Title Page
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Site name
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Inspection date
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Inspection conducted by
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Department, Curriculum Area.
Access and Egress
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Is safe access and egress to the building/area available?
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Evidence which area is not available.
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Are these arrangements suitable for individuals with additional needs?
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Are there enough evacuation chairs/sliders?
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Are they in good working condition?
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Are evacuation chairs maintained to a schedule?
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Are the chairs on an compliance list?
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Do these access/egress arrangements consider adverse weather?
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Explain why?
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Are individuals on site easily identifiable as colleagues, learners, visitors or contractors?
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Which group is not wearing ID badges?
Information and Communication
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Is the audit a campus audit?
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Is the Health and Safety Law Poster displayed and completed with correct details?
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Is Employers Liability Insurance Certificate displayed and current?
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Are policies (energy management, environmental, H&S, quality) displayed and current?
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Are Statutory Notices displayed prominently? (e.g. no smoking, CCTV)
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Is the Site Duty folder complete
Welfare/Work Environment
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Is there a supply of fresh air? (with no drafts)
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Evidence drafts
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Is there sufficient lighting in the building/area?
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Are light bulbs broken or missing
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Is there sufficient space in the work area?
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Are good housekeeping practices observed? (excess paper and rubbish removed)
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Do staff know how to report spills?
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Are spills cleaned up immediately?
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Are toilets/changing facilities provided?
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Are toilets cleaned to a schedule?
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Where necessary are lockers provided for learners clothing and bags?
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Is there a need for lockers?
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Have lockers been requested?
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Why?
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Is a designated area for smoking with bins provided?
Risk Assessment and SSoW Review
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Are Risk Assessments uploaded onto the shared drive
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Are the risk assessments onsite?
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Do they have risk assessments?
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Are these suitable in date and sufficient for the tasks being undertaken?
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When was the last review date?
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Have all staff read and do they understand the risk assessment?
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Is there a review and monitoring system in place to ensure they remain fit for purpose?
Waste and Environment
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Are there any hazardous waste streams
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Are they identified and segregated (e.g. chemicals, electrical, medical)
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Are LEVs used?
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Are filters in place?
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Are these maintained?
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Are records available?
Emergency Preparedness: Incidents
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Do colleagues know how to report an incident, accident or near miss on TOPdesk?
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Has there been any RCA in the last 6 months?
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Give a brief description of the RCA
Emergency Preparedness: First Aid
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Are there an adequate number of first aiders?
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Are the first aid facilities suitable for the working environment? (e.g. eye wash, burns kit)
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What facilities are missing
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Are the first aid kits maintained?
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Are products in date, sufficient stock levels, sterile?
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What items are missing or out of date?
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Are site first aiders and facility locations identifiable?
Emergency Preparedness: Fire
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Do colleagues know what to do in the event of a fire?
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Is the fire panel showing a fault
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What is the fault showing
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Are there weekly fire bells tests ?
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Ask FM why there has been no tests
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Is there suitable safety signage displayed indicating escape routes?
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Are there a sufficient number of fire exits available?
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Are they unobstructed?
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What items are obstructing the exit?
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Do they lead to a final place of safety with designated assembly points?
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Is there a final place of safety?
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Is there a fire assembly sign?
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Is there emergency lighting?
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is it working?
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Is there any cooking or food preparation areas
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Is there fire blankets?
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Have any been ordered?
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Why?
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Are fire extinguishers regularly maintained?
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Are fire extinguishers in the correctly sited?
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Are Protected stairways clear of combustible materials
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What items are in the stairway?
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Who do they belong to?
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Are there enough trained fire wardens on site?
Hazardous substances COSHH
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Is there any COSHH?
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Are all chemicals/hazardous substances clearly labelled?
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Are all chemicals/hazardous substances securely stored?
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Are COSHH assessments available for hazardous substances in the building/area?
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Are they on the shared drive?
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Where are they kept?
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Are colleagues informed to report hazardous spillages immediately?
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Are spill kits provided?
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Why?
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Is there any asbestos on site?
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Are any ACMs clearly labelled and registered in the Asbestos Management Plan?
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Are cleaning cupboards locked?
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Do cleaning cupboards have safety signage?
Machinery and Equipment
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Is there any machinery used?
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Are all relevant colleagues and learners trained to use equipment/machinery safely?
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Is all equipment and machinery regularly inspected and maintained?
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Are records available?
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Is there a procedure for reporting faulty machinery and equipment and taking it out of use?
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Are dangerous machines operated only with their guards on?
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Are SSOW available/attached to the machinery?
Electrical Safety
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Are electrical items being P A Tested?
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Has the item not PA tested been taken out of service?
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Are there any overloaded plug sockets?
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Has the area been made safe during the inspection?
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Are colleagues informed to switch off all electric appliances before leaving work?
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Are all leads adequately protected from damage?
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Is access restricted to any high voltage electrical cupboards/storerooms
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Are 'Danger' safety signs displayed?
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Are all Plant rooms locked and accessed via a PTW system?
Gas Safety
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Do colleagues know what to do in the event of a gas leak?
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Are there any gas cylinders?
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Are they regularly inspected?
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Are there records available?
Personal Protective Equipment
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is there a requirement for the use of PPE?
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Is appropriate PPE provided for colleagues and learners?
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Is there a process for replacing PPE once it becomes worn or damaged?
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Are suitable processes in place to ensure learners are regularly provided with clean overalls?
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Are facilities for the storage and cleaning of PPE provided?
Working from height
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Is there any working from height?
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Are colleagues trained to work from height?
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Are training records available?
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Do ladders have inspection tags?
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Are they in date?
Safety Walks
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Are safety walks being completed?
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Who carried out the walk, DTL, HOD, VP,
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Who are they reported to?