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Recommendations are either IMMEDIATE — HIGH — MEDIUM — LOW

IMMEDIATE

  • Action Immediately — Where a hazard presents serious and imminent danger to the safety of employers, residents and visitors.

HIGH

  • Action within 5 working days — Where a hazard presents a serious danger to the well being of employees, residents and visitors.

Medium

  • Action within 3 months — where a hazard is considered to present a risk to employees, residents or visitors.

Low

  • Action within 6 months — where a hazard is perceived that could lead to a non conformance occurring.

Premises Coordinator

  • Is there a premises coordinator

  • Recommendation

Policy, Posters and Documents

  • Do employees know how to access employers health and safety policy?<br>

  • Recommendation

  • Is a Health and Safety law poster prominently displayed?

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  • Recommendation

Accident Reporting and Investigation

  • Are employees aware of accident reporting procedures?<br>

  • Recommendation

  • Are employees aware of RIDDOR reporting procedures?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there evidence of accidents being reported?

  • Recommendation

  • Are risk assessments and safe systems of work reviewed following an accident?

  • Recommendation

Lone Working

  • Do any employees undertake lone working?

  • Recommendation

  • Are employees aware of lone working procedures?

  • Recommendation

Risk Assessment

  • Is there clear evidence that risk assessments have been undertaken for the premises and activities?

  • Recommendation

  • Are the risk assessments considered to be suitable and sufficient?

  • Recommendation

  • Are the risk assessments regularly reviewed, signed and dated?

  • Recommendation

  • Are the risk assessments communicated to employees?

  • Recommendation

Safe System of Work

  • Are there safe systems of work in place for all tasks which require one?

  • Recommendation

  • Are the systems being followed?

  • Recommendation

Training and briefings

  • Have new staff received a health and safety briefing/induction?

  • Recommendation

Fire

  • Is there a named person responsible for fire safety and maintaining the premises fire log book?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there an in date fire risk assessment?

  • Recommendation

  • Has a clear fire action plan been developed following on from the fire risk assessments?

  • Recommendation

  • Has a general fire evacuation plan been developed?

  • Recommendation

  • Are weekly fire alarm tests being carried out?

  • Recommendation

  • Is portable fire fighting equipment (fire extinguisher, etc) being serviced annually?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is emergency lighting regularly serviced?

  • Recommendation

  • Do the premises display simple fire action notices in key locations?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is the information in the fire action notices accurate?

  • Recommendation

  • Do the fire exit signs meet current standard ( pictograms)?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are fire exits, alarms points and fire fighting equipment free from obstruction?

  • Recommendation

  • Is the building/area under control free from rubbish and poorly stored combustible materials?

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  • Recommendation

First Aid

  • Is there an in date first aider?

  • Recommendation

  • Is the first aid kit correctly stocked?

  • Recommendation

Legionella

  • Is there someone who has legionella management awareness for the site, even remote support?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there an up to date and signed legionella risk assessment in place?

  • Recommendation

  • Are all risk assessment actions carried out?

  • Recommendation

  • Are all test records available for inspection, temperature, bacteriological and flushing?

  • Recommendation

COSHH

  • Is there a nominated person that can demonstrate an understanding of the requirements under COSHH.

  • Recommendation

Buildings

  • Are all fire doors in good order and do they close correctly?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are there records of portable appliance testing?

  • Recommendation

  • Is the fabric of the building in good condition?

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  • Recommendation

  • Do doors which require door closers preventing slamming have them in place?

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  • Recommendation

Housekeeping

  • Is the general standard of cleaning acceptable?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are steps, stairwells or stairs free from obstruction or unsafe storage?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is storage tidy and accessible?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is area free from slip/trip hazards?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are sufficient bins available?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is lighting suitable and sufficient?

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  • Recommendation

Work equipment

  • Is equipment suitable for purpose?

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  • Recommendation

  • Is equipment used for intended purpose?

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  • Recommendation

Standing Instructions

  • Are up to date instructions available for Fire Evacuation?

  • Recommendation

  • Are up to date instructions available for bomb threats or suspect packages?

  • Recommendation

  • Are up to date instructions available for emergency planning.

  • Recommendation

  • Has this information been communicated to staff.

  • Recommendation

Premise documentation

  • Is the responsible person's premises log available?

  • Recommendation

  • Are visitors procedures followed for signing in/badges?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there a contractor signing book available?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there a permit to work system in place as appropriate?

  • Recommendation

Asbestos Management

  • Does the responsible person have access to the AsbestosManagement Systems

  • Recommendation

  • Is there a Hard copy or readily available software version of Asbestos Register?

  • Recommendation

  • Is there a nominated trained person to manage asbestos? <br>

  • Recommendation

  • Is the Asbestos management plan available? - Answer = Yes<br>

  • Recommendation

  • Is there access to the Asbestos Policy?

  • Recommendation

  • Are contact numbers of asbestos team available?

  • Recommendation

General Inspection

  • Are all the exits readily available and not covered by curtains or obstructed by equipment or tripping hazards?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are exits appropriately signed? - Answer = Yes<br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are any stores tidy and safe? - Answer = Yes<br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Is the entrance secured (if appropriate)?

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  • Are appropriate (relevant to client base) visitor control measures in place: signing in/badges/waiting area

  • Recommendation

  • Are other potential entrances in the vicinity of the Reception kept locked or clearly state they are not for use?

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  • Are entrance/exit routes free from obstructions & other slip/trip hazards? <br>

  • Recommendation

  • Are routes clear from a build up of leaves/moss/mud that can make the entrances/exits slippery?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are floors free from raised or curled up carpet edges, raised floors or tiles ?<br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are sunken mat wells with mats below the edges?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are there mats at entrances to prevent corridor floors becoming wet during wet and snowy weather?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are windows in good condition?

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  • Do doors open/close freely?

  • Recommendation

  • Anything in corridors reducing width, making it insufficient for emergency?

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  • Recommendation

Cloakroom/toilets

  • Are there doors on all of the cubicles? - Answer = Yes<br>Is the area free from any signs of smoking or matches being used in the area? - Answer = Yes<br>Are the toilets clean and well maintained? - Answer = Yes<br>Is the flooring anti-slip in areas that may become wet where necessary? - Answer = Yes<br>Is hot water at a suitable temperature i.e. not too hot - Answer = Yes<br>Is soap and hand towels/dryers provided? - Answer = Yes<br>Are toilets accessible for people with disabilities? - Answer = Yes<br>Are there any disabled toilets? Do they have alarms fitted? - Answer = Yes

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  • Is the area free from any signs of smoking or matches being used in the area? <br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are the toilets clean and well maintained? <br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Is the flooring anti-slip in areas that may become wet where necessary? <br>

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  • Is hot water at a suitable temperature i.e. not too hot?<br>

  • Recommendation

  • Is soap and hand towels/dryers provided?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are toilets accessible for people with disabilities?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are there any disabled toilets? Do they have alarms fitted?

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  • Recommendation

Stairs

  • Are stairs free from any gaps in the stairs' handrail to enable a child to bypass it?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are the stair treads in good condition?<br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are the stair nosing's in good condition? <br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are hand rails in good condition? <br>

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  • Recommendation

  • Are stairs free from any raised tiles or damaged flooring?

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  • Recommendation

Lifts

  • Is the lift regularly maintained?

  • Recommendation

Boilers

  • Is the boiler house secure?

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  • Recommendation

Kitchen

  • Is equipment clean?

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  • Recommendation

  • Are emergency systems in place, fire blanket etc?

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  • Recommendation

Roof/working at heights

  • Is there safe access to the roof for maintenance?

  • Recommendation

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