OHSE 05 - BMD - Working at Heights

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

More than one auditor?

• Additional auditors

• Can the work be undertaken from the ground or from a solid construction?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If not can the work be undertaken using a passive fall prevention device? (Tick applicable)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Scaffolds

• Perimeter screens

• Step platforms

• Perimeter guard railing

• Elevating work platforms

• Guard railing edges of roofs

• Mast climbing work platforms

• Protection for trenching works

• Work boxes

• Safety mesh

• Can the work be undertaken using a fall arrest system? Tick applicable

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Travel restraint systems

• Industrial rope-access systems

• Can the work be undertaken using a fall-arrest system?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Safety harness systems (other than travel-resistant systems)

• Catch platforms

• Working at Heights (WAH) permit, SWMS / JSEA in place

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• WAH permit, SWMS / JSEA reviewed and signed by all involved in the task

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fall prevention equipment inspected and suitable for task

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Fall prevention systems insatlled and inspected by a competent person

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Personnel trained in the use of equipment

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Tools and equipment secured by lanyards (hard hats secured by chinstraps)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Spotter being used for all WAH activities at all times

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Exclusion areas (below) defined and controlled by barricading, signange and spotter

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Wind speed is acknowledged and operations are halted during strong winds as determined by risk assessment and/or plant (EWP) manufacturer's operations manual?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Rescue plan in place and adequate

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the following common WAH hazards been assessed?

  Select surfaces (slips, stability, strength and slope) level changes stability of structures (temporary or permanent) the ground (stability and evenness of the ground for scaffold or work platforms) edge protection (including protection around open edges of floors) openings and holes (guarding in place) any loads on elevated work areas above workers hazards below (star pickets, reo bars)

  • surfaces (slips, stability, strength and slope)
  • level changes
  • stability of structures (temporary or permanent)
  • the ground (stability and evenness of the ground for scaffold or work platforms)
  • edge protection (including protection around open edges of floors)
  • openings and holes (guarding in place)
  • any loads on elevated work areas above workers
  • hazards below (star pickets, reo bars)

• Signed PoMC Representative:

  Sign
Action required?

• Action

• Allocated to

• Action due

  Date

• Signed Principal Contractor Representative (optional):

  Sign