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Site inspection checklist NOTE: This list is not exhaustive and does not replace or reduce the obligation of the principal contractor, sub- contractors, workers or schools to undertake their own detailed risk and hazard identification and develop their own risk management plan.

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OHS criteria 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0

11.0 12.0

Administrative Requirements Housekeeping Confined Spaces Falling Objects & Public Protection Demolition Welding/Hot Work Underground Services/Utilities Excavation Trenching Work at Heights − Risk Assessment − Potential Falls − Edge Protection − Fall Protection Cover − Travel Restraint System − Fall Arrest Platforms − Fall Arrest Harness System − Elevating Work Platforms − Industrial Safety Net − Single/Extension Ladders − Ladders Generally − Work on Platforms Supported by Trestle Ladders Electrical Plant − Risk Assessment for Mobile Plant − Scaffolding

13.0 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 14 15 16 17 17

14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 21.0

22.0 23.0 24.0 25.0 26.0 27.0

− Loading Bays Tilt-up & Pre-cast Concrete Construction − Risk Assessment for Panel Erection − Concrete Pumping − Formwork Manual Tasks Hazardous Substances Dangerous Goods Asbestos Management First Aid Noise General Traffic Management Traffic Management for Civil Construction Projects − General/Administrative − Signage: Condition & Position − Delineation − Triton Safety Barrier System − Portable Concrete Barriers − Vehicle Mounted Warning Devices − Traffic Control & Traffic Controllers − Side Tracks/Detours − General/Administrative Contaminated Atmospheres Extremes of Temperature Diving/Water Amenities Sub-contractor OHS Management Other Hazards/Risks

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Site inspection checklist Elements

1.0 Administrative requirements (Part 20, Division 2, Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

Sub-elements

1.1 1.2 1.3

1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9

Observations/Comments

• Construction safety plan available • Construction safety plan amended as required • Construction safety plan and Work methods statements readily available and accessible • Processes implemented for monitoring and reviewing controls • Processes implemented and followed for incident and injury recording and reporting • Records of certificates and licences (Schedule 5 WHS Reg 2008) • Training records maintained for person/s training in prescribed activity • Registrable plant registered as per Division 1 WHS Reg 2008 • Registrable plant design registered s per Division 2 WHS Reg 2008

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1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 2.0 Housekeeping (Part 20, Division 2, Subdivisions 6 and 7 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10

• Building and construction work notification provided if cost >$80 000 • WMS available and followed for each high risk activity (including subcontractors) • General safety induction sighted and records maintained • Site-specific safety induction provided and records maintained • Site rules appropriately displayed and enforced • Incident and injury reporting and recording completed • WHSO appointed where required • Workplace consultative arrangements in place • PPE provided, used and maintained • Access, including stairwells (clear and adequate width) • Safety signs • Waste storage and removal • Materials storage • Ventilation provided • Dust exposure managed • Lighting provided • Biological hazards controlled • Protrusion risks controlled (e.g. starter bars) • Penetrations controlled - Page 4 of 29 -

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3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.0 Confined spaces (Part 18, Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10

3.11

• All confined spaces identified • Risk assessments completed and documented • Written authority required to enter • Stand by person available • Signs/barriers erected • Equipment provided where necessary • Training provided and records maintained • Confined space records maintained • Emergency response provisions • Clear of contaminants, atmospheric testing and monitoring • Ladders only used when angle between ladder and horizontal ≥80° and control measures used to prevent ladder from moving whilst in use

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4.1 4.0 Falling objects and public protection (Part 20, Division 2, Subdivision 11 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

5.0 Demolition (Part 20, Division 2, Subdivision 11 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

5.1

5.2

5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8

• Risk assessment for civil and housing construction work – controls in place • Control measures implemented for non-civil or housing construction work • Barricade/hoarding height and type appropriate • Gantry provided • Catch platform with perimeter containment screening erected • Closure of adjoining areas • Loads lifted over adjoining areas – controls implemented • Formwork – risks assessed and controls implemented • If required, demolition plan available and adhered to • Risk assessment undertaken and controls implemented reflective of public access and security, weather and spread of waste material e.g. dust • Emergency procedures available • Work method statements (WMS) available • Activities comply with WMS • Falling object protection available for workers • Certification available for prescribed activities • Plant used correctly - Page 6 of 29 -

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5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

6.0 Welding/Hot work (Welding Technical Industry of Australia Technical Note 7 Health and Safety in Welding 2004)

6.5

6.6

6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10

• Pre-stressing/post-tensioning concrete • Structural steel erection • Concrete/Masonry cutting • Demolition work undertaken in accordance with AS/NZS 2601 • Fire extinguisher available • Cylinders upright and secured • Valves kept closed • Flashback arresters/non-return valves provided • Separate storage areas for fuel, gas and oxygen cylinders outside range of falling debris and away from heavily trafficked areas • Storage areas clear of combustibles including fuels and designated no smoking areas and protected from sunlight • Cutting torch cylinders not placed where they might become part of electrical circuit • Pressure regulators on oxytorch regularly serviced and tested for accuracy • Screens used where needed • Regulator, hoses/leads and handset condition acceptable

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7.0 Underground services/ utilities (Part 20, Division 2, Subdivision 10 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

7.1

8.0 Excavation (Part 20, Division 3, Subdivisions 8 and 9 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

8.1

7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6

8.2 8.3

• Knowledge of location of underground services from appropriate source • Underground services information recorded in writing • Information passed on to relevant persons • De-energised power supplies where appropriate • Isolation and tagging of shut off valves and switches • Risk assessment undertaken and controls implemented • Underground services isolated • Ground stability checked and controls implemented • Risk assessment undertaken for types of excavations • All types of excavations barricaded

8.4

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9.1 9.0 Trenching (Part 20, Division 3, Subdivision 9 Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008)

9.2 9.3

• Shoring appropriate to work being undertaken • Benching appropriate to work being undertaken • Battering appropriate to work being undertaken • Geo-technical engineer’s written approval received

9.4

9.5 9.6

• Access – ladder every 9m • Barriers and covers used to protect spaces Risk Assessment

10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5

• Risk assessment undertaken and WMS prepared as required • Considers workplace nature, size and layout • Considers duration, extent and type of work to be undertaken • Considers height at which workers required to access/undertake work • Considers training and experience of employees undertaking work

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10.6

10.7

10.8

• Considers access to work area including terrain, travel distance, ease of access for equipment • Considers number and movement of people and plant on-site • Considers conditions of work including windy/slippery, poor lighting, sloping surfaces, other hazards above/below work areas e.g. powerlines, impaling hazards/trees Potential falls

10.9

10.10 10.11 10.12

• Risk assessment undertaken for potential falls ≤2m or ≤3m or roof with slope ≥26° • Controls implemented for potential falls ≥2m or ≥3m or roof with slope ≥26° • Controls prescribed by WHS Reg 2008 adhered to • If fall prevention not practicable, fall arrest and harm minimisation measures available when fall arrested Edge Protection

10.13 10.14 10.15

• Installed as per manufacturer’s specifications and sign-off • Adequate to withstand loadings • Hand, mid and lower rails fitted at correct heights or mesh - Page 10 of 29 -

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Fall protection cover 10.16 10.17

• Adequate strength • Secured in place Travel restraint system

10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22

• Installed by competent person • Anchorage point adequate • Users trained in safe and correct use • No evidence of wear or weakness • Inspected every 6 months and records maintained Fall arrest platforms

10.23

10.24 10.25 10.26

10.27

• Able to withstand impact of fall • Distance from sloped surface is 675mm minimum width of unobstructed landing area • Distance from sloped surface/gutter line