Audit
Work Type
- Ground excavation
- Working around mobile plant
- Working around live services
- Working in and around live traffic
- Managing hazardous energies
- Working with asbestos and ACM
- Working at height
- Confined space work
- Performing lifting operations
- Electrical safety
- Isolated work
Has the site been inspected for fire ants?
No excavation can be carried out until a fire ant inspection has been completed.
Were any fire ants identified or were there any obvious signs of fire ants?
Stop work and notify your supervisor immediately and report to Biosecurity QLD on 13 25 23
Will the excavation be over 1.5m deep or is the ground unstable? (Consider changes during the works)
Is there a chance of hazardous gases entering your excavation during the works?
Before entering the excavation, test the atmosphere and enter the results. Continuously monitor atmosphere.
Gas monitor readings
Oxygen reading
LEL
CO2
H2S
Are the results within safe working limits?
Oxygen 19.5% - 23.5%
LEL < 5
CO < 30 ppm
H2S < 10 ppm
If the atmosphere is not withing safe working limits, notify your supervisor immediately.
A rescue plan MUST be completed for any excavation over 1.5m
Is a rescue plan required for this job?
Rescue plan details
- Engulfment
- Hazardous environment
- Release of stored energy
- Hazardous gasses
- Medical emergency
- Fall from height
- Ladder
- Benching/Stepping
- Battering
Standby person/spotter responsibilities
- Tripod/Davit arm
- Safety harness
- Life line/Rescue rope
- Winch system
- Gas monitor
- Stretcher
- Lighting
- BA kit
- Fall arrest
- Fall restraint
Has the equipment been checked and in good working condition?
- Voice
- Hand signals/Visual
- Mobile phone
- 2-way radio
Other equipment required
Provide a brief description on how emergency services will reach the work area.
Rescue methods
Rescue method to be used?
Which rescue method is to be used?
Have all participants in the rescue party been briefed on the rescue plan and has the plan been practiced?
The plan MUST be practised and participants MUST be briefed before commencing work.
By signing, you agree that you have been briefed on and understand the rescue plan and agree to fulfil the role you have been assigned.
- Benching
- Battering
- Shoring
- Shields
- Geotech
Is there a possibility of a person or object falling from one level to another, or is there a requirement to work on a slope of more than 45°?
Can the risk be eliminated by erecting a hard barrier?
Has a rescue been completed for this work?
Rescue plan details
- Engulfment
- Hazardous environment
- Release of stored energy
- Hazardous gasses
- Medical emergency
- Fall from height
Standby person/spotter responsibilities
- Tripod/Davit arm
- Safety harness
- Life line/Rescue rope
- Winch system
- Gas monitor
- Stretcher
- Lighting
- BA kit
- Fall arrest
- Fall restraint
Has the equipment been checked and in good working condition?
- Voice
- Hand signals/Visual
- Mobile phone
- 2-way radio
Other equipment required
Provide a brief description on how emergency services will reach the work area.
Provide a brief description of how the personnel will be rescued in the event of an incident.
Have all participants in the rescue party been briefed on the rescue plan and has the plan been practiced?
The plan MUST be practised and participants MUST be briefed before commencing work.
By signing, you agree that you have been briefed on and understand the rescue plan and agree to fulfil the role you have been assigned.
If a hard barrier is installed work is not considered working at height. Confirm with your supervisor before continuing work.
A confined space means an enclosed or partially enclosed space that:
is not designed or intended primarily to be occupied by a person; and
is, or is designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while any person is in the space; and
is or is likely to be a risk to health and safety from:
o an atmosphere that does not have a safe oxygen level, or
o contaminants, including airborne gases, vapours and dusts, that may cause injury from fire or explosion, or harmful concentrations of any airborne contaminants, or engulfment.
Is the work being conducted in a confined space?
Please complete a confined space permit and rescue plan.
Before entering the excavation, test the atmosphere and enter the results. Continuously monitor atmosphere.
Have gas readings been taken for a minimum of 5 minutes?
Conduct gas monitoring for a minimum of 5 minutes prior to entering the confined space.
Gas monitor readings
Oxygen reading
LEL
CO2
H2S
Are the results within safe working limits?
Oxygen 19.5% - 23.5%
LEL < 5
CO < 30 ppm
H2S < 10 ppm
If the atmosphere is not withing safe working limits, notify your supervisor immediately.
Has a rescue plan been completed for this work?
Rescue plan details
- Engulfment
- Hazardous environment
- Release of stored energy
- Hazardous gasses
- Medical emergency
- Fall from height
Standby person/spotter responsibilities
- Tripod/Davit arm
- Safety harness
- Life line/Rescue rope
- Winch system
- Gas monitor
- Stretcher
- Lighting
- BA kit
- Fall arrest
- Fall restraint
Has the equipment been checked and in good working condition?
- Voice
- Hand signals/Visual
- Mobile phone
- 2-way radio
Other equipment required
Provide a brief description on how emergency services will reach the work area.
Provide a brief description of how the personnel will be rescued in the event of an incident.
Rescue methods
Rescue method to be used?
Which rescue method is to be used?
Have all participants in the rescue party been briefed on the rescue plan and has the plan been practiced?
The plan MUST be practised and participants MUST be briefed before commencing work.
By signing, you agree that you have been briefed on and understand the rescue plan and agree to fulfil the role you have been assigned.
Is there a possibility for any worker, plant or equipment to come into contact with any asbestos?
ACM PPE requirements
Is ASBESTOS signage in place?
Put signage in place before proceeding.
All asbestos or asbestos containing material (PPE) is to be double bagged in 2μm plastic and sealed and disposed of at a licenced wasted facility within 7 days. Ensure a waste tracking certificate is completed when dumping.
- Heat
- Rain
- Storm
- No, normal weather conditions
What controls are in place to manage the extreme weather conditions?
Are the works on or adjacent to a road way or will they impact on traffic and pedestrians?
- Traffic Control
- Signage
- Site Delineation
- Temporary Fencing
What are the job specific hazards for this site?
What controls have been put in place to manage these hazards?
- Dust
- Noise
- Water
- Waste
- Asbestos
- Sediment
- Fuel/Chemicals
- Other
What are the other potential environmental impacts and hazards for this site.
- Dust suppression
- Noise suppression
- Dewatering
- Asbestos PPE
- Wet down ACM
- Sediment controls
- SDS's
- Spill kit
- Other
What other controls have been put in place to manage the environmental hazards?
Are all controls implemented appropriate for the task and do they allow the job to be completed safely?
Stop work and notify your supervisor. Work is not to proceed until the site hazards can be eliminated or risk controlled to a satisfactory level.
What is your emergency response plan and where is your muster point?
Has the emergency plan been communicated and understood by all personnel on site?
Enter start and finish times of all personnel onsite.
