Title Page
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Site conducted
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Location
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Personnel Present:
General
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OHS&E management plan on site?
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OHS&E management plan complete and up to date?
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Emergency phone numbers and evacuation plan displayed?
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Site supervisor has access to Acts, regulations, codes of practice?
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Evacuation assembly area allocated and posted?
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Warning horn or other method of evacuation notification?
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Emergency evacuation trial conducted?
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Temporary fencing in place and effective?
Site Set up and Access
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Clear access to worksite?
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Crushed rock walkways provided if required?
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Overhead electrical cable defined and protected?
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Traffic management plan in place?
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Designated storage area for materials/equipment?
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Visitors register up to date?
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OHS&E Noticeboard in place?
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If you are injured poster, toolbox talk, weekly safety walk and safety posters displayed?
Amenities - Sanitory
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Amenities in clean condition?
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No smoking sign?
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Adequate number of toilets?
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Toilets clean?
Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE)
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UV cream, Face masks - P2 and ear plugs available in the site office?
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Eye protection being worn where required?
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Hearing protection being used where required?
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UV protection being used?
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Appropriate footwear being worn?
Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)
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Supervisors have access to SWMS?
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Do trades have a copy of their SWMS on site?
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Are trades working to their SWMS?
Work Areas
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Are all sharp objects capped or protected ie: star pickets, reo bars?
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Has barrier tape been erected and maintained to identify any unsafe areas?
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Are after hours contact name and numbers displayed in the appropriate Places?
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Site signage displayed for every lot number?
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Is site signage complete and correct?
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General housekeeping. Has all rubbish been placed in bins provided or identified areas?
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Is house access and egress free from building materials?
Explosive Power Tools (EPT) and Nail guns
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If an explosive power tool is on site, are the charges and tool protected in a locked box to prevent unauthorised access?
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Is the EPT being used on recommended materials?
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Verify the person operating the EPT is competent?
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Is the operator of the EPT using safety goggles or face shield?
Environmental - Hazardous Substances and Dust/Fibres
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External dust control required?
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Safe removal and control of asbestos?
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MDF cutting is in a ventilated, isolated area?
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Cement fibre products, cutting is in a ventilated, isolated area?
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Engineered stone cutting is not to take place on site?
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Synthetic mineral fibre sealed bagged and removed?
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Hazardous and dangerous goods stored correctly?
Electrical Safety
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Meterbox board Residual Current Device (RCD) tested and tagged every month?
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Power tools and leads tested and tagged every three months?
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Temporary wiring labelled as temporary?
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Lead stands and insulated hooks used where required?
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RCD multi plug portable outlet device used safely and appropriately?
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Power tools and equipment protected by earth Leakage?
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Domestic power boards, double adapters and piggyback adapters are not in use?
Excavation, Trenching
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Excavations over 1.5 metres benched, battered or shielded?
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Excavations over one metre, fenced off or shielded?
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In ground services information available (Dial before you dig, as built plans, cable pipe locator and hand digging as required to locate services?)
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Safe entry/exit from excavations?
Mobile Plant and Equipment
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Does all plant have flashing lights and audible reversing beeper?
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All plant on site has proof of maintenance and is in good working order?
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Verify that concrete pumps and mobile crane records are available and up to date?
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Are out riggers fully extaended and on timber supprots?
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Safe working loads are marked on the gear?
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Lifting slings and chains are in good condition and maintained?
Working at Heights
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Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained on balconies?
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Roof guardrails in place around perimeter of all lower roof where work is being undertaken?
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Is there appropriate fall protection in place such as scaffolding or hung scaffolds for all work being undertaken on the second floor?
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Is the void protection in place prior to first floor flooring being installed?
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Is guardrail in place prior to installing first floor flooring?
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Is the void cover down while workers are working on first floor
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Are Carpenters working from ladders or scaffolding while placing the roof trusses?
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If carpenters are working from ladders to install roof trusses does their SWMS reflect this scope of works?
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Are all ladders secured, 1:4 vertical ratio, project 1 metre above platform?
Scaffolding and Ladders
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Is the scaffold certificate in place and signed off every 30 days? (Scafftag)
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Sole boards must either pick up two standards or be a minimum of 450x225x32 hardwood or laminated. The scaffold must be fitted with base plates and screw jacks?
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Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained?
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Are diagonal bracing in place every 3rd bay front and rear?
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Is scaffolding tied back into house?
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Is there adequate clear access to the scaffold?
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Are all transoms fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?
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Are all ledgers fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?
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Are all base plates sitting on the sole boards?
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Are the wok decks fully planked out? with no missing planks or holes in the scaffold?
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Are all gaps no greater than 225mm adjacent to the face of the structure/building?
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Are scaffold decks clear of debris?
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Are all platforms fully planked?
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Are trestle scaffolds set up on even ground or adequately packed to ensure stability, and fully planked out?
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Are all ladders commercial grade and without structural damage?
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Can a worker use both hands to climb and descend ladder?
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Is the platform appropriate for the Task i.e. no milk crates or similar to be used.
Hand Held Power Tools
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Are appropriate handheld power tools being used for tasks?
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Verify that regular inspections and maintenance of the power tool has been undertaken (this may be visual)
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Are all power tools protected by RCD while being used?
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Are all petrol driven power tools and/or generators being used in a well ventilated area?
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Verify that guards are fitted and in good working order?
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Verify that PPE is being used while operating power tools?
Excavation Work
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Are excavations greater than one metre fenced or bunting?
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Are excavations greater than 1.5 metres battered, benched or shielded?
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Are there items of plant working closer than one metre to the open edge of the excavation, trench or batter?
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Are all pits suitably covered?
Hazard Substances
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Are Hazardous Materials stored appropriately on site?
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Are current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) available for all hazardous substances on site and recorded?
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Access to the MSDS by employees?
Employee Responsibilities
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Are Induction records up to date?
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Is the visitors register up to date?
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Has the weelky OHS&E walk been conducted, up to date and placed on OHS&E noticeboard?
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Have toolbox talks been conducted on a regular basis and placed on notice board?
Environmental
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Are waterways protected?
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Up stands capped?
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Silt protection required/in place?
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Do drains have adequate cover?
System Review
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Verify that workers know who the first aiders are on site?
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Verify that workers have been inducted into the site safety rules?
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Verify that workers understand the evacuation procedure on site?
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Verify that workers have completed a toolbox talk?
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Verify that first aid injuries are being recorded and a copy sent to the Building and oHS&E managers.