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  • Location
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1. Job Information

  • OSHA 300 forms posted and complete?

  • OSHA poster posted and current?

  • Weekly safety meetings up to date?

  • Work areas properly signed and barricaded?

  • Phone no. & directions for nearest medical center posted?

  • Phone no. for police and fire departments posted?

  • Are potable drinking water and toilet facilities available at the site?

  • Workers Compensation information posted?

  • Are first aid kits available and inspected weekly?

  • Is each employee instructed in the recognition & avoidance of unsafe conditions?

  • Ventilation in work areas is adequate for the type of work?

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2. Housekeeping

  • General neatness of work area is acceptable?

  • Projecting nails removed or bent over?

  • Waste containers provided and used?

  • Passageways and walkways clear?

  • Barricade tape is properly maintained?

  • Electrical cords, hoses, welding leads etc, are elevated to prevent tripping hazard?

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3. Fire Prevention

  • Adequate fire extinguishers, checked and accessible?

  • Fire extinguishers marked and inspected monthly?

  • Access to fire extinguishers is properly maintained?

  • Inspection tags current and signed?

  • "No Smoking" posted and enforced near flammables?

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4. Electrical

  • Extension cords or attachments cords with bare wires or missing ground prongs or damaged taken out of service?

  • Terminal boxes equipped with required covers?

  • Are flexible cords & cables protected from damage?

  • Are unused openings in cabinet boxes and fittings closed?

  • Are all cabinets, panels, and switches located in wet locations enclosed in weather proof enclosures?

  • Warning signs are exhibited on high voltage equipment (250V. or greater)?

  • Are electrical panels labeled?

  • Has a positive lock-out/tag-out system been established by the project electrician?

  • Where high voltage work is performed, employees are trained and/or certified. Hot work permits are utilized?

  • Tests are performed to determine if circuits are "hot" or deenergized?

  • All line parts are guarded or protected against accidental contact?

  • GFCI controlled outlets and panels are labeled and tested?

  • Outlets, receptacles, junction boxes, etc., are approved and maintained in a proper manner?

  • Electrical cords are suspended with non conductive material?

  • Temporary lighting is properly installed?

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5. Hand, Power & Powder Actuated Tools

  • Hand tools inspected regularly?

  • Guards in place on machines, such as saws?

  • Tools are maintained and in a safe condition?

  • Right tool being used for job at hand?

  • Operators of power actuated tools are licensed?

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6. Fall Protection

  • Safety rails and cables are secured properly?

  • Employees exposed to fall hazards are tied off?

  • Employees below protected from falling objects?

  • Employees trained in fall protection?

  • Are employees working more than 6' above a lower level protected by guardrails, safety nets, personal fall arrest system?

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7. Ladders

  • Ladders extend at least 36" above the landing?

  • Ladders are secured to prevent slipping, sliding, or falling?

  • Ladders with split or missing rungs taken out of service?

  • Stepladders used in fully open position?

  • No step at top 2 rungs of step ladder?

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8. Scaffolding

  • All scaffolding inspected daily?

  • Erected on sound rigid footing?

  • Tied to structure as required?

  • Guardrails, intermediate rails, toe boards and screens in place?

  • Planking is sound and sturdy?

  • Employees below protected from falling objects?

  • Scaffold height does not exceed 4 times the width or base dimension without proper tie offs?

  • Scaffold planking extends over end supports between 6 to 18 inches?

  • Scaffold planking overlaps a minimum of 12 inches?

  • Employees are restricted from working on scaffolds during storms and high winds?

  • Employees working on scaffolding have been scaffolding user trained?

  • Employees who erect and dismantle scaffolds have been scaffolding user trained?

  • Provide proper access and egress?

  • Scaffolding tags are used to identify incomplete scaffolds?

  • Complete decking is provided?

  • Scaffolds are free of defects and built per specs?

  • Are materials stored away from scaffold bases?

  • Overhead protection is provided where there is exposure?

  • A substantial and adequate base is provided?

  • Scaffold boards are secure?

  • Two point suspension scaffolds are properly erected?

  • Approved design?

  • Life lines provided?

  • Rope grabs provided, as needed?

  • Fall protection used as required?

  • Are the wheels locked on rolling scaffolds?

  • On rolling scaffolds, is proper planking being utilized? if so, is it all in one level? (not staggered)?

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10. Trenches, Excavation & Shoring

  • Competent person on hand inspecting as per the OSHA standard?

  • Excavations over 5' in depth are shored or sloped back?

  • Materials are stored at least 2 feet from trench?

  • Equipment is a safe distance from edge of trench or excavation?

  • Ladders provided every 25' in trench more than 4' deep?

  • Have underground utility installations been located?

  • Are employees exposed to vehicular traffic wearing warning vests or reflectorized or highly visible material?

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11. Material Handling

  • Materials are properly stored or stacked?

  • Employees are using proper lifting methods?

  • Tag lines are used to guide loads?

  • Proper number of workers for each operation?

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12. Welding & Burning

  • Gas cylinders stored upright and secured?

  • Proper separating distance between fuels and oxygen? (min 20')

  • Burning/Welding goggles or shields are used?

  • Fire extinguishers are nearby?

  • Hoses and regulators are in good condition?

  • Are proper helmets, aprons & gloves available for welding & cutting operations?

  • Are only trained personnel permitted to operate welding and cutting equipment?

  • Fire watches are properly trained and provided as required?

  • Hot work permits used?

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13. Cranes

  • Outriggers are extended and swing radius barricade in place?

  • Operator is familiar with load charts?

  • Crane operator's logs are up-to-date?

  • Employees kept from under suspended loads?

  • Chains and sling inspected and tagged as required?

  • Hand signal charts are on crane?

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14. Concrete Construction

  • Employees are protected from cement dust?

  • Exposed skin covered?

  • Runways are adequate?

  • Walls over 8' are supported?

  • Are all protruding reinforcing rods covered?

  • Is lockout/tag out procedure in use on any machinery where inadvertent operation could cause injury?

  • Proper access and egress provided?

  • All exposed rebar ends protected from exposure, both horizontal and vertical?

  • Masonry saws are guarded with semicircular enclosure over blade?

  • All shoring erected to and/or support concrete is substantial and adequate?

  • Precast and lift slab operations as performed in accordance with standards?

  • PPE required for these operations is provided and used?

  • All connections on air hoses and pipes are secured to prevent displacement?

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15. Personal Protective Equipment

  • Hard hats are being worn?

  • Safety glasses are being worn?

  • Respirators are used when required?

  • Hearing protection being worn when required?

  • Traffic vests being worn?

  • Safety harnesses required/worn in proper manner?

  • Lanyards equipped with shock absorbers?

  • Landyards are adequately secured to a substantial object and fall distance is maintained to a minimum?

  • Foot and Toe protection is provided/used?

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16. Vehicles

  • Do vehicles, earth moving or compacting equipment with an obstructed view to the rear have a backup alarm or used with an observer?

  • Do vehicles and earth moving equipment have seat belts and are they used?

  • Are flagmen wearing reflectorized garments and using flags, sign paddles or lights?

  • Site vehicles are inspected before each use?

  • Personnel are licensed for the equipment they use?

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17. Stairs

  • Are flights of stairs with 4 or more risers equipped with standard stair railings or handrails?

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19. Steel Erection and Floor/Wall Openings

  • Proper access and egress provided?

  • Perimeter cables adequate and properly installed?

  • Wall and floor openings properly guarded and covered?

  • Elevated areas are free of loose material/debris that could fall to levels below?

  • Static or life lines are installed to facilitate tie off?

  • Bolt up requirements are met?

  • Bolt buckets are used to contain bolts?

  • Decking requirements are met?

  • Proper rigging techniques are met?

  • Adequate barricades and signs are posted in the area to warn employees?

  • Signals and warnings are sounded when loads are raised?

  • All employees are wearing and using required PPE (safety harness and landyards)?

  • Steel erection plan developed?

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20. Compressed Gas Cylinders

  • Are oxygen and fuel gas cylinders stored a minimum of 20 feet apart?

  • Is smoking prohibited in cylinder storage areas?

  • Gas bottles are properly labeled?

  • Gas bottles are properly secured, upright and capped?

  • Gas cylinders are properly moved and transported?

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21. Elevated Work Platforms

  • Elevated work platforms are of substantial construction and secured properly?

  • A means of tie off is provided and used?

  • Proper access and egress is provided?

  • Elevated work platforms are used in accordance with manufacturers recommendations?

  • Outriggers used, as required?

  • Ground controls operational?

  • Operators trained and certified?

  • Fall protection provided and used?

  • Employees keep both feet on platform and do not work off guardrails?

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22. Confined Space

  • Confined Space Permits are in place and properly signed?

  • Are personnel entering or otherwise part of confined space operations trained?

  • Are oxygen and acetylene cylinders kept outside the space?

  • Confined spaces such as tanks, pipelines and trenches are tested prior to cutting & welding operations?

  • Hot work permits are utilized and on file?

  • Confined space monitoring is current?

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23. Enforcement

  • Verbal reprimands or safety citations are issued to correct unsafe acts/conditions and documentation provided?

  • Documented field safety inspections performed?

  • Corrective actions assigned and abatement documented?

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24. Education and Training

  • New employee training, identification and orientation?

  • Are JSA being utilized for critical tasks?

  • Inspection of personal OSHA certification performed?

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25. Miscellaneous

  • Is a written Hazard Communication Program on site including MSDS, materials list, containers labeled, employees trained?

  • Is exposure to lead or lead based paint, such as paint removal controlled?

  • Is exposure to silica, such as sand blasting, using sand or cutting brick or cinderblock controlled?

  • Is exposure to asbestos controlled?

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