Subcontractor Site Inspection

• Document No.

• Audit Title

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Subcontractor documents

• 1. Does the company have a current (within 12 months) safety policy statement?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 2. Does the company display the current HSE poster?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 3. Does the company have and exhibit its employers’ liability insurance certificate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 4. Does the company maintain up-to-date COSHH data sheets?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 5. Does the company maintain up-to-date Risk Assessment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 6. Does the company maintain up-to-date Method Statements?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Site induction

• 7. Does the company have an induction procedure for new starters?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 8. Does the company have a system for communicating safety information to its employees? (safety notice board, staff safety meetings, safety representatives etc.)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective action required:

Accident reporting

• 9. Does the company have an Accident and Incident Action Plan in place (covering, for example, Reporting; Investigation; Statistics & Monitoring; Fatal / Major Incidents)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective action required:

Emergency procedures

• 10. Are staff trained in fire evacuation procedures (general evacuation, fire marshal training etc.)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 11. Has the company carried out a fire drill in the last 12 months?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 12. Are there clear instructions/notices to inform staff and visitors of how to evacuate the building or site safely?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 13. Are procedures and equipment for dealing with emergencies adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 14. Do emergency plans include business continuity plans?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 15. Does the company keep records of servicing, testing and maintenance of your fire precautions (such as fire<br>extinguisher checks, weekly testing of alarm points, servicing and testing of escape lighting, detectors etc.)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Training

• 16. Does the company have a training matrix in place (to match role requirements against post-holders)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 17. Does the company undertake Toolbox Talks (if so, what are topics)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 18. Has the company carried out a training needs analysis for staff?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 19. Does the company provide safety induction training to new staff?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Risk Assessment (Detail)

• 20. Are all work activities classified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 21. Are all the significant hazards relating to work activities identified?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 22. Is the level of risk correctly assessed for each hazard?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 23. Is a risk control action plan prepared if necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 24. Are risk control action plans reviewed regularly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Permits to work

• 25. Are any permits to work used to control the following high risk activities: access to confined spaces, roofs, plant rooms, walk in ducts, electric/mechanical isolations, electrical live work, hot work, work on safety cabinets, fume cabinets and lab drains, digging, any other

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Working at height

• 26. Have staff who are required to work at height been appropriately trained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 27. Have all staff who work at height read the appropriate HSE guidance before commencing?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 28. Have staff been informed of the requirement to visually inspect access equipment before use?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 29. Are steps and ladders of commercial standard rather than of domestic quality?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 30. Is access equipment inspected, maintained and monitored on a periodic basis?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 31. If staff work in areas that exposes them to falls from heights are appropriate precautions required? (e.g. harnesses/restraint systems)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 32. Is fall arrest equipment regularly inspected?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 33. Are there training records specific to working at height maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 34. Are there any additional risks from PPE?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 35. Are there risks from lone working?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Welfare facilities

• 36. Are flushing toilets available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 37. Is hot and cold running water is available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 38. Is soap and towels or hand dryer available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 39. Is there a suitable area for eating food and taking refreshments provided? (the area must be clean and have a means of boiling water and heating food, there must also be a sink for washing up)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 40. Is there access to clean drinking water?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 41. Is there an area where clothing can be dried?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Provision and use of PPE

• 42. Is an adequate supply of appropriate PPE available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 43. Is there suitable storage for PPE available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 44. Does your organisation issue personal protective equipment to contractors or visitors?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Waste management

• 45. Have waste responsibilities been defined to know who is disposing of what and when?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 46. Have designated area(s) been established on site to segregate and reuse waste materials?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 47. Are waste management permits, licences or exemptions in place for any processing of waste on site (such as crushing and soil treatment)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 48. Are hazardous wastes (oil, fuel, paints, and so on) collected and stored separately from general wastes?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 49. Are registered waste carriers used to remove waste from site and are these checked on a regular basis?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 50. Are waste transfer documents being retained: two years for non-hazardous and three years for hazardous waste?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Site housekeeping

• 51. Are floor spaces clean, unobstructed and wide enough to easily enter/leave the property?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 52. Are the lighting levels good throughout the property?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 53. Does the company carry out PAT testing of portable electrical items (anything with a plug on it such as PCs, kettles, fridges, drills etc.)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 54. Is the company's safety signage to a good standard in the building (fire escape/exit, muster point, access, pedestrian routes, scald hazards, etc)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 55. Is the company's building environment comfortable (not too hot/cold, no oppressive odours, reasonable humidity, fresh air etc.)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Manual handling

• 56. Do staff carry out any significant manual handling activities?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 57. If so, have manual handling risk assessments been carried out?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 58. If so, have staff who are required to manually handle been appropriately trained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Plant and equipment

• 59. Are all guards fitted and properly adjusted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 60. Is all necessary signage posted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 61. Is all lifting equipment inspected in accordance with LOLER and added to the insurance list for thorough examination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 62. Are all pressure systems inspected in accordance with Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000 (PSSR)/ Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991/ Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 and added to the insurance list for thorough examination?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 63. Are emergency stops and isolation switches easy to access?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 64. Has all scaffold been inspected and a register of inspection or scaff tags available on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 65. Are all ladders/stepladders in good order and being used correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 66. Are all MEWP’s are being used correctly and operators have been trained (check cards where necessary?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

Material storage

• 67. Are all substances labelled and stored correctly ?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 68. Are gas cylinders stored correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 69. Are spill kits available?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• 70. Are storage areas used for liquid substances bunded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Corrective Action Required:

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