Title Page

  • Site conducted

  • Inspection Date

  • Prepared by

  • Location

  • Personnel Present:

General And Site Set up

  • OHS&E management plan on site?

  • OHS&E management plan complete and up to date?

  • Emergency phone numbers and evacuation plan displayed?

  • Site supervisor has access to Acts, regulations, codes of practice?

  • UV cream, Face masks - P2 ear plugs insulated hooks and bunting available in the site office or car?

  • Evacuation assembly area allocated and posted?

  • Warning horn or other method of evacuation notification available in site office or car?

  • Emergency evacuation trial conducted? (Note: to be conducted every six months)

  • Traffic management plan in place?

  • Visitors register up to date?

  • OHS&E Noticeboard in place?

  • If you are injured poster, toolbox talk, weekly safety walk and safety posters displayed?

  • No smoking sign displayed in site office?

Employee Responsibilities

  • Has the weelky OHS&E walk been conducted, up to date and placed on OHS&E noticeboard?

  • Have toolbox talks been conducted on a regular basis and placed on notice board?

Work Areas

  • Are after hours contact name and numbers displayed in the appropriate Places?

  • Site signage displayed for every lot number?

  • Is site signage complete and correct?

  • Has barrier tape been erected and maintained to identify any unsafe areas?

  • Are all sharp objects capped or protected ie: star pickets, reo bars?

  • General housekeeping. Has all rubbish been placed in bins provided or identified areas?

  • Is house access and egress free from building materials?

Access And Egress

  • Temporary fencing in place and effective?

  • Clear access to worksite?

  • Clear access through garage to house door?

  • Crushed rock walkways provided if required?

  • Overhead electrical cable defined and protected?

  • Designated storage area for materials/equipment?

Sanitary

  • Adequate number of toilets?

  • Toilets clean?

  • Clear access to all toilets?

Personnel Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Eye protection being worn where required?

  • Hearing protection being used where required?

  • Breathing apparatus being used?

  • UV protection being used?

  • Appropriate footwear being worn?

Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)

  • Supervisors have access to SWMS?

  • Do trades have a copy of their SWMS on site?

  • Are trades working to their SWMS?

  • Framing Carpenter has a specific SWMS for Truss Installation?

Explosive Power Tools (EPT) and Nail guns

  • If an explosive power tool is on site, are the charges and tool protected in a locked box to prevent unauthorised access?

  • Is the EPT being used on recommended materials?

  • Verify the person operating the EPT is competent?

  • Is the operator of the EPT using safety goggles or face shield?

Environmental - Hazardous Substances and Dust/Fibres

  • Polyurethane Pods picked up and removed?

  • MDF cutting is in a ventilated, isolated area?

  • Cement fibre products, cutting is in a ventilated, isolated area?

  • Engineered stone cutting is not to take place on site?

  • Synthetic mineral fibre sealed bagged and removed?

  • Safe removal and control of asbestos?

Electrical Safety

  • Meterbox board Residual Current Device (RCD) tested and tagged every month?

  • Power tools and leads tested and tagged every three months?

  • Temporary wiring labelled as temporary?

  • Lead stands and insulated hooks used where required?

  • RCD multi plug portable outlet device used safely and appropriately?

  • Power tools and equipment protected by earth Leakage?

  • Domestic power boards, double adapters and piggyback adapters are not in use?

  • Leads exiting meterbox through designated area at bottom?

Excavation, Trenching

  • Are there any excavations currently on site? If No proceed to the next section.

  • Are excavations greater than 1.5 metres battered, benched or shielded?

  • Are excavations greater than one metre fenced off or bunting installed?

  • In ground services information available (Dial before you dig, as built plans, cable pipe locator and hand digging as required to locate services?)

  • Safe entry/exit from excavations?

  • Are all pits suitably covered?

  • Are there items of plant working closer than one metre to the open edge of the excavation, trench or batter?

Mobile Plant and Equipment

  • Is there any mobile plant or equipment operating on site? If No proceed to the next section.

  • Does all plant have flashing lights and audible reversing beeper?

  • Does all plant on site has proof of maintenance and is in good working order?

  • Verify that concrete pumps and mobile crane records are available and up to date?

  • Are out riggers fully extaended and on timber supprots?

  • Safe working loads are marked on the gear?

  • Lifting slings and chains are in good condition and maintained?

Working at Heights

  • Has the void protection been signed off and certificate provided?

  • Is the void protection in place prior to first floor flooring being installed?

  • Is the void cover down while workers are working on first floor

  • Has the guardrail been signed off and certificate provided?

  • Is guardrail in place prior to installing first floor flooring?

  • Roof guardrails in place around perimeter of all lower roof where work is being undertaken?

  • Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained on balconies?

  • Is there appropriate fall protection in place such as scaffolding or hung scaffolds for all work being undertaken on the second floor?

  • Are Carpenters working from ladders or scaffolding while placing the roof trusses?

  • If carpenters are working from ladders to install roof trusses does their SWMS reflect this scope of works?

  • Are all ladders secured, 1:4 vertical ratio, project 1 metre above platform?

  • Has the framer installed temporary handrails over window openings lower than one metre?

Scaffolding and Ladders

  • Is there any Scaffolding erected on site? If No proceed to the next section.

  • Is the scaffold certificate in place and signed off every 30 days? (Scafftag)

  • 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?

  • Handrails, midrails and toe boards have been installed and maintained?

  • Are diagonal bracing in place every 3rd bay front and rear?

  • Is scaffolding tied back into house?

  • Is there adequate clear access to the scaffold?

  • Are all transoms fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?

  • Are all ledgers fitted every 2 metres and locked in, not left loose?

  • Are all base plates sitting on the sole boards?

  • Are the wok decks fully planked out? with no missing planks or holes in the scaffold?

  • Are all gaps no greater than 225mm adjacent to the face of the structure/building?

  • Are scaffold decks clear of debris?

  • Are all platforms fully planked?

  • Are trestle scaffolds set up on even ground or adequately packed to ensure stability, and fully planked out?

  • Are all ladders commercial grade and without structural damage?

  • Can a worker use both hands to climb and descend ladder?

  • Is the platform appropriate for the Task i.e. no milk crates or similar to be used.

Hand Held Power Tools

  • Are appropriate handheld power tools being used for tasks?

  • Verify that regular inspections and maintenance of the power tool has been undertaken (this may be visual)

  • Are all power tools protected by RCD while being used?

  • Are all petrol driven power tools and/or generators being used in a well ventilated area?

  • Verify that guards are fitted and in good working order?

  • Verify that PPE is being used while operating power tools?

Hazard Substances

  • Hazardous and dangerous goods are not stored on site?

  • Are current Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) available for all hazardous substances on site and recorded?

  • Access to the MSDS by employees?

Environmental

  • Are waterways protected?

  • Up stands capped?

  • Silt protection required/in place?

  • Do drains have adequate cover?

System Review

  • Verify that workers know who the first aiders are on site?

  • Verify that workers have been inducted into the site safety rules?

  • Verify that workers understand the evacuation procedure on site?

  • Verify that workers have completed a toolbox talk?

  • Verify that first aid injuries are being recorded and a copy sent to the Building and OHS&E Managers.

Summary

  • Summary - Supervisor to complete summary

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