ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS YES NO

1. Is the Department of Labor and Employment job safety and health

protection poster (or a facsimile) posted in a conspicuous place?
Answer: Yes, for it to be clearly visible and to improve self-regulation
for safety based on DOLE Labor Code of the Philippines (P.D. 442)
2. Are all occupational deaths, injuries, and illnesses recorded on the DOLE
form 200 as required?
Answer: Yes, to help DOLE Monitor the condition of occupational safety
and causalities.
3. Is each recordable injury entered on the OSHA 200 within 6 working
days of the employer learning of the injury?
Answer: Yes, this serves as the summary of all work-related injuries and
illnesses that is important for location and maintenance of records.
4. Is the DOLE 200 summary for previous year posted from February 1 to
March 1?
Answer: Yes, for all the employees and workers to see based on OSHA
200 Log guidelines.
5. Is a DOLE form 101 (or its equivalent), supplemental record of each
occupational injury or illness available at the establishment?
Answer: Yes, all work accidents or occupational illnesses in places of
employment, resulting in disabling condition or dangerous occurrence
as defined in 1053.2 shall be reported by the employer to the Regional
Labor Office or duly authorized representative in duplicate and a copy
furnished the employee or his duly authorized representative using form
DOLE/BWC/HSD -IP-6.
6. Is the DOLE Area Director notified with forty-eight hours of any
employment fatality or any accident which results in the hospitalization
of five or more employees?
Answer: Yes, all deaths and permanent total disabilities shall be
investigated by the Regional Office or duly authorized representative
within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of the initial report of the
employer, prepared in duplicate using the prescribed form DOLE/
BWC/OHSD-IP-6a.
GENERAL SAFETY & HEALTH
1. Is each employee instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe
conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to
control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury?
Answer: Yes, to install personal awareness towards safety among
employees according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration
of DOLE 1926.21(b)(2).
2. Are employees who are required to handle or use poisons, caustics, and
other harmful substance instructed in their safe handling and use, and
made aware of the potential hazards, personal hygiene, and personal
protective measures?
Answer: Yes, Employees required to handle or use poisons, caustics, and
other harmful substances shall be instructed regarding the safe handling
 and use, and be made aware of the potential hazards, personal hygiene,
and personal protective measures required based on Occupational Safety
and Health Administration of DOLE 1926.21(b)(3).
3. Are employees who are required to enter confined or enclosed spaces
instructed as to the nature of the hazards involved, the necessary
precautions to be taken, and in the use of protective and emergency
equipment?
Answer: Yes, all employees required to enter into confined or enclosed
spaces shall be instructed as to the nature of the hazards involved, the
necessary precautions to be taken, and in the use of protective and
emergency equipment required. The employer shall comply with any
specific regulations that apply to work in dangerous or potentially
dangerous areas based on with either 29 CFR 1926.1207 or CFR
1926.21(b)(6)(i) of   Occupational Safety and Health Administration of
DOLE.
4. Is form and scrap lumber with protruding nails and all other debris kept
cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs.
Answer: Yes during the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,
form and scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris, shall
be kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around
buildings or other structures based on Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of DOLE 1926.25(a)
5. Are employees required to wear appropriate personal protective
equipment when there is an exposure to hazardous conditions?
Answer: Yes, to minimize exposure to hazards that cause serious
workplace injuries and illnesses.
MEDICAL SERVICES, FIRST AID, SANITATION
1. Is a facility for the treatment of injured employees located within three
minutes of the job site? If not, is there an employee(s) trained if first aid
at the site?
Answer: Yes, but according DOLE order no. 13, access to the nearest
medical/dental clinic or to a medical/dental clinic located within five (5)
kilometers radius from the workplace and can be reached in twenty-five
(25) minutes of travel, meaning having three minute travel is better.
2. Are first aid supplies that are approved by the consulting physician
readily accessible?
Answer: Yes, the employer is responsible for providing theses supplies
according to Labor Code of the Philippines.
3. Are the telephone numbers of physicians, hospitals, or ambulances
conspicuously posted?
Answer: Yes, so that in case of emergency, any employee can call the
phone numbers easily according to OSHA 1926.5.
4. Are potable (drinking) water and adequate toilet facilities at the job site?
Answer: Yes, as part of the provisions of the Labor Code of the
Philippines. 1926.51
5. Are the regulations concerning protection of employees against the
effects of noise exposure understood and complied with?
Answer: Yes, as part of the provisions of the Occupational Safety and
 health Administration (OSHA) 1926.52.
ASBESTOS
1. Does the employer assure that no employee is exposed to more than 0.2
fibers per cubic centimeter of air as an eight-hour time weighted
average?
Answer:
2. Does the employer assure that no employee is exposed to more than 1.0
fiber per cubic centimeter of air as averaged over a sampling period of
thirty minutes?
Answer:
3. On multi-employer worksites, are all other employees informed of the
existence and requirements, regulated areas, and of the work with
asbestos?
Answer:
4. If TWA or excursion limit listed above is exceeded, are regulated work
areas established and all requirements of this paragraph met?
Answer:
5. Is employee exposure monitoring meeting the requirements of this
paragraph conducted?
Answer:
6. Are engineering controls used to meet TWA and excursion limits in
paragraph (c)?
Answer:
7. Are respirators properly selected and used as required by this paragraph?
Answer:
8. If TWA or excursion limit is exceeded, is proper protective clothing
selected and used?
Answer:
9. Are laundering requirements, transportation of contaminated clothing
requirements, and inspection requirements met?
Answer:
1 Are clean change areas with separate facilities for protective and street
0. clothing provided?
Answer:
1 Is a lunch area with exposure to asbestos below action level and/or the
1. excursion limit provided?
Answer:
1 Is a decontamination area meeting requirement of the paragraph
2. provided?
Answer:
1 Are warning signs and labels used as required by this paragraph?
3. Answer:
1 Is employee training provided for all employees exposed to asbestos
4. above the action level or excursion limit?
Answer:
1 Is HEPA filtered vacuuming equipment used and is waste properly
5. disposed of?
Answer:
1 Is a medical surveillance program meeting all requirements of this
6. section provided?
Answer:
1 Are all required records kept, made available, and transferred as
7. required?
Answer:
For the purpose of this checklist, asbestos includes asbestos, tremolite,
anthophyllite, and acrinoiite.
HAZARD COMMUNICATION
1. Does employer have a written Hazard Communication Program?
Answer:
2. Does employer have a complete list of hazardous chemicals used on site?
Does list reference appropriate DOLE?
Answer:
3. Does employer either:
A. Provide other employers who may have exposed employees with
DOLE or
B. Make DOLE available at a central worksite location?
Answer:
4. Does employer inform other employers of any precautionary measures
they may need to take?
Answer:
5. Does employer inform other employers of labeling system?
Answer:
6. Are containers of hazardous chemicals, labeled, tagged, or marked?
Answer:
7. Does labeling include both:
a) identify, b) hazard warning?
Answer:
8. Does employer have an MSDS for each hazardous chemical on site?
Answer:
9. Are DOLE’s available to employees?
Answer:
1 Does employer inform other employers of any precautionary measures
0. they may need to take?
Answer:
1 Does training include:
1. a) Hazard communication standard requirements?
b) Any operation in employee’s area where hazardous chemicals
may be present?
c) Location and availability of Hazard Communication program
 d) Methods that may be used to detect a chemical release?
e) Physical and chemical hazards of chemicals in the workplace
f) Measures employees can take to protect themselves?
g) Details of employers Hazard Communication Programs?
(labeling, DOLE, how to obtain and use information)
Answer:
1 Does employer have a method of informing employees of the hazards of
2. non-routing tasks, unlabeled pipes, etc.
Answer:
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
1. Are protective helmets (hard hats) worn at all times where there is a
possible danger of head injury from impact, falling or flying objects, or
electrical shock and burns?
Answer: Yes, according to Occupational Safety & Health Administration
(OSHA), Safety Helmets will protect the user’s head against:
• Impact from objects falling from above, by resisting and
deflecting blows to the head.
• Hitting fixed dangerous objects at the workplace,
• Lateral forces - this would depend on the type of hard hat
selected. Traditional hard hats are not designed to protect users from
impacts to the front, side or back of the head.
• Open flame, molten metals splash, electric shock, high
temperature – this would depend on the standard of the hard hat selected
for example a standard hard hat will not protect against an electric
shock.
2. Are employees provided with eye and face protection?
Answer: Yes, In accordance with the Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA), The employer shall ensure that each affected
employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or
face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids
or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious
light radiation.
3. Are safety nets provided when work areas are more than twenty-five feet
above ground or water surfaces and the use of ladders, scaffolds, catch
platforms, temporary floors, safety lines, or safety belts in not practical?
Answer: No, When safety nets are used, they must be installed as close as
practicable under the walking or working surface on which workers are
working and never more than 30 feet below that level.

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION

1. Has a fire protection program been developed?
Answer: Yes, in 2010 the Bureau of Fire Protection launched its
Modernization Program that aims to upgrade and develop government’s
firefighting capability with adequate personnel and equipage in order to
safeguard the populace from the hazard of destructive fire.
2. Is firefighting equipment conspicuously located?
Answer: Yes, for it to be easily seen in case of fire.
3. Is firefighting equipment periodically inspected and maintained in
operating condition?
Answer: Yes, equipment should be periodically inspected and maintained
for it to be used in emergencies according to Fire Protection System
Testing and Inspection.
4. Is firefighting equipment selected and provided according to the listed
requirement?
Answer: Yes, all buildings require Class A extinguishers to stop fires on
walls, floors, and other parts of the building. Additionally, fire
extinguishers rated for class A, B, C, D and K hazards must be installed
when those hazards are present. A single fire extinguisher capable of
fighting more than one type of fire, such as a combination of ABC dry
chemical extinguisher, may meet the requirements for multiple fire types.
5. Are all flammable and combustible liquids stored and handled in
approved containers and portable tanks?
Answer: Yes, these liquids should be stored in a container which must
meet specifications within such regulations stated by the OSHA.
6. If more than twenty-five gallons of flammable or combustible liquid is
stored in a room, is it in an approved cabinet?
Answer: Yes, it may be possible to store small amounts of flammable
liquids (less than 235 liters or about 62 U.S. gallons) and combustible
liquids (less than 470 liters or about 124 U.S. gallons) in approved
containers in specially designed storage cabinets near their point of use.
7. Is at least one portable fire extinguisher with a rating of not less than 20-
B:C located within seventy-five feet of each pump, dispenser,
underground file pipe opening, and lubrication or service area?
Answer: Yes, extinguishers for a building's Class A fire hazards must be
placed such that the travel distance to a fire extinguisher is no more than
75 feet at any given location. This travel distance is the same for light
hazard, ordinary hazard, and extra hazard occupancies. However, as
many as half of these extinguishers may be replaced by hose stations
with the same travel distance.
SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND BARRICADES
1. Are required signs, symbols and accident prevention tags in compliance
with the following?
Answer: Yes, ANSI Z535 and the OSHA §1910.14 Specifications for
Accident Prevention Safety Signs require the use of safety signs to
indicate specific hazards that, without identification, may lead to
accidental injury to workers and/or the public, or lead to property
damage. Keep signs simple and concise, but also make sure they
communicate sufficient information so that the message is clear.
2. Are flagmen equipped with flags (at least eighteen inches square) sign
paddles, or lights?
Answer: Yes, flaggers should use STOP/SLOW paddles, paddles with
 lights, or flags (only in emergencies).
3. Are flagmen wearing red or orange warning garments? If working at
night is it warning garments reflectorized?
Answer: Yes, OSHA construction standard Subpart G, 29 CFR 1926.201,
titled Signaling, states: Flagmen shall be provided with and shall wear a
red or orange warning garment while flagging. Warning garments worn
at night shall be of reflectorized material.
MATERIALS STORAGE, HANDLING, DISPOSAL
1. Are materials which are stored in tiers either stacked, racked, blocked,
interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling, or collapse?
Answer: Yes, all materials stored in tiers shall be stacked, racked,
blocked, interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling, or
collapse.
2. Are materials stored more than six feet from any hoistway or inside floor
opening and more than ten feet from any exterior walls that do not extend
above the top of the stored materials?
Answer: No, material stored inside buildings under construction shall
not be placed within 6 feet of any hoist way or inside floor openings, nor
within 10 feet of an exterior wall which does not extend above the top of
the material stored.
3. Are aisles and passageways kept clear and in good repair?

Answer: Yes, aisles and passageways shall be kept clear to provide for
the free and safe movement of material handling equipment or
employees. Such areas shall be kept in good repair.
4. Are waste materials disposed of properly?
Answer: Yes, when waste is generated, it must be disposed of properly.
Sink disposal may not always be appropriate and may end contaminating
drinking water. Alternative methods of disposal should be considered
including incineration, treatment, and land disposal. The institute's EHS
office should be consulted to determine the proper disposal method for
different waste types.
5. Do alloy steel chain slings have a permanently affixed durable
identification stating size, grade, capacity, and manufacturer?
Answer: Yes, alloy steel chain slings shall have permanently affixed
durable identification stating size, grade, rated capacity, and reach.
6. Do not hooks, rings, oblong links, pear-shaped links, coupling links, and
other attachments have a rated capacity at least that of the chain?
Answer: Yes, hooks, rings, oblong links, pear-shaped links, welded or
mechanical coupling links, or other attachments, when used with alloy
steel chains, shall have a rated capacity at least equal to that of the
chain.
7. Is all rigging equipment for material handling inspected prior to use on
each shift?
Answer: Yes, rigging equipment for material handling shall be inspected
prior to use on each shift and as necessary during its use to ensure that it
is safe. Defective rigging equipment shall be removed from service.
8. When forming eyes in wire rope are U-bolt clips properly spaced and
installed?
Answer: Yes, the saddle of the wire rope clip should be placed on the live
end of the wire rope, and the u-bolt should be placed on the dead end.
Make sure that you use at least the minimum number of wire rope clips,
proper spacing, and turnback length recommended by the manufacturer.
TOOLS, HAND AND POWER

1. Are hand and power tools furnished by employer or employee maintained

in a safe condition?
Answer: Yes, all hand and power tools, whether furnished by the
employer or the employee, are to be maintained in a safe condition and
inspected for any defects.
2. Are power tools, belts, gears, shaft, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums,
fly wheels, and chains properly guarded?
Answer: Yes, Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly
wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating or moving parts of
equipment shall be guarded if such parts are exposed to contact by
employees or otherwise create a hazard. Guarding shall meet the
requirements as set forth in American National Standards Institute,
B15.1-1953 (R1958), Safety Code for Mechanical Power-Transmission
Apparatus.
3. Are electric power operation tools equipment with proper ground or
double insulated?
Answer: Yes, to protect the user from shock and burns, electric tools
must
have a three-wire cord with a ground and be plugged into a grounded
receptacle, be double insulated, or be powered by a low voltage isolation
transformer.
4. Have all employees who operated powder actuated tools trained in the
use of the particular tool they use?
Answer: Yes, only employees who have been trained in the operation of
the particular tool in use shall be allowed to operate a powder-actuated
tool.
5. Do all circular saws have an exhaust hood or a guard to prevent
accidental contact with the saw blade if there is a possibility of contact
either beneath or behind the table?
Answer: Yes, for all circular saws where conditions are such that there is
a possibility of contact with the portion of the saw either beneath or
behind the table, that portion of the saw shall be covered with an exhaust
hood, or, if no exhaust system is required, with a guard that shall be so
arranged as to prevent accidental contact with the saw.
6. Do all portable circular saws have a guard above the base plate and a
guard below the base plate that will automatically and instantly return to
the covering position when the saw is withdrawn from the work?
Answer: Yes, all portable, power-driven circular saws having a blade
diameter greater than 2 in. shall be equipped with guards above and
below the base plate or shoe. The upper guard shall cover the saw to the
 depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to permit the
base to be tilted for bevel cuts. The lower guard shall cover the saw to
the depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to allow
proper retraction and contact with the work. When the tool is withdrawn
from the work, the lower guard shall automatically and instantly return
to covering position.
7. Do hand fed circular rip saws have an upper blade guard
Answer: Yes, suitable top guards and riving knives should be fitted
to all circular saw benches.
8. Do hand fed circular rip saws have a spreader?

Answer: Yes, each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be furnished with a

spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown
back on the operator. The spreader shall be made of hard tempered steel,
or its equivalent, and shall be thinner than the saw kerf. It shall be of
sufficient width to provide adequate stiffness or rigidity to resist any
reasonable side thrust or blow tending to bend or throw it out of
position. The spreader shall be attached so that it will remain in true
alignment with the saw even when either the saw or table is tilted. The
provision of a spreader in connection with grooving, dadoing, or
rabbeting is not required. On the completion of such operations, the
spreader shall be immediately replaced.
9. Do hand fed circular rip saws have a non-kickback fingers or dogs
Answer: Yes, each hand-fed circular ripsaw shall be provided with non-
kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of
the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator.
They shall be designed to provide adequate holding power for all the
thicknesses of materials being cut.
1 Do all radial arm saws have upper and lower blade guards
0. Answer: Yes, the lower guard must guard the full perimeter of the blade
on
both sides during the cutting cycle and in the rest position. It must guard
all of the saw teeth. Enclose the upper half of the saw (top of the blade to
the arbor) with a fixed hood.
1 Are radial arm saws equipped with an adjustable stop or sufficiently wide
1. table so that saw blade does not pass the edge of the table?
Answer: Yes, A safety edge device (sometimes called a bump switch) is
another type of safeguard that detects the presence of an employee when
they are in contact with the device's sensing edge. A safety edge device
protects employees by initiating a stop command when the sensing
surface detects the presence of a person; however, they do not usually,
when used by themselves, prevent inadvertent access to machine danger
areas. Therefore, additional guarding or safeguarding devices must be
provided to prevent employee exposure to a machine hazard.
 WELDING AND CUTTING
1. When transporting or storing compressed gas cylinders, are cylinders
secured and caps in place?
Answer: Yes, during storage and transportation, close the cylinder valves
with the protective caps in place.
2. Are cylinders secured in a vertical position when transported by power
vehicles?
Answer: Yes, when cylinders are transported by powered vehicles, they
shall be secured in a vertical position.
3. Are all compressed gas cylinders secured in an upright position at all
times?
Answer: Yes, compressed gas cylinders shall be secured in an upright
position at all times except, if necessary, for short periods of time while
cylinders are actually being hoisted or carried.
4. Is it insured that cylinders, full or empty, are never used as rollers or
supports?
Answer: Yes, cylinders should never be used as rollers or supports for
anything. Never tamper with the safety devices.
5. Are employees instructed in the safe use of fuel gas?

Answer: Yes, the employer shall thoroughly instruct employees in the

safe use of fuel gas.
6. Are torches inspected for leaking shut off valves, hose couplings, and tip
connections at the beginning of each shift?

Answer: Yes, torches shall be inspected at the beginning of each shift for
leaking shutoff valves, hose couplings, and tip connections. Defective
torches shall not be used.
7. Are oxygen cylinders and fittings kept away from oil and grease?

Answer: Yes, Oxygen cylinders shall not be stored near highly

combustible material, especially oil and grease; or near reserve stocks of
carbide and acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders, or near any other
substance likely to cause or accelerate fire; or in an acetylene generator
compartment.
8. Are oxygen and fuel gas regulators in proper working order?

Answer: Yes, Oxygen and fuel gas pressure regulators including their
related gauges shall be in proper working order while in use.
9. Are frames of all arc welding and cutting machines grounded?

Answer: Yes, the frames of all arc welding and cutting machines shall be
grounded either through a third wire in the cable containing the circuit
conductor or through a separate wire which is grounded at the source of
the current.
1 Are employees instructed in the safe means of arc welding and cutting?
0.
Answer: Yes, Workers designated to operate arc welding equipment shall
have been properly instructed and qualified to operate such equipment.
1 Are welding and cutting operations shielded by noncombustible or
1. flameproof screen whenever practicable?
Answer: Yes, whenever practicable, all arc welding and cutting
operations shall be shielded by noncombustible or flameproof screens
which will protect employees and other persons working in the vicinity
from the direct rays of the arc.
1 Are electrodes removed and electrode holder placed or protected so they
2. cannot make electrical contact with employees when the holders are left
unattended?

Answer: Yes, when electrode holders are to be left unattended, the

electrodes shall be removed, and the holders shall be so placed or
protected that they cannot make electrical contact with employees or
conducting objects.
1 Are employees who are performing any type of welding, cutting, or
3. heating protected by suitable eye protective equipment?

Answer: Yes, Employees performing any type of welding, cutting or

heating shall be protected by suitable eye protective equipment in
accordance with the requirements.
1 Is suitable fire extinguishing equipment immediately available in work
4. area and ready for instant use?

Answer: Yes, the employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and
shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible
to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.
1 Are drums, containers or hollow structures which have contained toxic or
5. flammable substances either filled with water or thoroughly cleaned of
such substances, ventilated and tested before welding, cutting, or
heating?
Answer: Yes, drums, containers, or hollow structures which have
contained flammable substances shall, before welding, cutting, or
heating is undertaken on them, either be filled with water or thoroughly
cleaned of such substances and ventilated and tested.
1 Before heat is applied to a drum, container or hollow structure is vent or
6. opening provided to release built up pressure?
Answer: Yes, before heat is applied to a drum, container, or hollow
structure, a vent or opening shall be provided for the release of any
built-up pressure during the application of heat.
1 Is mechanical ventilation system of sufficient capacity and so arranged to
7. remove fumes and smoke and keep the concentration within safe limits?
Answer: Yes, this system shall be of sufficient capacity and so arranged
as to remove fumes and smoke at the source and keep the concentration
of them in the breathing zone within safe limits as defined in Subpart D
of this part.
1 When employees are welding, cutting or heating in confined space, is
8. either general mechanical ventilation, local exhaust ventilation, or airline
respirators provided?
Answer: Yes, Welding, cutting or heating in any enclosed spaces aboard
 the vessel involving the metals specified below shall be performed with
either general mechanical or local exhaust ventilation.
ELECTRICAL
1. Is all electrical equipment free from recognized hazards that may cause
death or serious harm?
Answer:
2. Are disconnecting means legibly marked to indicate purpose unless
located so that purpose is evident?
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3. Is sufficient working space provided to permit safe operation and
maintenance of electrical equipment?
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4. Are live electrical parts guided against accidental contact?
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5. Is polarity of conductors correct?
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6. Are ground fault circuit interrupters used to protect employees?
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7. If not, is an assured equipment grounding program in place?
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8. Are outlet devices correctly matched with load being served?
Answer:
9. Is path to ground from circuits, equipment and enclosures permanent and
continuous?
Answer:
1 Are exposed noncurrent carrying metal parts of cords and plug connected
0. equipment rounded?
Answer:
1 Are lamps for general illumination protected against breakage?
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1 Are flexible cords and cables protected from damage?
2. Answer:
1 Are electrical extension cords of the three-wire type?
3. Answer:
1 Are unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings closed?
4. Answer:
1 Do all boxes, junction boxes and fittings have covers?
5. Answer:
1 Are all cabinets, cut out boxes, fittings, boxes, panel board enclosures,
6. switches, circuit breaker, through doorways or windows, attached to
building surfaces or concealed behind walls, ceilings or floors?
Answer:
1 Are flexible cords and cables not used where run through holes in walls,
7. ceilings and floor, through doorways or windows, attached to building
 surfaces or concealed behind walls, ceilings or floors?
Answer:
1 Are fixtures and receptacles in wet or damp location identified for that
8. purpose and installed so that water cannot enter?
Answer:
1 Is all electrical equipment used in hazardous locations either approved for
9. the location or intrinsically safe?
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2 Are electrical cords or cables taken out of service when worn or frayed?
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LADDERS AND SCAFFOLDING
1. Are defensive ladders – broken or missing rungs or steps, broken or split
side rails – immediately withdrawn from service?
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2. Are scaffolds, guardrails and toeboard in compliance with tables in this
subpart?
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3. Is footing or anchorage for scaffolds sound, rigid and capable of
supporting the maximum intended load without settling or displacement?
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4. Are scaffold, guardrails and toeboard installed on all open sides and ends
of platforms more than ten feet above ground or floor?
Answer:
5. Do scaffold four to ten feet in height, with a min. horizontal dimension in
either direction of less than forty-five inches, have standard regulations
on all open sides and platform?
Answer:
6. Are scaffolds capable of supporting a least four times their max. intended
load?
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7. Are scaffold planks extended over their end support not less than six
inches, nor more than twelve inches?
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8. Are manually propelled mobile scaffolds erected so that their height is no
more than four times the minimum base dimension?
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9. Are caster or wheels on mobile scaffolds locked while in use by any
person?
Answer:
1 Are all two points suspended scaffolds suspended by wire, synthetic or
0. fibers ropes capable of supporting at least six times the related load?
Answer:
1 Are all ropes, slings, hangers, platforms and other supporting parts of two
1. point suspended scaffold inspected before every installation?
 Answer:
1 Are employees on two point suspended scaffold protected by a lifeline
2. and safety belt?
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FLOOR AND WALL OPENINGS
1. Are floor and wall openings properly guarded with the standard railings
and toeboards?
Answer:
2. Are skylight openings guarded by fixed standard railings on all exposed,
or are covers capable of supporting two hundred pounds installed?
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3. Are wall openings four feet or more above ground properly guarded?
Answer:
4. Are extension platforms outside a wall properly guarded with safe rails or
equivalent guards?
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5. Are open side floors platforms six feet feet or above ground or floor
levels guarded by standard railing?
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6. Are runways higher than four feet and on which tools, machine parts or
material are likely to be used, guarded by a standard railing and toe-
board?
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7. Are flight of stairs with four or more risers equipped with standard stair
railings or handrails?
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8. Are employees performing built up roofing work on low pitched roofs
with a ground to eave height greater than sixteen feet protected from
falling from the side edge of the roof?
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9. Where mechanical equipment is being used on the roof during built up
roofing work and a warning line system is used to protect the workers
from falling is the warning line erected.
A) Around all sides of the work area?
B) Not less than six feet from edge which is parallel to the direction
of mechanical equipment operation?
C) Not less than ten feet from the roof edge which is perpendicular to
the direction of mechanical equipment operation?
Answer:
1 Is the warning line flagged with a high visibility material at more than
0. six-foot intervals?
Answer:
1 Is warning line supported so that its lowest point is no closer than thirty-
1. four inches nor higher than thirty-nine inches from the roof surface?
Answer:
1 Are employees working in a roof edge material handling area or
2. materials storage area protected from falling by guardrails, safety nets or
safety belt system?
Answer:
1 Are materials stored at least six feet away from the edge when guardrails
3. are not erected at roof edge?
Answer:
1 Is training program designed to train employees in recognition of hazards
4. of falling that are associated with working near a roof perimeter provided
for all employees?
Answer:
CRANES, DERRICKS, HOISTS, ELEVATORS, CONVEYORS
1. Are manufacturer’s specifications and limitations applicable to the
operation of any and all cranes and derricks compiled with?
Answer:
2. Are rated load capacities, recommended operating speeds and all special
hazard warnings posted on all equipment and visible from operator’s
station?
Answer:
3. Is equipment inspected by a competent person before use?
Answer:
4. Are thorough annual inspection made on hoisting machinery and record
of the dates and results on the inspection maintained by employer?
Answer:
5. Are accessible areas within the swing radius of the rotating superstructure
of the crane barricaded?
Answer:
6. Before leaving crane unattended, is the boom lowered to the ground level
or otherwise securely fastened?
Answer:
7. Are booms that which are being assembled or disassembled on the
ground, with or without support of the boom harness, securely blocked to
prevent dropping of the boom and boom sections?
Answer:
8. Are cranes or derricks only used to hoist employees on personal platform
when conventional means are more hazardous or impossible?
Answer:
9. If a personal platform is being used, are all operation criteria required by
this standard being followed?
Answer:
1 Does crane and derricks used with a personal platform have a boom angle
0. indicator, a device to indicate boom length and an anti-two blocking
device or two block damage prevention features?
Answer:
1 Does the personnel platform meet all design criteria and platform
1. specifications required by this standard?
 Answer:
1 Has a trail lift, inspection and proof testing been conducted?
2. Answer:
1 Are employees prohibited from riding on material hoist except for the
3. purpose of inspection and maintenance?
Answer:
1 Are hoist way entrances protected by substantial gates or bars?
4. Answer:
1 Are hoist way doors or gates on personnel hoist at least six feet high?
5. Answer:
1 Are hoist way doors or gates provided with mechanical locks which
6. cannot be operated from landing side and are accessible only to the
persons in car?
Answer:
1 Are overhead protective coverings provided on the top of the hoist cages
7. or platforms?
Answer:
1 Is the safe working load of overhead hoist, as determined by the
8. manufacturer, indicated on the hoist and that safe working load not being
exceeded?
Answer:
19 Where conveyors pass over areas or aisles, have guard being provided to
. protect employees from falling materials?
Answer:
2 Are conveyors equipped with audible warning signals and is that signal
0. sounded immediately before starting the conveyor?
Answer:
2 Are body belts worn and lanyards attached to the boom or basket when
1. employees are working from an aerial lift?
Answer:
MOTO VEHICLES, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENTS
1. Are all vehicles which are left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway
in normal use or a construction site where work is in progress, equipped
with lights, reflectors, or barricades to identify the location of the
equipment?
Answer: Yes, All equipment left unattended at night shall have
appropriate lights or reflectors, or barricades equipped with appropriate
lights to help ensure the safety of vehicles, pedestrians, bikers and
building employees according to Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of DOLE 1926.600(a)(1).
2. Are tire racks, cages or equivalent protective devices provided and used
when inflating, mounting or dismounting tires installed on split rims or
locking rings?
Answer: Yes, a safety tire rack, cage, or equivalent protection shall be
provided and used when inflating, mounting, or dismounting tires
 installed on split rims as authorized under OSHA of DOLE 1926.600(a)
(2).
3. Are bulldozer and scrapper blades, dump bodies, etc., fully lowered or
blocked when being repaired or not in use?
Answer: Yes, heavy machinery, equipment, or parts thereof, which are
suspended or held aloft by use of slings, hoists, or jacks shall be
substantially blocked or cribbed to prevent falling or shifting before
employees are permitted to work under or between them. All controls
shall be in a neutral position, with the motors stopped and brakes set,
unless work being performed requires otherwise as authorized under
OSHA of DOLE 1926.600(a)(3)(i).
4. Are parking brakes set on parked equipment and are wheels chocked
when parked on an incline?
Answer: Yes, whenever the equipment is parked, the parking brake shall
be set. Equipment parked on inclines shall have the wheels chocked and
the parking brake set to assure the avoidance of accidents according to
OSHA of DOLE 1926.600(a)(3)(ii).
5. Are motor vehicles which operate within an off-highway job site that is
closed to public traffic being operated according to the requirements of
this standard?
Answer: Yes, motor vehicles as covered by this part are those vehicles
that operate within an off-highway jobsite, not open to public traffic. The
requirements of this section do not apply to equipment for which rules
are prescribed in 1926.602 according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(a).
6. Do these vehicles have a service brake system, emergency brake system,
and parking brake system in operable condition?
Answer: Yes, all vehicles shall have a service brake system, an
emergency brake system, and a parking brake system. These systems
shall be maintained in operable condition in times of undesired
happenings such as accidents according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)
(1).
7. Are all vehicles equipped with an audible warning device that is in
operable condition at an operator’s station?
Answer: Yes, all vehicles shall be equipped with an adequate audible
warning device at the operator's station and in an operable condition to
avoid accidents ahead of time according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)
(3).
8. Do all vehicles with an obstructed view to the rear have a back up alarm
or are always used with a observer?
Answer: Yes, the vehicle shall have a reverse signal alarm audible above
the surrounding noise level or the vehicle is backed up only when an
observer signals that it is safe to do so to avoid accident according to
OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)(4)(i) and 1926.601(b)(4)(ii).
9. Do all vehicles have seat belts and are they used?
Answer: Yes, seat belts and anchorages meeting the requirements of 49
CFR Part 571 (Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards) shall be installed in all motor vehicles for safety
according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)(9).
1 Are tail gate handles on dump truck arranged to keep operator clear?
0. Answer: Yes, trip handles for tailgates of dump trucks shall be so
arranged that, in dumping, the operator will be in the clear according to
OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)(12).
1 Are operating levers on dump truck equipped with latches?
1. Answer: Yes, operating levers shall be equipped with a latch or other
device which will prevent accidental starting or tripping of the
mechanism according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)(11).
1 Are vehicles in use inspected at the beginning of each shift to assure that
2. all parts, equipment and accessories affecting safety operation are free of
defects?
Answer: Yes, to assure all the parts avoid failure while in use. Operating
controls; and safety devices. All defects shall be corrected before the
vehicle is placed in service. These requirements also apply to equipment
such as lights, reflectors, etc. according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.601(b)
(14).
1 Are seat belts provided on all earth moving equipment except those not
3. equipped with ROPS and those designed for stand-up operation?
Answer: Yes, seat belts need not be provided for equipment which is
designed only for standup operation and seat belts need not be provided
for equipment which does not have roll-over protective structure (ROPS)
or adequate canopy protection according to OSHA of DOLE
1926.602(a)(2)(ii) and 1926.602(a)(2)(iii).
1 Does all bi-directional earthmoving equipment have a horn in operable
4. condition?
Answer: Yes, all bidirectional machines, such as rollers, compacters,
front-end loaders, bulldozers, and similar equipment, shall be equipped
with a horn, distinguishable from the surrounding noise level, which
shall be operated as needed when the machine is moving in either
direction. The horn shall be maintained in an operative condition for
safety and danger situations according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.602(a)
(9)(i).
1 Is all earthmoving and compacting equipment with obstructed rear view
5. equipped with an operable backup alarm or used only with an observer?
Answer: Yes, no employer shall permit earthmoving or compacting
equipment which has an obstructed view to the rear to be used in reverse
gear unless the equipment has in operation a reverse signal alarm
distinguishable from the surrounding noise level or an employee signals
that it is safe to do so according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.602(a)(9)(ii).
1 Are all high lift rider industrial trucks equipped with overhead guards?
6. Answer: Yes, all high lift rider industrial trucks shall be equipped with
overhead guards which meet the configuration and structural
requirements as defined in Safety Standards for Powered Industrial
Trucks.
1 Is all equipment used in site clearing operations equipped with proper
7. pullover protection?
Answer: Yes, all equipment used in site clearing operations shall be
equipped with rollover guards meeting the requirements of this subpart
 for safety purposes according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.604(a)(2).
1 Unless employees can step safely to or from the wharf, float or river
8. towboat, is a ramp of adequate strength, with side boards, well
maintained and properly secured or a safe walkway provided?
Answer: Yes, a safe walkway shall be provided to avoid such accidents
such as falling according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.605(b)(2).
1 Are all powered industrial trucks equipped with inspected and working
9. brakes, steering mechanisms, control mechanism, warning devices,
lights, governors, lift overhead devices, guards, and safety devices?
Answer: Yes, all of the said safety devices are all included under Motor
Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, and Marine Operations under Safety
and Health Regulations for Construction of DOLE.

EXCAVATION
1. Are all surface encumbrances that may create a hazard removed or
supported?
Answer: Yes, it shall be removed or supported, as necessary, to
safeguard employees to avoid accident according to OSHA of DOLE
1926.651(a).
2. Have all underground utility installation been located?
Answer: Yes, the estimated location of utility installations, such as sewer,
telephone, fuel, electric, water lines, or any other underground
installations that reasonably may be expected to be encountered during
excavation work, shall be determined prior to opening an excavation
according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.651(b)(1).
3. In trenches more than four feet deep, are stairways, ladders, or ramps
located so that travel to them is no more than twenty-five feet?
Answer: Yes, a stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress
shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in
depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for
employees according to OSHA of DOLE 1926.651(c)(2).
4. Are employees exposed to vehicular traffic wearing warning vests made
of reflectorized or high visibility material?
Answer: Yes, employees shall be provided with, and shall wear, warning
vests or other suitable garments marked with or made of reflectorized or
high-visibility material to avoid accidents especially at night according
to OSHA 1926.651(d).
5. Is a warning system such as barricades, hand or mechanical signals or
stop logs used when mobile equipment approaches the edge of the
excavation?
Answer: Yes, when mobile equipment is operated adjacent to an
excavation, or when such equipment is required to approach the edge of
an excavation, and the operator does not have a clear and direct view of
the edge of the excavation, a warning system shall be utilized such as
barricades, hand or mechanical signals, or stop logs. If possible, the
 grade should be away from the excavation according to OSHA
1926.651(f)
6. Are testing and controls used to prevent exposure to hazardous
atmosphere?
Answer: Yes, testing and controls shall be provided to prevent exposure
to harmful levels of atmospheric contaminants and to assure acceptable
atmospheric conditions according to 1926.651(g)(1).
7. Are excavation or other materials kept at least two feet from the edge of
excavations?
Answer: Yes, to avoid other materials or equipment that could pose a
hazard by falling or rolling into excavations according to OSHA
1926.651(j)(2).
8. Is excavation is inspected daily and after any hazard increasing
occurrence?
Answer: Yes, it shall be made by a competent person for evidence of a
situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of
protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous
conditions according to OSHA 1926.651(k)(1).
9. Are employees in an excavation five feet deep or more, or with the
potential for cave in, protected by an adequate protective system?
Answer: Yes, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous
atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees shall be
removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have
been taken to ensure their safety according to OSHA 1926.651(k)(2).
CONCRETE, CONCRETE FORMS AND SHORING
1. Is all protruding reinforced steel, onto or into which employee could fall,
guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement?
Answer:
2. Are employees prohibited from riding concrete?
Answer:
3. Are employees protected by safety belts when placing or tying
reinforcing steel more than six feet above adjacent working surfaces?
Answer:
4. Do powered, rotating-type concrete trowels, that are manually guided
have a control switch that automatically shuts if its operators’ hands are
removed from handle?
Answer:
5. Is lock out tag procedure in use of any machinery where inadvertent
operation could cause injury?
Answer:
6. Is all formwork of cast-in-place concrete designed, fabricated, erected,
supported, braced and maintained so that it will support without failure
all loads that may be anticipated?
Answer:
7. Is erected shoring equipment inspected immediately prior to, during and
immediately after concrete placement?
 Answer:
8. Are forms and shores left in place until employer determines that the
concrete can support its weight and superimposed load?
Answer:
9. Are precast concrete wall unit, structural framing, and tilt up wall panels,
supported to prevent overturning and collapse until permanent
connections are made?
Answer:
1 Architect? Do designs and plans include prescribed methods of erection?
0. Answer:
1 Does jacking equipment have a safety factor of 2.5?
1. Answer:
1 Is the max. number manually controlled jacks on one slab limited to
2. fourteen?
Answer:
1 Are jacking operations synchronized to insure even and uniform lifting?
3. Answer:
1 Are only those employees required for jacking and to secure slabs
4. permitted under slab during jacking?
Answer:
1 Is a limited access zone established when constructing a masonry wall?
5. Answer:
1 Are all masonry walls over eight feet in height braced or supported to
6. prevent collapse?
Answer:
STEEL ERECTION
1. Are safety nets used when the work area is more than twenty-five feet
above the ground, water surface or other surface where ladders, scaffolds,
catch platforms, temporary floors, safety lines and safety belts are
impractical?
Answer:
2. Is permanent flooring installed as the erection progress and is there a
max. of eight floors between the erection floor and the uppermost
permanent floor, except where the structural integrity is maintained as a
result of the design?
Answer:
3. Temporary flooring – skeleton steel construction in tiered buildings;
Is the derrick or erection floor solidly planked except for access
openings?
Is the planking or decking or proper thickness to carry work load?
Is planking two inches min. full size undressed, laid tight and secured?
Answer:
4. Is safety railing of one half inch wire rope or equal installed approx.
forty-two inches around the periphery of all temporary planked or
 temporary metal decked floors of tiered buildings and other multi-floored
structures during structural steel assembly?
Answer:
5. Where long span joints or trusses forty feet or longer are used, is a center
row of bolted bridging installed?
Answer:
6. Are tag lines used for controlling loads?
Answer:
7. Are locking devices provided to retain sockets on impact wrenches?
Answer:
8. When riveting in the vicinity of combustible material are precautions
taken to prevent fires?
Answer:
9. On pneumatic riveting hammers, is the safety wire on snap not less than
number fourteen wire and on handle not less than number nine wire?

Answer:
1 Are turnbuckles secured to prevent unwinding under stress?
0. Answer:
1 Are plumbing-up guys and related equipment placed so that employees
1. can reach connection points?
Answer:
1 In plumbing-up, do the planks overlap the bearing on each end by
2. minimum of twelve inches?
Answer:
1 In wire mesh, exterior plywood, or the equivalent placed around columns
3. where planks do not fit tightly?
Answer:
1 Are all unused openings in floor planked over or guarded?
4. Answer:
1 Are employees provided with safety belts when working on float
5. scaffolds?
Answer:
TUNNELS AND SHAFT
1. Are sage means of access provided and maintained to all working places?
Answer:
2. Is a check-in and check-out system using that will provide positive
identification of every employee underground? Is an accurate record and
location of the employees kept on the surface?
Answer:
3. Are emergency evacuation plans and procedure developed and made
known to employees?
Answer:
4. Are Bureau of Mines approved self-rescuers available to equip each
employee near the advancing face and on haulage equipment ad other
 areas where employees may be trapped by smoke or gas?
Answer:
5. Is a maximum of one day supply of diesel fuel stored underground?
Answer:
6. Are gasoline and liquefied petroleum gases prohibited from being taken,
stored or used underground?
Answer:
7. Are enclosed metal cages used to raise and lower persons in the shaft?
Answer:
8. At coffer dams, are warning signals for evacuation of employees in case
of emergency developed and posted?
Answer:
9. Compressed air:
Is a competent present at all times who is designated and representing the
employer, who is familiar with all requirements of the subpart and is
responsible for all compliance with this and other applicable subparts?
Answer:
DEMOLITION
1. If employees are exposed to the hazard of falling through wall openings,
are the openings protected to the height of approx. forty-two inches?
Answer: Answer: Yes, where a hazard exists to employees falling through
wall openings, the openings should be protected to a height of
approximately 42 inches according to Occupational Safety and Health
Administration 1926.850(g)
2. If debris is dropped through holes in the floor without cutes, is the area
on to which the material is dropped completely enclosed with barricades
at least forty-two inches high and at least six feat back from the projected
edge of the opening above?
Answer: Yes, when debris is dropped through holes in the floor without
the use of chutes, the area onto which the material is dropped shall be
completely enclosed with barricades not less than 42 inches high and not
less than 6 feet back from the projected edge of the opening above. Signs,
warning of the hazard of falling materials, shall be posted at each level.
Removal shall not be permitted in this lower area until debris handling
ceases above according to Occupational Safety and Health
Administration 1926.850(h)
3. Are all floor openings not used as material drops equipped with a
properly secured cover that will support any load which may be
imposed?
Answer: Yes, all floor openings, not used as material drops, shall be
covered over with material substantial enough to support the weight of
any load which may be imposed. Such material shall be properly secured
to prevent its accidental movement according to Occupational Safety and
Health Administration 1926. 850(i)

4. Are all stairs, passageways, ladders, and incidental equipment covered by

this section periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe
 condition?
Answer: Answer: Yes, all stairs, passageways, ladders and incidental
equipment thereto, which are covered by this section, shall be
periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition
according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1926.
851(b)
5. Is a safe area where material is dropped outside the exterior walls of the
structure effectively protected?

Answer: Yes, no material shall be dropped to any point lying outside the
exterior walls of the structure unless the area is effectively protected
according to OSHA 1926.852(a)
6. Are workers engaged in razing the steel after floor arches are removed
protected by planking as required?
Answer: Answer: Yes, when floor arches have been removed, planking in
accordance with 1926.855(b) shall be provided for the workers engaged
in razing the steel framing according to Occupational Safety and Health
Administration 1926. 858(a)

7. Are continuous inspections made by a competent person as work

progresses to detect hazards from weakened or deteriorated floors or
walls or loosened materials?
Answer: Yes, during demolition, continuing inspections by a competent
person shall be made as the work progresses to detect hazards resulting
from weakened or deteriorated floors, or walls, or loosened material. No
employee shall be permitted to work where such hazards exist until they
are corrected by shoring, bracing, or other effective mean according to
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1926. 859(g)
BLASTING AND EXPLOSIVES
1. Are only authorized and qualified persons permitted to handle
explosives?
Answer: Answer: Yes, the employer shall permit only authorized and
qualified persons to handle and use explosives according to
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1926.900(a)
2. Are smoking firearms, matches, open flame lamps and other fires, flame
or heat producing devices and sparks prohibited in or near explosive
magazines and while explosives are being handed, transported or used?
Answer: Yes, smoking, firearms, matches, open flame lamps, and other
fires, flame or heat producing devices and sparks shall be prohibited in
or near explosive magazines or while explosives are being handled,
transported or used 1926.900(b)
3. Is an inventory and use record of all explosives maintained by the
employer?
Answer: Yes, the employer shall maintain an inventory and use record of
all explosives according to OSHA 1926.900(d)

4. Are explosives not in use kept in a locked magazine?

 Answer: Yes, all explosives shall be accounted for at all times.
Explosives not being used shall be kept in a locked magazine,
unavailable to persons not authorized to handle them according to
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1926.900(d)
5. Are precautions taken to prevent accidental discharge of electric blasting
caps from current induced by radar, radio, transmitters, lightings,
adjacent power lines, dust storms and other sources of extraneous
electricity?
Answer: Yes, due precautions shall be taken to prevent accidental
discharge of electric blasting caps from current induced by radar, radio
transmitters, lightning, adjacent powerlines, dust storms, or other
sources of extraneous electricity according to OSHA 1926.900(k)
6. Do all blasters meet the requirements specified by this standard?
Answer: Yes, a blaster shall be qualified, by reason of training,
knowledge, or experience, in the field of transporting, storing, handling,
and use of explosives, and have a working knowledge of State and local
laws and regulations which pertain to explosives according to OSHA
1926.901(c)
7. Is every or conveyance used for transporting explosives marked on both
sides, front and rear with placards reading “EXPLOSIVES” in red letters
not less than four inches high oh white background?
Answer: Yes, every motor vehicle or conveyance used for transporting
explosives shall be marked or placarded on both sides, the front, and the
rear with the word "Explosives" in red letters, not less than 4 inches in
height, on white background according to OSHA 1926. 902(h)
8. Are motor vehicles transporting explosives always attended?
Answer: Yes, motor vehicles or conveyances transporting explosives
shall only be driven by, and be in the charge of, a licensed driver who is
physically fit. He shall be familiar with the local, State, and Federal
regulation governing the transportation of explosives according to
OSHA 1926.902(b)

9. Are explosives and related materials stored in approved facilities as

required by the Internal Revenue Service Regulations 26 CFR 181,
Commerce in Explosives?
Answer: Yes, explosives and related materials shall be stored in
approved facilities required under the applicable provisions of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulations contained in 26
CFR part 181 according to OSHA 1926.904(a)
1 Are blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonating primers, and primed
0. cartridges stored in separate magazines from explosives or blasting
agent?
Answer: Yes, blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonating primers,
and primed cartridges shall not be stored in the same magazine with
other explosives or blasting agents according to OSHA 1926.904(b)
1 Is tamping done only with wood rods or plastic tamping poles without
1. exposed metal parts except for non-sparking metal connections of joined
poles?
 Answer: Yes, tamping shall be done only with wood rods or plastic
tamping poles without exposed metal parts, but nonsparking metal
connectors may be used for jointed poles. Violent tamping shall be
avoided. The primer shall never be tamped according to OSHA
1926.905(c)
1 Is the so-called “drop fuse” method of dropping or pushing a primer or
2. any explosive with a lighted fuse prohibited?
Answer: Yes, the so-called "drop fuse" method of dropping or pushing a
primer or any explosive with a lighted fuse attached is forbidden
according to OSHA 1926.907(k)
1 Is a loud warning signal given by the blaster in charge before that blast is
4. fired?
Answer: Yes, before a blast is fired, a loud warning signal shall be given
by the blaster in charge, who has made certain that all surplus explosives
are in a safe place and all employees, vehicles, and equipment are at a
safe distance, or under sufficient cover according to OSHA 1926.909(b)
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Are electric equipment and lines considered energized until determined
to be de-energized by test or other appropriate methods or means?
Answer:
2. Does the employer provide training or require that his employees are
knowledgeable and proficient in procedures involving emergency
situations and first aid fundamentals including resuscitation?
Answer:
3. Does rubber protective equipment meet the requirements of DOLE
series?
Answer:
4. Are protective hats that meet the requirements of DOLE Industrial
Protective Helmets for Electrical Workers, Class B provided and worn at
jobsite?
Answer:
5. Are aerial lift trucks working near energized lines or equipment grounded
or barricaded and considered as energized equipment or the truck
insulated for the work being performed?
Answer:
6. Are tag lines or other suitable devices being used to control the loads
being handled by hoisting equipment where hazards to employees exists?
Answer:
7. When attaching grounds, is the ground end attached first and the end
attached and removed using insulated tools or other suitable devices?
Answer:
8. When working on buried cable or a cable in manholes, is metallic sheath
continuity maintained by bonding across the opening or by equivalent
means?
Answer:
9. Are the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section compiled
 with for all linemen body belts, safety straps and lanyards?
Answer:
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Are all rubber tired, self-propelled scrapers, rubber-tired front-end
loaders, wheel type agricultural and industrial tractors, crawler tractors,
crawler type tractors and motor graders (with or without attachments)
equipped with roll over protective structures?
Answer:
Note: Not required if the above equipment was manufactures before July
1969
2. Do ROPS meet minimum performance criteria detailed in these standards
Answer: