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  • Site conducted

  • Job Number

  • Conducted on

  • Location

GENERAL SITE

  • Site Establishment Plan on Display

  • Emergency Contact Details on Display

  • Emergency Evacuation Instructions - on display?

  • Visitor Register available and in use

  • Is the First Aid cabinet suitably stocked with contents date current?

  • Fire Extinguisher tags up to date - (6 monthly)

  • Toolbox meeting minutes on display

  • Quarantine area established and orderly to house out-of-service items

  • Star pickets/reinforcing rods protected by caps

  • All other work permits have been completed, including details of the defined SWMS

  • Site Safety documents properly completed and filed away? (SWMS reviews kept)

  • Public safety controls remain effective (fencing, locks, signage)

  • Public safety concerns are communicated to the WHS Department

SIGNAGES

  • Entry signage displayed at front gate and in good condition

  • Safety signage is appropriate for the site

  • Rivergum Homes identification and registration number displayed

  • Emergency Muster Point - sign located at muster point

  • Site Office & First Aid locations easily identifiable

TOILETS

  • Toilets in functioning order

  • Toilet paper, soap & hand towels stocked

  • Are any taps & fixtures leaking water?

  • Toilets cleaned weekly?

ELECTRICAL

  • Site shed RCD's test/tagged (6 monthly)

  • Electrical tools test/tag - random inspection (subcontractor, tool, tag number, name of tester)

  • Power Boxes - Numbered and test/tagged? (tag completed in full)

  • Power Boxes - Leads entering through correct entry holes?

  • Power Boxes - RCD push button tested

  • Power Boxes labelled appropriately? (i.e. electrical hazard warning sign, board ID, Supply location)

  • Any leads on the found or hanging from steel? Structures (ie scaffold, edge protection etc)

  • Lead stands/hangers in use and insulated

  • Leads no longer than 30 meters in use

EXCAVATIONS

  • Barricading erected around excavation areas?

  • Excavations with a potential to collapse inward, benched, battered or shored?

  • Plant and spoil, kept or placed at least 1 meter from edge of excavation?

  • Spoil or stock piles kept away from drains, buildings, fences, trees?

  • Excavations have safe means of access/egress

  • Daily excavation checklists completed as required?

POWERED PLANT & EQUIPMENT

  • Plant specific SWMS Signed?

  • Daily pre-start checks completed?

  • Plant free from obvious leaks?

  • Maintenance identified in pre-start has been communicated to those responsible?

  • Plant operators hold current license or competency?

  • Lifting slings, chains, harnesses, fire extinguishers etc. certified/tagged?

  • Are appropriate machine guards in place?

  • Plant is being operated clear of overhead power lines?

  • Plant being operated at a site specific speed limit?

  • Seat restraints being used correctly?

WORKING AT HEIGHT - SCAFFOLD

  • Last scaffold inspection within 30 days?

  • Scaffold tags updated and legible with inspector name

  • Scaffold tags at all scaffold entry points

  • Are feet centrally located on sole boards

  • Edge protection compliant with either - guard rail, mid rail, toes boards, or guard rail and mesh panel

  • Working platform clean and free from obstructions?

  • Scaffold 4m and above, erected by licensed scaffolder?

WORKING AT HEIGHT - LADDERS

  • Ladders extend a minimum of 1m above connection point and are secured (i.e. tied down)

  • Ladders are maintained in good condition

  • Step ladders have legs correctly spaced and locked/tied off

  • Top step of step ladder being used as a working platform

  • Defective Ladders tagged out of service and placed in quarantine area

WORKING AT HEIGHT - OPEN FLOOR PENETRATIONS

  • Holes or openings in floors are barricaded or boarded with danger signage

WORKING AT HEIGHT - FALL ARREST/RESTRAINT

  • Harnesses tagged? (6 monthly)

  • Harness in use and attached to anchor point

  • Working at Height permit has been completed, includingg details of the definded SWMS

WORKING AT HEIGHT - GUARD RAILS

  • Guard rails in place where a person can fall 2m or more from a stair, landing or fixed platform

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS GOODS

  • Hazardous substances register up-to-date

  • Hazardous substances assessed as High risk or above, have been approved by Site Management

  • MSDS register and file up-to-date? (random check on product)

  • Storage facility is labelled HAZCHEM

  • Storage facility is well ventilated and away from potential ignition sources

  • All hazardous substances appropriately labelled

  • Gas cylinders secured

  • Gas cylinders have flashback arrestors in use

  • Incompatible chemicals segregated

  • Spill kit proportionate to size of project available

  • Subcontractor hazardous substances stored correctly? (Subcontractor substance)

ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Excessively noisy task are not undertaken in the early morning (disturbing local community)

  • Vibration dampening equipment is installed where necessary

  • Site fencing shade cloth is secure and in good condition to minimise dust movement

  • Dust generated by vehicle movement is minimised (sprinklers, road base, etc)

  • Water hoses turned off when not in use

  • Water hoses repaired/replaced when leaking

  • Refueling of plant is conducted at the designated area or by using appropriate size bund

  • Designated concrete wash out is in use where practicable

  • Site has been inspected for significant spills

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

  • Mandatory PPE is being worn by subcontractors

  • PPE is in good condition

  • Task specific PPE is being used

SITE MANAGER SPECIFIC

  • Communication: Customer Care/Maintenance/General

  • QA Book Inspections: Pass/Photos/All jobs

  • Handovers: Date accuracy/Double Signature/Defect Issues

  • 3 month maintenance: Issues

  • Click-scheduling & Reporting: WIP up-to-date/Call-ups/VO Extras

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

  • I have read and understood the requirements of this inspection as stated in Rivergum Homes Policies and Procedures

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