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General Conditions

  • Site safety board - Policies, First Aid Attendant certificate, most recent inspection, OH&S Inspection, emergency contact list, etc, posted?

  • OH&S Regulations & WCE Site Safety Manual available in site office?

  • Site Safety Plan Readily available?

  • FLHA’s completed?

  • Completed orientation forms available for each worker on site?

  • Office swept clean, garbage removed regularly, and organized?

First Aid

  • First aid assessment completed and posted?

  • First Aid station private, clean and well organized?

  • Emergency Response Plan posted?

  • Site Map showing location of muster point, first aid, emergency stations and spill kits posted?

  • SDS’s readily available to workers?

Personal Protective Equipment

  • All workers wearing CSA approved hardhats?

  • All workers wearing CSA approved footwear?

  • All workers wearing high visibility vests?

  • All workers wearing CSA approved safety glasses?

  • All workers wearing gloves (as needed)?

  • All workers wearing appropriate work clothing?

  • Respiratory protection is worn when required?

  • Fall protection equipment is worn when required and installed to manufacture specifications?

General Site Access

  • Site fencing installed along site perimeter and secured?

  • Site rules prominently posted at entrance to site?

  • Overhead work - control zones installed with signage?

  • Overhead power lines visibly marked/flagged, with signage?

  • Overhead power 30M33 available on site as required?

  • Yard is organized, clear of debris and material hazards. Clear walking and driving paths maintained?

  • Site parking is free of debris, vehicles parked orderly, cleared/salted in winter?

Fire Prevention

  • Smoking area defined with signage and located 6 meters away from entrances and intakes?

  • Min 20lbs. Fire extinguisher located in site office?

  • Min 20lbs. Fire extinguisher located in the vicinity of a heater?

  • Min 20lbs. Fire extinguisher in close proximity to hot work?

  • Fire drill completed annually and posted on site safety board?

Chemical Storage and Handling

  • Do all decanted chemicals have a workplace label?

  • Chemicals stored in well ventilated location per SDS?

  • PPE for Chemical use available and used per SDS?

  • Chemical storage signage posted at location?

  • All cylinders stored upright and secured?

  • Spill kits readily available, in good condition and located as per site safety map?

Access and Egress

  • Are all corridors and walkways clear? No materials, cords or debris?

  • Are all stairways clear? No materials, cords or debris?

  • Guardrails top rail min 40 inches high?

  • Toeboards present on the bottom of the guard rail?

  • Ramps minimum 20” wide cleared and have handrail installed if over 4ft. high?

  • Immovable trip hazards clearly marked?

  • Temporary lighting installed to ensure good visibility of all hazards and work tasks?

  • Walkways min 20 inches wide, over 4ft. have handrails?

  • Stairways over 44” wide have handrails on both sides? Stairways under 44” wide have handrails on one side?

  • Vertical/horizontal impalement hazards are capped?

  • All holes/temporary openings over 2” have a secured covering?

Electrical

  • Electrical panels protected/suitable for exposures and climate?

  • Electrical panels have signage indicating “Live Panel” or are secured/locked at all times?

  • Cable feed to electrical panels identified, marked and protected from damage?

  • GFCI’s used outdoors or in wet/damp locations?

  • Extension cords free from fraying, splitting, prongs in place and in good condition?

  • Isolation/lockout/Tagout used when required?

Tools and Equipment

  • Tools used are inspected before use and operated per manufacturer specifications?

  • Power tools have guards in place and appear operable?

  • Grinders have guards?

  • Tools properly stored and clean?

  • Are red tags readily available to all on site?

Tools and Equipment

  • Tools are in good repair and workers inspect before use?

  • Do hand and table saws have guards and are they operable?

  • Do grinder have guards and are they operable?

  • Are tools properly stored and in clean condition?

  • Are red tags readily available to all workers on site?

Hoisting & Rigging

  • Is rigger competently trained?

  • Proper rigging available for lift and was it inspected before use?

  • Do all loads have tag lines?

  • Are edge softeners installed as necessary?

  • Has a control zone been established around the full length of the lift?

  • Is the crane/hoist manual available in the crane or hoisting equipment?

  • Is the crane operator certified and is a copy of the certification available on site?

  • Has the operator of the crane or hoisting equipment completed a daily inspection?

  • Has an annual inspection been completed on the crane is proof of certification available on site?

  • If a critical lift is being performed has the critical lift plan been completed?

Excavations

  • Have utility locates been completed?

  • Is the one call documentation/locate documentation available at the work location?

  • Are materials and soil piles > 2 ft. From the edge of the trench or excavation?

  • Is there a ladder or safe entry-exit no further than 25 ft. from workers in the trench or excavation?

  • If water is accumulating in the excavation, is it actively being removed/pumped?

Engineering

  • Is shoring/re-shoring appropriate to drawings?

  • Excavations over 4 feet in depth require shoring/benching or trench box.

Ladders

  • Is the ladder clean and free of damage?

  • Are all extension ladders secured at the top and bottom?

  • Is ladder set up on a firm level base?

  • Do extension ladders extend 1 meter past the landing?

  • Are all extension ladders set up at a 4:1 ratio?

  • Step ladders- are workers standing on top two steps?

  • Step ladders - are spreader bars fully extended?

  • Is a hoist rope available for hoisting material/tools/equipment to the next level?

Housekeeping

  • Is the lunchroom clean, swept and are the garbage bins emptied regularly?

  • Are garbage cans available throughout the project?

  • Are all protruding nails removed from wood before disposal or storage?

  • Are throw zones delineated with a warning line and signage?

  • Are all materials neatly organized throughout the project?

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