Safety Inspections

A safety inspection is an on-site walk through to identify potential hazards to occupants and personnel
and options for remedial action. Safety inspections are also important for property insurance issues. A
review of safety equipment (Emergency eyewash, shower, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, etc.) is also
completed to verify proper working order.

After completion of a safety inspection, the responsible area supervisor, building coordinator, campus
facilities maintenance and appropriate personnel is contacted for remedial action. These actions prevent
future incidents, injury/illness, or property/equipment damage.

What Do Safety Inspections Focus On?

General safety inspections are conducted by the Safety Representative or the Assistant Fire Marshal and
focus on the NFPA Life Safety Code 101, which "provides minimum requirements for the design,
operation, and maintenance of buildings and other structures for safety to life from fire and similar
emergencies." This includes, but is not limited to, points of egress, electrical concerns, and storage
issues.

Periodic self-inspections (PDF) of your work area will prevent injury/illness and will maintain a safe work
environment.

What Kinds of Inspections are Performed by EHS?

Different branches of EHS inspect several areas on campus for different reasons:

Hazardous Materials Management inspects areas using and storing hazardous materials.

Radiation Safety inspects areas using and storing radioactive materials.

There are also property insurance inspections, food safety inspections, and general safety inspections.
While each inspector has a specific list of items to look for, we all work together to spot problems areas
for other EHS branches.

How Do I Address Building Issues?

If the problem includes storage, fire extinguishers, plumbing, exit or emergency lighting, or similar issues
contact your building coordinator. A list of building coordinators can be found in the MU phone
directory. The building coordinator will get in contact with Campus Facilities or EHS as needed.

Why are Safety Inspection Checklists Important?

A safety inspection checklist plays an important role in periodically assessing your workplace for
occupational hazards. It is an important element of your occupational health and safety program.

While conducting safety inspections, a qualified safety officer literally ticks away check boxes that help
him identify and record work-related incidents, injuries, or illnesses. This in turn initiates a series of
preventive controls to eliminate the hazard and also helps in record-keeping during safety audits –
ensuring that safety standards are always maintained.

Safety Inspection Checklists Important

Types of Safety Inspection Checklists

Safety inspection checklists are distinguished according to their work environment. Safety inspectors
must take every unique variable, activities, and risks posed into consideration while framing a Safety
Checklist for a facility or site.

Safety Inspection Checklist

Safety Inspection Checklist

A Safety Inspection Checklist consists of numerous safety categories that are applicable to a variety of
enterprises and applications. The checklist is best suited to find and control hazards unique to every
processes, machinery and safety infrastructure of any given facility.

Construction Safety Inspection Checklist

Construction Safety Inspection Checklist

A Construction Site Safety Inspection Checklist is structured to record hazards that are prevalent in the
construction industry. These include potential or present defects in fall-protection, PPE, scaffolding,
elevated spaces, signage's, evacuation protocols, and more.

Workplace Inspection Checklist

Workplace Inspection Checklist

A workplace inspection checklist is used to examine and highlight the hazards that are exposed to
workers in an office set-up. These may include identification of potential injuries caused due to physical
exertion and mental stress, ergonomic risks while sitting or standing, Health and safety protocols due to
viral infections or other diseases and general office lighting, ventilation, security, and more.

Daily Safety Inspection Checklist

Daily Safety Inspection Checklist

A daily safety inspection checklist enables to evaluate key workplace health and safety issues that have
the potential of cropping up on a daily basis. This checklist helps you keep a constant vigil on daily work
conditions, incidents and safety compliance of people, processes and machinery.

Site Safety Inspection Checklist

Site Safety Inspection Checklist

A site safety inspection checklist is ideal for site walkthrough evaluations. It takes into account all
hazards that can manifest in regular work practices, machinery condition, and overall controls of a
particular site.

Risk Inspection Checklist

Risk Inspection Checklist

A risk inspection checklist is a key tool to highlight risks associated with a hazard. This checklist helps you
evaluate risks that are associated with industries, measures its level of severity using a risk index and
helps you choose the right action control to regulate the hazard.

Safety Audit Checklist

Safety Audit Checklist

Safety audit checklist helps you evaluate every process, inventory, and safety protocols to make sure it
complies with OSHA and other regulatory agencies. Safety audits help uplift safety standards in your
organization – enabling you to prevent any work-related incidents, injuries, or fatalities from taking
place.

Safety Observation Checklist

Safety Observation Checklist

Safety observation checklist can help you evaluate the safe and unsafe actions or conditions in a work
area for a given time. These include observing all behavioral tendencies and planned activities that can
lead to hazardous working conditions at the workplace.

OSHA Safety Inspection Checklist

OSHA Safety Inspection Checklist

The OSHA safety inspection checklist helps your organization measure its safety program against OSHA
standards. The form and checklist include all general industry safety categories – enabling you to find
and address uncompromising standards in the workplace.

Machinery Safety Inspection Checklist

Machinery Safety Inspection Checklist

Machinery Safety Inspection Checklist is used to assess and determine the overall safety status of
machinery and equipment in your industry. The checklist helps you identify mechanical hazards,
electrical hazards, and maintenance hazards in machinery - enabling you to prevent injury or harm due
to inadequate machine guards, unsafe pre-operation checks, improper LOTO, and more

What is a Safety Inspection Checklist?

Safety inspection checklists are paper-based or digitized forms used by safety officers to inspect
and identify workplace hazards that can cause potential harm to people, processes, and the
environment.
Why are Safety Inspection Checklists Important?

A safety inspection checklist plays an important role in periodically assessing your workplace for
occupational hazards. It is an important element of your occupational health and safety program.

While conducting safety inspections, a qualified safety officer literally ticks away check boxes
that help him identify and record work-related incidents, injuries, or illnesses. This in turn
initiates a series of preventive controls to eliminate the hazard and also helps in record-keeping
during safety audits – ensuring that safety standards are always maintained.

Types of Safety Inspection Checklists

Safety inspection checklists are distinguished according to their work environment. Safety
inspectors must take every unique variable, activities, and risks posed into consideration while
framing a Safety Checklist for a facility or site.
Safety Inspection Checklist

A Safety Inspection Checklist consists of numerous safety categories that are applicable to a
variety of enterprises and applications. The checklist is best suited to find and control hazards
unique to every processes, machinery and safety infrastructure of any given facility.

Construction Safety Inspection Checklist

A Construction Site Safety Inspection Checklist is structured to record hazards that are prevalent
in the construction industry. These include potential or present defects in fall-protection, PPE,
scaffolding, elevated spaces, signage's, evacuation protocols, and more.

Workplace Inspection Checklist

A workplace inspection checklist is used to examine and highlight the hazards that are exposed
to workers in an office set-up. These may include identification of potential injuries caused due
to physical exertion and mental stress, ergonomic risks while sitting or standing, Health and
safety protocols due to viral infections or other diseases and general office lighting, ventilation,
security, and more.

Daily Safety Inspection Checklist

A daily safety inspection checklist enables to evaluate key workplace health and safety issues
that have the potential of cropping up on a daily basis. This checklist helps you keep a constant
vigil on daily work conditions, incidents and safety compliance of people, processes and
machinery.
Site Safety Inspection Checklist

A site safety inspection checklist is ideal for site walkthrough evaluations. It takes into account
all hazards that can manifest in regular work practices, machinery condition, and overall controls
of a particular site.

Risk Inspection Checklist

A risk inspection checklist is a key tool to highlight risks associated with a hazard. This checklist
helps you evaluate risks that are associated with industries, measures its level of severity using a
risk index and helps you choose the right action control to regulate the hazard.

Safety Audit Checklist

Safety audit checklist helps you evaluate every process, inventory, and safety protocols to make
sure it complies with OSHA and other regulatory agencies. Safety audits help uplift safety
standards in your organization – enabling you to prevent any work-related incidents, injuries, or
fatalities from taking place.

Safety Observation Checklist

Safety observation checklist can help you evaluate the safe and unsafe actions or conditions in a
work area for a given time. These include observing all behavioral tendencies and planned
activities that can lead to hazardous working conditions at the workplace.
OSHA Safety Inspection Checklist

The OSHA safety inspection checklist helps your organization measure its safety program
against OSHA standards. The form and checklist include all general industry safety categories –
enabling you to find and address uncompromising standards in the workplace.

Machinery Safety Inspection Checklist

Machinery Safety Inspection Checklist is used to assess and determine the overall safety status of
machinery and equipment in your industry. The checklist helps you identify mechanical hazards,
electrical hazards, and maintenance hazards in machinery - enabling you to prevent injury or
harm due to inadequate machine guards, unsafe pre-operation checks, improper LOTO, and
more.

Few of the free inspection checklists on Safetymint

 Construction Site Inspection Checklist

 GMP Housekeeping Checklist

 Warehouse Inspection Checklist

 Truck Inspection Checklist

 PPE Compliance Inspection Checklist

What are the advantages of Safety Inspection Checklists?

Safety inspection checklists are an intrinsic part of any EHS Software and an indispensable tool
that ensures that your work environment conforms to stringent safety standards. Health and
safety inspections allow you to:
  Comprehend the concerns of your workforce and supervisors.

 Gain greater insights and understanding of jobs and tasks that you have limited experience with.

 Identify and monitor hazard controls

 Determine the root cause of existing and potential hazards.

 Recommend corrective action to eliminate hazards

 Keep track of the steps taken in eliminating a hazard including engineering controls,

administrative controls, policies, procedures, personal protective equipment.

When and how frequently should safety inspections be conducted?

Scheduling safety inspections depends on several factors including:

 Your organizations past incident records

 The size and number of work operations

 The risk quotient that can arise from the type of equipment and work processes

 Even including new processes or machinery can bring new or unknown hazards to the table.
  Hazard prone zone due to the environmental condition or other underlying threats.

Ideally, the frequency of safety inspections should be as often as conducting regular safety
meetings. It is recommended to separate safety inspections and meetings by at least a week –
giving time for teams to implement control actions and focus on issues requiring further action.
 Who should conduct safety inspections?

A safety inspection team can consist of engineers, maintenance personnel, occupational

hygienists,health and safety professionals, and also have supervisors and managers to help set
and follow-up on action controls.

A safety inspection squad should comprise of trained and certified health and safety members
well-versed with regulations and procedures, knowledge on potential hazards, and experience
with work procedures involved.
What should feature on a Safety Inspection Checklist?

While Safety Inspection Checklist comprises mostly of check boxes that need to be ticked during
walkthroughs, generating an inspection checklist depends on several factors that are attributed to
the equipment inventory, processes, facility size, and hazards that are typical to your work
environment. While creating a checklist you should examine the following:

 Tools and Machinery

 Medical and First Aid

 Lighting

 Machine Guards

 Sound Level/Noise

 Electrical

 Elevating devices

 Housekeeping

 Materials Handling/Storage

 Warehouse and Shipping

  Loading/Unloading Racks

 Employee Facilities

 Confined Spaces

 Floor and Wall Openings

 Stairs, Ladders & Platforms

What methods are used for carrying out Safety Inspections?

Paper or Excel-based Safety Inspection Checklist

The majority of organizations use paper-based checklists or excel sheets to keep track of site
evaluations, staff safety and equipment performance. While this has become the norm, the fault
lines remain exposed. Manual inspections can cause redundant, time-consuming data entry and
sharing processes, inconsistencies due to improper or false reporting and inefficient mass storage
of data files - making it difficult to retrieve, store and find data.

Digitized Safety Inspection Checklist

A digitized Safety Inspection Checklist enables you to effortlessly complete inspections right
from the field using your mobile device. These intuitive digitally-enabled forms and checklist
enable users to feed data in a consistent format, which can then be processed and assimilated
instantaneously among teams.

Integrating a digitized safety inspection checklist can ignite a tight-knit safety culture across
facilities - enabling enhanced communication and coordination to manage, track, share and store
safety assessment reports.
Digitize your safety inspection checklist with Safetymint.

Safetymint’s digital and mobile-friendly safety inspection checklist helps you efficiently conduct
onsite inspections directly from the field – enabling a faster avenue to record, share and
assimilate data on-the-go.

 Create Customized, Industry Specific Checklists and Forms

 Conduct Mobile Inspections and Audits

 Instantly Share, Store and Retrieve Data

 Recommend Corrective Actions

 Monitor and Track Corrective Actions

 Integrate Checklist into Various Safety Modules