safety checklists for buildings

SITE SAFETY AUDIT CHECKLISTS

i) Checklist for Safety Quality Record

ii) Checklist for Building Works

iii) Checklist for Metal Scaffolding Works

iv) Checklist for Mast Climbing Workplatform

v) Checklist for Civil Engineering Works

vi) Checklist for Suspended Scaffolding Works (Gondola)

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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 BUILDING WORK

Contractor :

Contract Name : Blk Nos :




REPORTS/N ITEMS BLK STY OF VISIT REMARKS

1) Personal Protective Equipment worn by workers/site staff

2) Barricade to open sides of buildings/ excavation

3) Barricade to lift openings

4) Passenger cum material hoist

a) Swing metal gates b) Hoist landing/shelter

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5) Closely decked continuous working platform with toe boards at top most level. (NA for this checklist if the checklist for metal scaffold is used)

6) a) Platforms at alternate storey in lift shafts

b) Platforms at alternate storey in central refuse chutes

7) Peripheral Overhead Shelter provided. (NA for this checklist if the checklist for metal scaffold is used)

8) Overhead shelters to exit and entry points of building

9) Overhead shelter to exit/entry point of passenger/material hoist

10) Temporary Refuse Chute provided

11) Metal staircase to construction levels provided

12) Sound cover to central refuse chute top opening provided

13) Safety Information Board and Assembly Stage/Safety Notice Board provided

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14) AUTHORISED PERSONS

a) Passenger/Material hoists operated by authorised person

b) Vehicles driven by authorised person

c) Machinery operated by authorised person

d) Mobile/Tower crane operated by authorised person

15) UNSAFE ACTS

a) Workers not pillioning on dumpers b) Workers not pillioning on excavator

c) No unsafe work procedures d) No unsafe act of workers

16) 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



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 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

19) Personal Protective Equipment

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


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.



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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.




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