Information

  • Audit Title

  • Department / Area Inspected

  • Conducted on

  • Plant Location
  • Personnel

  • Prepared by

Housekeeping 1910.22

  • Floor surfaces clean/dry? Free of materials, broken bags, trash, pallets

  • Are all aisles/pathways clear?

  • Equipment Access clear of obstructions such as trash, tools, etc?

  • Work areas/platforms/stairs clean?

Electrical 1910.303-306

  • Floor and Pathways clear of drop cords?

  • Wiring / Temporary extension cords in good shape? (No worn insulation)

  • Temporary wiring / flexible cord properly used? (Good for only 30 days)

  • Junction boxes in good shape?

  • Power panels accessible (3 ft clearance in front) and closed?

  • Conduit or connections are free from exposed wires or damage?

  • All cords have the required ground prong?

  • Are all outlets wired properly? (No loose ground, hot/neutral not reversed)

Machine Nip-Points 1910.212 & 219

  • Are all area guards affixed (ie. On / around palletizer)?

  • Are all flywheels, pulleys, chain / sprockets- including backside guarded?

  • If not - were guards replaced / fabricated immediately?

  • All return idlers (under conveyors) guarded?

  • All conveyor Nip-Points guarded?

  • All rotating shafts guarded (including those with keyway / notch / etc)?

  • All safety devices (E-stops, pull cords) fully operational when testing?

  • Is the bag chair interlock device functioning?

  • All start / stop devices functioning?

  • All other Nip-Points guarded?

Lockout / Tagout & Confined Space (if observed) 1910.146-147

  • Are LO/TO procedures posted as appropriate?

  • Is LO/TO being applied for maintenance activities observed?

  • Is LO/TO or similar applied for minor servicing, ie. Unjamming, cleaning?

  • For group LO/TO (more than one employee in the machine,) is each employee applying their own lock?

  • Do the locks / tags identify the employee(s) involved?

  • For confined space entries observed, are permits completed and safety precautions taken as required?

Personal Protective Equipment 1910.132-140

  • Are employees wearing hearing protection where required?

  • Wearing foot protection where required?

  • Wearing head protection where required?

  • Wearing reflective equipment (ie. vests or tape) as required?

  • Wearing respirators as required in production areas?

  • All employees wearing proper eye protection?

  • Wearing proper hand protection where required?

  • Wearing Fall Equipment (ie. harness) where required?

  • Personal Fall Protection properly used and in good condition (ie. gloves no holes / safety glasses not broken / hard hats properly worn)?

Stairs / Steps / Ladders / Access to & Work Platforms 1910.21-27

  • Stairs / access / rungs safe and secure?

  • Handrails in place where required?

  • Are all hand rails in good shape (secured and stable)?

  • Have all ladders been inspected and in safe usable condition?

  • Are ladders stored correctly?

  • Elevated work platforms secure and safe?

  • All runways / pathways safe and uncluttered?

  • Fall Protection adequate for elevated maintenance activities (if observed)?

Exits 1910.35, 36, & 37

  • Access to exits clear and unobstructed? (No exit doors blocked)

  • Exits adequately marked / lighted?

  • Emergency lights all working properly and tested?

  • Emergency evacuation plan posted?

Material Storage 1910.101 & 176

  • Are aisles (means of egress) free of materials?

  • Is material stacked at an appropriate height?

  • Is stacked material level and stable?

  • Pallets in good / safe condition?

  • Material stored for safe access / retrieval?

Equipment / Tools / Welding / Cutting 1910.166-171, 1910.241-247

  • Tools in safe condition?

  • Tools being used as intended?

  • Hazardous and/or flammable materials stored / used safely?

  • Gas / oxygen cylinders handled and/or stored safely? (Chained and separated)

  • Blowing off properly (not compressed air but with blowers if present)?

  • Hot work permits used for non routine welding (ie. outside the maintenance shop, near flammables, in production near employees, etc)?

Forklift / FEL Operations 1910.178

  • Daily safety checks completed with defects noted (forklifts)?

  • Daily safety checks completed with defects noted (front end loader)?

  • Brakes / handbrakes fully operational and safe?

  • Dock plates / chocks used when needed?

  • Horns fully operational and used?

  • Traveling at safe speeds / safely?

  • Unattended forklifts properly set (brake set, forks lowered, engine off)?

  • Loading of trailers safely / properly?

  • Data plates legible?

  • Mirrors cleaned and adjusted for blind corners?

  • Forklift moving in reverse when loads obstructing the view?

Manual Material Handling / Lifting 1910.176 & 5 (a)(1)

  • Are proper lifting practices being observed?

  • Pallet Pal or similar setup used to hand stack (if observed)?

  • Hoists / Chains / hooks in good condition and inspected regularly?

Chemicals - Haz Com 1910.1200

  • All drums / containers of chemicals properly labeled?

  • Good ventilation where chemicals are used / stored?

  • Are MSDS / SDS sheets available and accessible to employees?

  • Are all eye wash stations working / accessible and within expiration dates?

Environment

  • NO SMOKING policy enforced?

  • Work area comfortable? No signs of heat stress or hypothermia?

  • Usual amount of fugitive dust?

  • Local exhaust ventilation, (duct work) attached and functioning?

  • No standing water on the floor?

  • Is lighting adequate?

  • No noted unusual fumes / vapers in the air?

Signatures

  • Inspector Name

  • Inspector Name

  • Reviewer Signature

  • Reviewer Signature

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