Information

  • Project

  • Walker Construction, Inc.

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location

General Conditions & Exterior

  • Project signage posted?

  • Perimeter fence in good condition?

  • Traffic control maintained?

  • Danger and caution tape maintained?

  • Adequate toilet facilities?

  • Hand wash station or hand sanitizer provided near toilet facilities?

  • Drinking water and cups provided?

Resident Safety

  • Are all work areas taped off or secured?

  • Are all appliances, hot water tanks, or other large items secured?

  • Are all areas below work areas closed off?

  • Are all power tools secured to prevent use by residents or children?

  • Is signage in place to warn of hazards?

  • Are rebar caps in place on concrete stakes, rebar or, other impalement hazards?

  • Are all trip hazards minimized and/or well marked?

Emergency Preparedness

  • Health Check Station in place?

  • Sanitation supplies onsite?

  • COVID 19 Signs in place?

  • First aid kits well stocked and easily available?

  • Are all entrances and emergency exit routes clear?

  • Emergency exit routes signed and well lit?

  • Heat illness kits easily available?

  • Emergency notification system in place?

  • All workers trained on emergency procedures?

  • Emergency phone numbers posted?

  • MSDS Online poster easily viewable and all workers aware of how to use system?

Fire Prevention and Protection

  • Fire extinguishers in place for general conditions?

  • Monthly and annual inspections completed?

  • Has fire extinguisher training been conducted with all employees required to use extinguisher?

  • Use of approved fuel/gasoline containers?

  • Flammable materials stored away from combustible items?

  • Are all flammable materials properly signed?

Welding and Cutting

  • Any welding or compressed gas powered cutting on site?

  • Fire extinguisher at site of welding/cutting?

  • All cylinders stored in designated area and secured?

  • Housekeeping in welding & cutting area acceptable?

  • Is adequate ventilation in place?

  • Proper PPE being worn?

  • Hot work Permit completed when welding or cutting in areas with combustible materials, inside confined spaces or other hazards?

  • All cylinders in used secured?

  • Valves turned off on compressed gas tanks when not in use?

Housekeeping

  • How's overall job-site housekeeping?

  • Passageways and walkways clear?

  • Trash cans and dumpsters emptied regularly?

  • Are all workers protected from projecting nails, or sharp objects in demolition areas?

  • Debris piles consolidated providing safe access and egress?

  • Is there adequate lighting in work areas?

  • All materials secured on roofs, scaffolds, work decks, and storage areas secured to prevent blowing in wind.

  • All storage and staging areas clean and well organized?

Steps and Stairways

  • Steps to job trailers in good condition with proper railing?

  • Are there other stairways on- site?

  • Treads and landings acceptable?

  • Handrails/ stairrails installed?

  • Proper lighting?

  • Stairs free of debris or other trip, slip, or fall hazards?

  • Do any access areas containing an elevation change greater than 19" have a step in place.

PPE

  • High visibility clothing worn by all personnel?

  • Hard hats worn by all personnel?

  • Safety glasses worn by all personnel?

  • Face Masks being worn by all personnel?

  • Proper footwear being worn by all personnel?

  • Proper hand protection (gloves) being worn?

  • Face shields and safety glasses work during cutting and grinding activities as necessary?

  • Any high noise hazards?

  • Proper hearing protection used by workers?

  • Ear plugs and/or muffs available?

  • Are there respiratory hazards on site?

  • Proper respiratory protection being used?

Fall Protection

  • Guardrails installed and maintained in good condition?

  • Toe boards maintained on guardrail above potential work areas?

  • All impalement hazards capped?

  • All door and window openings guarded correctly?

  • Fall protection signage in place? If necessary

  • Floor holes that open to lower levels over 1" covered or filled?

  • Floor openings over 12" covered and secured?

  • Personal fall arrest equipment in good condition?

  • Has fall protection training been conducted with employees using fall protection?

  • Fall protection equipment inspected?

  • All workers using fall protection correctly?

  • All warning lines flagged every 6 feet?

  • Safety monitors in place in areas until guardrails or other fall protection is repaired or constructed?

Ladders

  • Ladders used are in good condition?

  • Extension ladders extend at least 3 foot above landing?

  • Ladders used properly?

  • Ladders secured at top and bottom against movement?

  • Ladders have rating tags?

Scaffolding

  • Any scaffolding on site?

  • Have employees received scaffold safety training?

  • Scaffolds erected under supervision of a competent person?

  • Scaffold built square and stable?

  • All scaffold legs using mud-sills or equivalent weight dispersion methods?

  • Cross bracing in place?

  • Guardrail system installed properly?

  • Toeboards in place?

  • Scaffold grade lumber used and planks have proper overlap?

  • Guys, ties and braces in place at 4:1 rule?

  • Safe access to scaffold provided?

  • Are all areas below scaffold protected from falling objects?

  • Access ladders in place?

  • Debris net in good condition and anchored properly?

  • Railing in place if set up higher than 10 feet or if there are other fall risks?

  • Wheels locked when in use?

  • Moved correctly? (no surfing)

  • Scaffolds erected correctly?

  • Guardrail system installed properly?

  • Toeboards in place?

  • Scaffold grade lumber used and planks have proper overlap?

  • Safe access to scaffold provided?

  • Are all areas below scaffold protected from falling objects?

  • Pump jack scaffolds erected correctly?

  • Tie-backs in place and towers plumb?

  • Guardrail system installed properly?

  • Are all areas below scaffold protected from falling objects?

  • Safe access to scaffold provided?

  • Ladder jack scaffolds erected correctly?

  • Fall protection used where needed (over 10')?

  • Are all areas below scaffold protected from falling objects?

  • Safe access to scaffold provided?

  • Are all gaps large enough to create a fall hazard protected?

  • Scaffold inspections completed each shift?

  • Steps provided at access points if more than 19" step?

Power and Hand Tools

  • Are guards in place on all power tools?

  • Are handles installed on applicable tools?

  • Power tools and cords in good condition?

  • Cordless tool batteries charged in a safe manner?

  • All hand tools appear in good condition?

  • Right tools used for the job at hand?

  • PPE appropriate for the tools used?

Material Handling

  • Material stacked, racked, stored safely?

  • Materials stored proper distance from floor openings?

  • Are hand trucks, pallet jacks, or other equipment available to assist with lifting?

  • Are all loads secured and placed on forklift safely to prevent shifting?

  • Rigging attachments being used on forklifts for rigging? (No free rigging)

Equipment

  • Any mobile equipment in use on site?

  • Are flaggers or spotters being used when necessary?

  • Backup alarms in place or signal person used?

  • Is equipment being operated at a safe speed for conditions?

  • Seatbelts used in all mobile equipment?

  • ROPS in good condition (Roll Over Protection)?

  • Daily inspections performed?

  • Operators trained and authorized?

  • All equipment parked properly with implements or attachments down?

Aerial Lifts

  • Any scissor or boom lifts in use on site?

  • Equipment in good condition?

  • Daily inspection completed?

  • Operators trained and authorized?

  • Lifts used properly?

  • Gates, chains, and guardrails in use?

  • All workers standing flat in basket or tied off while in use?

  • Areas below boom lifts taped off with proper signage?

  • Fall protection used in boom lifts

Excavation and Trenching

  • Are there any open excavations 4 feet deep on site?

  • Is the cut sloped or shielded properly?

  • Is there an excavation plan prepared?

  • Is there anyone working in a trench?

  • Is box, shoring, or proper sloping in place?

  • Is a ladder in place every 25 feet?

  • Are spoil piles set back 2 feet?

  • Is person in trench trained?

Rigging and suspended loads

  • Any rigging in use or suspended loads on site?

  • Are loads rigged and secured from shifting properly?

  • Are areas below suspended loads protected?

  • Slings, hooks, shackles etc... in good condition?

  • Are personnel rigging loads competent and trained?

Cranes

  • Are there any cranes on site?

  • Has a Crane Responsibilities form been completed?

  • Is a certified crane operator on site?

  • Are qualified riggers and signal persons being used?

  • Have necessary signage and barriers been posted?

Electrical

  • GFCI's used and tested on all 110 outlets?

  • All spider boxes in good condition with functional GFCI?

  • All extension cords 3 wire type, in good condition with ground pins?

  • Are all cords protected from damage?

  • All cords, spider boxes, and electrical connections kept out of water?

  • Electrical control room doors provided with locks as required?

  • All power panels labeled?

  • All panels have fronts and covers remain closed?

  • All operational outlets and junction boxes covered?

Environmental

  • Dust control in place for all dust generating operations?

  • Are there any areas of the project with unabated or not fully abated asbestos, pcbs. lead based paint, or other hazardous building materials?

  • If there are any asbestos, lead, or silica hazards have all workers received awareness level training?

  • Are all asbestos or lead containing materials or PCB light ballasts and bulbs being protected from damage?

  • Abatement operations currently in action?

  • Are abatement areas contained and proper signage in place?

  • Do abatement operations appear to be in compliance?

  • Are there any job tasks producing potential silica exposure?

  • Have workers received Silica training?

  • Are Table 1 methods being used?

  • Are workers wearing dust masks where exposure monitoring has shown applicable?

  • Are all stormwater BMPs in place and maintained properly if applicable?

Administration

  • Daily workplace inspections being completed and submitted to safety department weekly?

  • Weekly toolbox meetings completed using assigned topics (when applicable)?

  • Site Specific Safety Orientations being completed for all workers on site?

  • Daily equipment inspections being completed and submitted to safety department weekly?

  • All required employment posters posted?

  • All safety programs easily available for review?

  • Is disciplinary action or other corrective actions taking place for non compliance with safety standards?

  • Have there been warnings issued?

  • What warnings have been given?

  • Any additional training needed?

  • Training needed:

Other Observations

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