Title Page

  • Warehouse Audit

  • Company Name

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

Safety Management

  • Positive Observations

  • Is safety policy available?

  • Is there a safety organization?

  • Safety statistic is up-to-date?

  • Accident reporting procedure is available.

Access Rules

  • Positive Observations

  • Access rules for visitors have been defined?

  • Access rules for visitors are communicated upon site entry?

Pedestrian Paths

  • Positive Observations

  • Wherever pedestrians are allowed, a pedestrian path is laid out?

  • Pedestrian paths are not a route for continuous driving

  • Pedestrian paths are clearly and permanently marked?

  • Pedestrian paths are clean and not covered or blocked by objects?

  • Pedestrian paths have signs when any are specific access rules apply?

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

  • Positive Observations

  • All people granted access to logistics areas wear personal protective equipment?

  • Pedestrian paths that do not require personal protection have a different colour?

Routes On Site

  • Positive Observations

  • Dedicated routes for trucks have been set up and visualized (incl. driving direction)?

  • Areas where forklift trucks drive, are clearly marked?

Traffic Regulations On Site

  • Positive Observations

  • Traffic regulations for all vehicles allowed on site and pedestrians are defined?

  • Traffic regulations are clearly visualized?

  • Traffic regulations are communicated to all persons entering the site?

Maximum Stack Heights

  • Positive Observations

  • Maximum stack heights for cans are according to standard?

  • Maximum stack heights for glass bottles are according to standard?

  • Maximum stack heights for kegs are according to standard?

  • Maximum stack heights for empties are according to standard?

  • Maximum stack height for any other product has been defined according to standard?

Racking

  • Positive Observations

  • Storage racks are mounted and fixed to the floor?

  • Height of the column protection is minimum 400mm on every corner and mounted to the floor?

  • People do not need to go under pallets stored in a rack?

Storage & Handling Equipment Maintenance

  • Positive Observations

  • Forklift trucks are checked for defects daily?

  • A (preventive) maintenance program for all equipment used for material handling and storage is defined according to standard?

  • The minimum maintenance information is recorded and archived according to standard?

Forklift Truck Operating Standards

  • Positive Observations

  • Procedures for forklift truck operation are in place?

  • Forklift truck operators have received training according to standard?

  • Only authorized people can drive a forklift truck?

  • Forklift trucks are only operated while in the seat of the operator station?

  • Passengers are not allowed on a forklift truck?

  • People are not lifted with the forks?

  • No loads higher than the mast are being moved?

  • When visibility is restricted, the forklift is not driven forward?

  • The forklift truck is not overloaded?

  • The forklift truck is only refueled/recharged in designated areas?

  • The forklift truck is only driven with the forks low?

  • The forks are only operated when the forklift truck is standing still?

  • Forklift trucks travelling in the same direction are not passed if it is at a blind spot, intersection, or other dangerous location and only after confirmation by the forklift to be passed

  • At cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed, the forklift is slowed down and the horn is sound?

  • The forklift truck is only parked in designated areas?

  • When the forklift truck is left unattended the engine is off, keys removed and parking brake pulled?

  • The forklift truck is not operated with any person underneath the forks?

  • Operator uses seatbelt even if in combination with safety bar or forklift truck door?

Loading and Unloading

  • Positive Observations

  • A process is in place to ensure that the truck driver does not move the truck before loading has been finalized?

  • Dock levellers are used according to standard?

Emergency

  • Positive Observations

  • Is there a fixed fire protection system?

  • Are all fire extinguishers accessible, and their locations clearly designated?

  • Are all fire extinguishers inspected and recharged regularly, with inspection tag?

  • Employees have received emergency response training?

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