Checklist

GOODS TRANSPORT
- MAIL COURIER SERVICES
The checklists contain a series of questions to which the company should answer yes or no. All
questions to which the company answers yes constitute a working environment problem that must
form part of an action plan which the company must draw up in connection with the checklist.
In relation to the checklists, the company must:

answer all the questions in the checklist;

comment on those questions to which the company answers Yes in the checklists action
plan;
consider what the cause of the working environment problems noted might be;
draw up solutions to the working environment problems;
comment on who is responsible for solving the working environment problems, and when
these are expected to be solved;
comment in writing on key working environment problems in the company that are not
highlighted by the checklist.

YES

ACCIDENTS
1. Are there accidents that are not investigated in order to prevent reoccurrence of the
same accident?
2. Are there workers who have not been instructed and trained in their job?
3. Are there workers who do not have the time needed to carry out their tasks in a properly
safe manner?

INTERNAL TRANSPORT AND ACTIVITIES

4. Are there working conditions which mean that workers are at risk of missing their
footing, e.g. because of objects on the floor or uneven floors?
5. Is there a risk of people being hit or crushed by vehicles, e.g. cars and lorries?

MOTOR LOADS, FALLS ETC.

6. Are there situations in which workers make inappropriate twists or turns of the body?
7. Is there a lack of lifting gear for loads over 11 kg or for inappropriate lifting, pulling or
pushing?
8. Are there slippery walkways?

ERGONOMICS
HEAVY LIFTING
9. Are heavy objects or loads lifted manually?
10. Are heavy objects or tools carried while walking?
11. Are many objects over 3 kg lifted during the course of a working day?

HEAVY PULLING AND PUSHING

12. Does considerable force need to be used to push or pull equipment such as e.g.
trolleys, sack trucks or pallet lifters?

NO

YES
13. Is the floor uneven, sloping, soft, smooth or are there steps?
14. Are there areas where pushing or pulling is carried out in cramped conditions?
15. Is there much starting, stopping or turning when loads are to be pushed or pulled?
16. Do workers feel that the thing that is being pushed or pulled is heavy?
17. Is the equipment faulty or is there a lack of maintenance?

WORKING POSITIONS
18. Do people work in uncomfortable positions?
19. Do people work with a bent back or forward or backward bent neck?

VIBRATIONS
20. Do workers use vehicles where they are exposed to powerful vibrations while driving?

COLD AND HEAT

21. Do workers frequently move between very cold and very warm environments?

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION

22. Are there young people below the age of 18 who have not received thorough
instruction and training?
23. Have the parents not been informed, where young people under 15 are employed, that
they are subject to compulsory education?

AGE REQUIREMENT
24. Are children under 13 employed?

ERGONOMICS
25. Are there young people under 18 who lift objects over 12 kg several times a day?

NO

YES

NO

WORKING HOURS, ETC.

26. Are there young people under the age of 18 who work between eight in the evening
and six in the morning?
27. Are there 13-14 year-olds or young people subject to compulsory education who work
more than two hours on school days or 12 hours during the school week?
28. Are there 13-14 year-olds or young people subject to compulsory education who do
not have an unbroken rest period of at least 14 hours during a 24-hour day?
29. Are there 15-17 year olds who are not subject to compulsory education who do not
have an unbroken rest period of at least 12 hours during a 24-hour day?
30. Are there young people under 18 who do not have two unbroken days off in each
seven-day period?

PSYCHOLOGICAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT

EXCESSIVE DEMANDS
31. Is it necessary for workers to work very quickly?
32. Is it often necessary for workers to work overtime?
33. Does it often occur that workers do not achieve all their tasks?
34. Are there workers who constantly have a large amount of work or are subject to
considerable pressure of time?

LACK OF INFLUENCE
35. Do workers have little influence over most of their own work?

LACK OF SUPPORT FROM COLLEAGUES AND MANAGEMENT

36. Is there a lack of help and support from colleagues?
37. Is there a lack of help and support from management?

LACK OF VARIETY
38. Is the work only slightly or not at all varied?

YES
VIOLENCE AND THREATS

NO

39. Are employees exposed to risk of violence, threats or insults?

WORKING ALONE
40. Do workers who work alone lack the opportunity for contact with colleagues or
management?

SHIFT WORK
41. Are there workers who mainly work outside normal working times, e.g. in the early
hours of the morning or during the night?

ABSENCE THROUGH SICKNESS

42. Are there conditions in the working environment that could contribute to absence
through sickness?
43. Could changes in the working environment reduce absence through sickness?

OTHER
The enterprise must be aware that special requirements are placed on the WPA in a range of areas. Among
other things, the following shall apply, which the enterprise must add to the checklist if the area is found in
the company:

working environment of pregnant women

screen work
biological agents
carcinogenic substances and materials.

Furthermore, the company should pay attention to the following:

noise
chemistry
indoor climate

WPA checklist - Action Plan

Cause of problem(s)

Solution

Person
responsible

Time-limit and
prioritisation

The company must consider how the action plan is to be followed up, whether the action plan has
had the desired effect or whether adjustments must be made. The workplace assessment must be
revised at least every three years, or in the event of changes in the work, working methods or
working processes that affect health and safety at work.

Carried out by:

Employer

Date

Employee

Date