?

Site setup

  • Latest H&S Policy

  • Fire plan?

  • Emergency plan and contacts ?

  • First aid location signs?

  • Assembly point signs?

  • No smoking signs?

  • Health and safety law poster?

Plant and equipment

  • Ensure that tools and equipment are stored correctly to avoid damage to the equipment and persons

  • Ensure all plant and machinery is inspected on a weekly basis by a competent person and recorded in a plant inspection register

  • Does all plant fitted with a semi automatic hitch have safety pins fitted

  • Are all plant operators trained and hold a valid plant operators card for categories being operated?

  • All driven plant used correctly and safely ,keys removed if not in use , seat belts worn?

  • All plant on site has beacons?

  • Plant and equipment compliant ?

RAMS

  • Ensure all rams have been prepared by a competent person and have been checked reviewed and signed ?

  • Are method statements adequate and suitable for the task?

  • Rams compliant?

General site conditions

  • Is the site secure and safe?

  • Are work areas secure and have barriers to secure the work area from unauthorised areas?

  • Are work areas clear of slip trip falls, debris ,protracting nails etc

  • Is rebar safe from people falling ?

  • Is house keeping ,good clean and tidy?

  • General site conditions compliant?

Management procedures

  • Site inductions and tool box talks have been completed ?

  • Permits required for current works on site ?

  • Certificates for plant were on site ?

  • Management procedures compliant?

Personal protective equipment (PPE)

  • Operative were observed wearing hearing protection correctly,hey understood the requirement to wear them and dangers if not worn whilst working in a noisy environment

  • Safety goggles or glasses were being worn for the correct operation?

  • Helmet conditions

  • Gloves

  • Protective footwear

Kerbs,mono-block or slabs

  • Material moved close to the works by mechanical means

  • Dust suppression used if cutting ?

Other

Summary

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