Enabling Process / Project Team (Ops/Const. & HSEQ) / 2257 – HSEQ Compliance / /
Project Start-up Safety Checklist
Project:Items nominated below are to be addressed and ticked (ü) when complete.
ITEM / OK /
1. / Public Protection
(a) Fencing / Bunting / Barricades / Hand Rails
(b) Hoardings / Gantry
(c) Permits Attained for above
(d) Signage at entrance
2. / Site Specific Health and Safety Plan Developed
3. / Site Specific /Induction Developed
4. / Pre-placement Medicals for new LORAC employees
5. / Responsibility Statements issued and signed
6. / Legislation
(a) Acts and regulations
(b) Codes of Practice Guidelines etc.
(c) Australian Standards
7. / Amenities
(a) Drinking Water – Water coolers / ice machine/water filters
(b) Site Notice Boards
(c) Toilets / Washing facilities / Showers
(d) Handwash and towels
(e) Crib Rooms as per legislation
(f) Sunscreen Available / Dispensers
8. / First Aid
(a) Facility / Rooms / Boxes (as per Standard)
(b) Attendant level of competency appropriate
(c) Supplies
(d) Signage posted (i.e. Gloves, Medications)
(e) First Aiders Names Displayed
(f) First Aid Register of Injuries book
(g) First Aid hardhat stickers
9. / Recording and Notification Procedures
(a) Plant and Equipment Register(s)
(b) Certificate of Competency
(c) MSDS Register, Haz. Sub register and File
(d) Visitors Logbook
(e) Site Specific Induction Register and forms
(f) Training / Toolbox Talk File
(g) Subcontractor Pre-commencement Checklist
(h) Permit File
(i) Permits identified
(j) Locate and document existing services (Dial before you dig)
10. / Electrical
(a) Electrical Register
(b) E.L.C.B. Checklist File created
(c) RCD Test undertaken and recorded on Board maintenance stickers
(d) Genset test register
11. / Safety Equipment (PPE) on site as required
(a) PPE ordered prior to mobilisation and available on site
(b) Personnel Protective Equipment issued
(c) PPE Issue Register
12. / Site Signage Erected
(a) WHSO’S and/or Safety Representative displayed
(b) Visitors and new employee “where to go” signage erected at all site entry points
(c) PPE signs erected as required
13. / Emergency Procedures
(a) Emergency Services Notified of Site Commencement
(b) Emergency evacuation Procedure Posted
(c) Emergency Telephone Numbers Displayed
(d) Emergency Radio channel identified
(e) Muster point signage erected
14. / Subcontractor Safety Documentation
(a) Approved where required
(b) Project Safety Plan issued
15. / Injury Management
(a) Workers Compensation Packs
(b) National Injury Coordinator notified of Project
16 / Other Registers
(a) Ladder Register
(b) Fall Protection Register
(c) Fire Extinguisher Register
(d) Lifting Equipment Register
(e) Confined Space Register
(f) Certified Plant Register
(g) Emergency Equipment Register
(h) Lock Holder Register
(i) Waste Register
(j) Scaffold Register
Comment required on any item unable to be ticked:
Name: / Signed: / DATE: / /
DISTRIBUTION: Original – To Safety Manager within 4 weeks of commencement on site
Copy – Contract File
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