site safety check list

SITE SAFETY AUDIT CHECKLISTS

i) Checklist for Safety Quality Record

ii) Checklist for Upgrading Works

iii) Checklist for Suspended Scaffolding Works (Gondola)

iv) Checklist for Mast Climbing Workplatform

v) Checklist for Civil Engineering Works

vi) Checklist for Metal Scaffolding Works

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CHECKLIST FOR SAFETY QUALITY RECORD

Contractor :

Contract Name : Blk Nos. :

Contract No : Date :

Type of Work : Time :

Safety Inspection No. :

REPORTS/N ITEMS OF VISIT REMARKS

PERMIT

1) Registration of Factory with Ministry of ManPower(MOM)

LICENCE

1) Licence to operate and use electrical or supplyinstallation

SAFETY MANAGEMENT

1) Safety and Health Management System (SHMS)/SafetyProgramme submission

2) SHMS/Safety Programme approval by Consultant

3) Monthly safety report/auditing report byWSHO/site safety supervisor

ACTS AND REGULATION

1) A copy of Workplace Safety and Health(WSH) Act

2) A copy of WSH(Construction) Regulations

RECORDS

1) Personal Protective Equipment

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RECORDS (cont'd)

2) Supervisors' Safety Course /Workers' Safety Orientation Course Certificate

3) Authorised operator for machinery

FIRST AID

1) List of first aid items and its medical supplies

2) Name of first aider and their certificates

MOBILE CRANE

1) Submission for safe use of mobile crane

2) Approval for use of mobile crane by Consultant

3) 6-monthly checklist and certificate for testing andinspection by Approved Examiner(AE)

4) Weekly checking of crane access by siteengineer/supervisor

5) 3-monthly checklist for maintenance bymechanic

6) Daily checking by operator

TOWER CRANE

1) Submission for safe use of Tower Crane

2) Approval for use of Tower Crane by Consultant


4) 3-monthly checklist for maintenance by mechanic


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METAL SCAFFOLD

1) Submission for erection of metal scaffold

2) Approval for erection of metal scaffold by Consultant

3) Weekly scaffold register by scaffold supervisor

4) 3-monthly checking by Professional Engineer (PE) (Civil) or his engineers

5) Submission for dismantling of metal scaffold

6) Approval for dismantling of metal scaffold by Consultant

PASSENGER-CUM-MATERIAL HOIST (P/M)

1) Submission for safe use of P/M hoist

2) Approval for use of P/M Hoist by Consultant


4) 3-monthly checklist for maintenance by mechanic


MAST CLIMBING WORKPLATFORM

1) Submission for safe use of workplatform

2) Approval for use of workplatform by Consultant

3) 6-monthly certificate for testing and inspection by Approved Examiner(AE)

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MAST CLIMBING WORKPLATFORM (cont'd)

4) Weekly workplatform register by workplatformsupervisor

5) Monthly checking by PE (Civil) or his engineers

SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD (GONDOLA)

1) Submission for safe use of gondola

2) Approval for use of gondola by Consultant

3) 6-monthly certificate for testing and inspection by Approved Examiner(AE)

4) Weekly checking by gondola supervisor

5) Monthly checking by PE (Civil) or his engineers

SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARYSTRUCTURES BY CONSULTANT

1) Workers' quarter

2) Hoarding

3) Entry/exit overhead shelter

4) Refuse chute

5) Material receiving platform

6) Metal staircase to construction level

7) Lightweight panels transporting cart

8) Concrete batching plant

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OTHERS

1)

2)

3)

* _/ = Satisfactory/Yes X = Not provided/Not satisfactory/Inadequate/NoNA = Not Applicable - = Briefing Remark/Advice

INSPECTED BY

NAME

INITIAL/DATE

Copy To:

OFFICERS INITIAL/DATE REMARK

i)

ii)

Action Taken Stop/Warn/Admin/Lifting on ______________/Nil

*CONSULTANTS /OTHERS : ________________

NAME INITIAL/DATE REMARK

i) CONSULTANT'S SO: - For your follow-up action.

ii) CONSULTANT'S SS: - For your action/filing.

CONTRACTOR - For immediate rectification.

* Delete whichever is applicable

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CHECKLIST FOR UPGRADING WORK

Contractor :

Contract Name : Blk Nos :




REPORTS/N ITEMS BLK STY OF VISIT REMARKS

1) Safety Information Signboard and assembly Stage

2) Signboard for public information and convenience

a) Danger Signboard

b) Route Diversion Signboard

c) Information Signboard

3) Protective Hoarding/Fencing provided at ground floor enclosing work areas

4) Exit/Entry Overhead Shelter

5) Barricade

a) to open sides of building

b) to open sides of roof

c) to lift opening

d) open sides of excavation

6) Safe Access

a) to roof/water tanks

b) for crossing over trenches/work areas

c) in trench 1.2m or more deep

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REPORTS/N ITEMS BLK STY OF VISIT REMARKS

7) Piling operations supervised by designated person

a) pile hoisting

b) pile driving

8) Shoring

a) to excavated trenches 1.5m or more deep

b) to excavated trenches more than 4m constructed according to PE's design

9) Safety cover

a) over floor opening of building

b) across road opening/drain opening

10) Approved plugs and sockets provided for electrical equipments

11) Electrical cable properly hang up

12) Crane access constructed according to PE's design

13) Lifting operation supervised by Lifting Supervisor

14) Valid 6-monthly certificate of mobile crane by Approved Examiner(AE)

15) Valid 6-monthly certificate of piling machine by Approved Examiner(AE)

16) Valid 3-monthly certificate of Passenger-Material-Hoist by Approved Examiner(AE)

17) All outrigger of crane are fully extended and supported

18) Spreader beam used for hoisting Space Adding Item(SAI)

19) Webbling Sling used for hoisting SAI

20) Passenger-Material-Hoist

a) metal gates

b) hoist landing

21) Machinery/Vehicles operated by authorised person

22) Unsafe Act

a) workers not pillioning on dumpers

b) workers not pillioning on excavator

c) no unsafe work procedure

d) no unsafe act of workers

23) Housekeeping

a) material not placed at the edge of roof

b) materials not placed at the edge of trench

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REPORT

S/N ITEMS BLK STY OF VISIT REMARKS


a) Safety helmet worn by workers

b) workers anchor safety harness/belt to independent lifeline

25) Demolition of existing structure/parapet

by safe method

26) OTHERS

INSPECTED BY

NAME

INITIAL/DATE

Copy To:


i)

ii)


*CONSULTANT/Other :


i) CONSULTANT'S SO: - For your follow-up action

ii) CONSULTANT'S SS: - For your action/filing




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CHECKLIST FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK

Contractor :

Contract Name : __________________________________________________________





1) Personal Protective Equipment Record

2) Namelist of authoried operators to operate machineryvehicles

3) First Aid Box with adequate medical supplies

4) Adequate warning signboards placed and conspicuously at strategic locations

5) Route conversion signboards for public information andconvenience ( where piblic access is affected)

6) Blinker lights to trenches/works to existing road

7) Shoring to excavated trenches more than 1.5m deep

8) Shoring to excavated trench more than 4m deep constructed according to PE's design and drawings

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9) Open sides of excavation are guarded by adequate and effective barricades ( min 1.1m height)

10) Temporary access with railing properly secured overtrenches

11) Ladders,stairways or ramps provided in trenches of more than 1.2m depth

12) Materials kept away from the edges of trenches ( at least 610mm away from the trench)

13) Safety cover across road opening /over drain opening

14) Overhead protection for workers working in the manholes near buildings under construction

15) Tunnel constructed according to PE's design and drawings

16) Approved ventiliation system provided in tunnel in accordance to PE's design and drawings

17) Flash back Arrestor or fitted to regulator and blowpipe of gas cyclinder

18) Personal Protective Equipment worn by workers/site staff

19) Vehicles/machinery operated by authorised persons

20) Housekeeping

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OTHERS

21)


INSPECTED BY

NAME

INITIAL/DATE

Copy To:


i)

ii)


*CONSULTANT/OTHERS* : ________________


i) CONSULTANT 'S SO: - For your follow-up action.




Contractor :

Contract Name : Blk Nos. :




REPORTS/N ITEMS BLK OF VISIT REMARKS

1) FOUNDATIONS

a) Scaffold erected on firm ground

b) Scaffold not endangered by open excavation

2) SOLEPLATES

Proper soleplates used

3) BASEPLATES Proper baseplates fitted to all standards or legs of scaffold

4) FOOT - TIES Foot-ties fitted to both inner and outer standards

5) ALIGNMENT OF SCAFFOLD COMPONENTS

a) Standards or Frames vertical

b) Ledgers and transoms levelled

CHECKLIST FOR METAL SCAFFOLDING WORK


6) TORSION CABLE Tensioned torsion cable at every cantilever bracket and C-channel

7) TUBES AND FITTINGS a) Ledgers connected to standards with right angle couplers

b) Transoms connected to the standards with right-angle couplers

c) End to end connections in members staggered in adjacent bays and adjacent pairs

8) FRAMES a) Standards connected end to end with either sleeve couplers or joint pins

b) Armlocks installed at all vertical joints between frames

c) Cross bracings are fitted and connected to frames

9) Scaffolds erected one lift above the top most level (Not applicable for mechanised formwork system)

10) TIE BACK a) At every 2 lifts or at every floor starting from base

b) Spaced not more than 3 bays or 7.5 metres apart whichever is lesser

c) Spaced no further than one bay from ends in a staggered manner

d) To every standard above the level of the peripheral overhead shelter

e) Effective temporary tie immediately below top most level

11) HORIZONTAL BRACINGS OR 'LACING'At every 5 lifts of frame, tube or modularscaffold to both inner and outer standards

12) DEBRIS NETDebris screening net erected to preventparticles and debris dislodged from thescaffold


13) LADDERLadders are securely attached to thescaffold for access

14) SCAFFOLD COMPONENT MATERIALa) Scaffold components and fittings showing no signs of deterioration

b) All fittings are tight and undamaged

15) BRACING for TUBE or MODULAR SCAFFOLDa) Diagonal bracings connected either to projecting transoms with right-angle couplers or to the standards with swivel couplers

b) Ledger bracings connected to the ledgers with right-angle couplers or to the standards with swivel couplers

c) Ledger/diagonal bracings connected end to end using either sleeve couplers or joint-pins

16) Guardrails are fitted and connected tostandards

17) WORKING PLATFORM (BELOW TOP MOST LEVEL)Closely decked continuous workingplatform with toeboards immediately belowtop most level (Minimum width 635mm)

18) WORKING PLATFORM (AT EVERY ALTERNATE LIFT)a) Closely decked continuous working platform with toeboards at every alternate lift of metal scaffold

b) WORKING PLATFORM (ISOLATED) Closely decked isolated working platform with toeboards and guardrail.

c) WORKING PLATFORM (SIZE) For timber and metal deckings, the plank used shall be at least 200mm wide and 38mm thick and it is not projecting beyond its end support by more than 4 times its thickness

d) METAL DECKING Metal deckings are held down securely to prevent uplift and cantilever effects

19) PERIPHERAL OVERHEAD SHELTERContinuous peripheral overhead shelterprovided not endangered by movingmachinery


20) PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER'S DRAWING

Scaffolds are erected strictly inaccordance with the ProfessionalEngineer's design and drawings

21) SCAFFOLD DISMANTLING/ERECTION

a) WARNING SIGNBOARDS Warning signboards stating "Caution. Do not use the scaffold." in 4 official languages placed at strategic locations

b) TIE BACKS

Tie backs are not released in advance of scaffold dismantling

c) BARRICADES

Barricades erected to restrict access to the scaffold

22) DISMANTLED SCAFFOLD COMPONENTS

Dismantled scaffold components broughtto the ground by a safe method

23) QUALIFIED SCAFFOLD SUPERVISOR

Qualified scaffold supervisor supervises thescaffold erection/dismantling operation

24) QUALIFIED SCAFFOLD ERECTORS

Qualified scaffold erectorserecting/dismantling the scaffold

25) SAFETY HARNESS AND LIFELINES

Safety harness and lifelines used by thescaffold erectors


OTHERS

26)


INSPECTED BY

NAME

INITIAL/DATE

Copy To:

OFFICERS REMARK

i)

ii)


*CONSULTANT/Other : _________________


i) CONSULTANT'S SO: - For your follow-up action.




INITIAL/DATE

CHECKLIST FOR SUSPENDED SCAFFOLDING WORK (GONDOLA)

Contractor :

Site : Blk No. :





1) Valid Certificate of lifting machine by Approved Examiner(AE)

2) Protective hoardings/barricadingat ground floor.

3) Warning signboards placedat strategic locations

4) ELCB provided at the distributioncontrol panel

5) Proper cover to Fuse box

6) Four wire ropes provided foreach cradle (min. 8mm ø)


7) Wire ropes free from defects andproperly tensioned

8) Safety wire ropes independentlyanchored to a permanent structure

9) Brackets properly clampedto roof structures

10) Brackets used according to PE'sdrawings

11) Hooks & Angle Brackets are properlysecured in position by wire ropesaccording to PE's drawing.

12) Fist' grips/'U' shackles/'Bull Dog'grips used to fasten the joint ofwire ropes

13) Wire ropes protected fromdirect contact with existing structure


14) Wire ropes for "tie backs" of theanchorage system used according toPE's drawings

15) Safe working load and maximum allowable no. of operators (not morethan 3) prominently specified at thecradle side

16) Out-riggers spaced not morethan 3.2m apart

17) Personal Protective Equipment:

a) Workers/Riggers anchorsafety harness to independentlifeline

b) Safety helmet worn byworkers/riggers

OTHERS

18)


INSPECTED BYNAMEINITIAL/DATE

Copy To:

OFFICERS INITIAL/DATE REMARKi)ii)


* CONSULTANT/Other :

NAME INITIAL/DATE REMARKi) CONSULTANT'S SO: - For your follow-up action.ii) CONSULTANT'S SS: - For your action/filing.



CHECKLIST FOR MAST CLIMBING WORKPLATFORM

Contractor

Site Blk No. :

Contract No Date :

Type of Work Time :

Safety Inspection No.


1) Adequate warning signs placedconspicuously at strategic locations

2) Effective barricades at ground level

3) ELCB provided at the distribution controlpanel and a proper cover to the fuse box

4) Safety devices are in good workingcondition

5) The tiebacks system erected according to PE's drawing

6) The masts stands on level and firm ground


7) All out-riggers are fully extended andproperly supported

8) No unauthorised extension of workplatform

9) Guardrails of the workplatform overlaid withfine screening debris net

10) Metal staircase provided and securelyattached to workplatform

11) Load evenly distributed inside theworkplatform

12) No obstruction to the operating pathwayof the workplatform

13) Workplatforms are lowered to the base/ground level when not in use

14) Electrical cables in the drum

15) Electrical cables and plugs arenot damaged

16) Safe working load and max. no. of operators(not more than 3 persons for single mast and5 persons for twin masts) are prominently displayed at the side of the workplatform


17) No overloading of workplatform

18) Erection/Dismantling of workplatform

a) Workplatform supervisor supervises tne work

b) Mast tieback directly below the workplatform installedprior to erection/not released priorto dismantling

c) Connections between masts properly securedbefore operating the workplatform


a) Workers/Riggers anchor safety belt to independent lifeline

b) Safety helmet worn by workers/riggers

20) Housekeeping

OTHERS

21)


INSPECTED BYNAMEINITIAL/DATE

Copy To:

OFFICERS Initial/Date REMARKi)ii)

Action Taken *Stop/Warn/Admin/Lifting on _______/Nil

*CONSULTANT /Other :

NAME INITIAL/DATE REMARKi) CONSULTANT'S SO: - For your follow-up action.ii) CONSULTANT'S SS: - For your action/filing.

CONTRACTOR


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