Information

  • Document No.

  • Audit Title

  • Client / Site

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Personnel

  • Client / Site

  • Region

  • Contractor/s

  • Job Description

  • Site

  • Date

  • Time

1. Environmental Assessment and Planning

  • Does the JSA identify environmental risks

  • Does the JSA identify controls to mitigate the identifed environmental risks

  • Have the appropriate controls been put in place on site?

  • Are the potential environmental risks and issues understood by the Site Supervisor or Manager

  • Are staff aware of how to report an environmental incident/near miss?

  • Can evidence of soil assessment documentation be produced (I.e. Primary Site Investigation, Risk Assesment, Soil Risk Assessment)

  • Is noisy plant and machinery switched off when not in use?

  • Has due care and attention been given to excavations beneath the drip lines of any trees?

  • Are the drip lines of any trees on site free of large/heavy equipment?

  • Are dust generating activities (i.e. concrete cutting), being managed correctly i.e. water hoses attached to cutting equipment?

2. Environmental Management

  • Is waste stored suitably (has climatic conditions been consdered, is it stored on a ground sheets and also covered, are silt traps in use)?

  • Are erosion and/or sediment control structures in place and stable?

  • Are erosion and/or sediment control structures located between source (i.e. spoil) and receptor (i.e. drain)?

  • Is the waste area well maintained and tidy?

When working near waterways and flood plains is sufficient mitigaton in place to avoid environmental harm (i.e. bank erosion, silty run off)?

  • Are soils excavated in a way that will allow it to be replaced in the order of excavation to avoid the possibility of soil inversion?

  • Has any trench water encountered on site been managed appropriatley in accordance with State Environment Policy and best prctice guidance?

3. Spoil Management

  • If handling contaminated soils, do the vehicles being used have the required EPA certificates/licences?

  • Do site staff have access to the relevant Service Provider waste management procedures?

4. Hazardous Material Management

  • Are all fuels and/or chemicals properly marked?

  • Are all fuels and/or chemicals stored in containers that are in good condition (i.e. no leaks present) as per MNG-CG-0016?

  • Are SDS available for the chemicals stored on site?

  • Are spill kits available, and if required, in use correctly?

  • Is large mobile plant in good condition? (I.e. no sign of leaking and well maintained)?

  • Is any siphon water encountered being captured by a suitable vehicle?

  • Following transportation, is siphon water disposed of correctly?

  • Have nature strips been returned to a suitable condition (seeded correctly, grass reinstated if available?)

  • Has all stockpiled material been removed from previous construction areas?

  • Have all footpaths and roads been cleaned?

  • Comments and weather condistions

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