Road Transport Hauliers Industry Inspections
The need and purpose of workplace inspections in the road transport hauliers industry
The employer is obliged to provide employees with safe and health working conditions. To know exactly how safe and healthy working conditions are or aren’t he needs to constantly monitor performance against health and safety standards and procedures as prescribed by law and company policy.
This is achieved by conducting regular safety inspections in the workplace and recording the results.
Other factors to consider in the road transport hauliers industry:
As tools and equipment get older they get worn out or damaged. Such tools can be very dangerous and need to be repaired or replaced. Materials, equipment and procedures constantly change. Ignoring such changes can jeopardize people’s health and safety. Lack of the necessary skills to perform a certain job can cause injury.
Regular safety inspections will help to expose possible training needs. Safety inspections may vary in purpose from routine to maintenance inspections to inspections after a major incident like a fire or aircraft crash.
General Electrical Installation Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Are all lighting fixtures functioning properly and are they fitted with bulbs that are in good working order?
Are all receptacles (light fixtures and smoke detectors) protected by an arc fault circuit protection?
Are outside receptacle covers of a type that provides waterproofing with a cord, connected?
Are directly wired appliances such as furnaces, properly grounded?
Are the equipment and fixtures that have been installed in good working order (move-in condition)?
Are all lighting fixtures functioning properly and are they fitted with bulbs that are in good working order?
Are all receptacles (light fixtures and smoke detectors) protected by an arc fault circuit protection?
Are outside receptacle covers of a type that provides waterproofing with a cord, connected?
Are directly wired appliances such as furnaces, properly grounded?
Are the equipment and fixtures that have been installed in good working order (move-in condition)?
First Aid Box and Equipment Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Is the first aid box easily removable in an emergency?
Is there a qualified first-aider available with a valid certificate?
Is the name of the first-aider displayed on box?
Is the first aid box indicated by a symbolic sign?
Is there wound cleaner / antiseptic (100ml)?
Is the first aid box easily removable in an emergency?
Is there a qualified first-aider available with a valid certificate?
Is the name of the first-aider displayed on box?
Is the first aid box indicated by a symbolic sign?
Is there wound cleaner / antiseptic (100ml)?
Fire Extinguisher Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Are all fire extinguishers placed on an asset register with a unique number?
Are all fire extinguishers still valid to point of date?
Have the fire extinguishers been inspected monthly by the appointed fire fighter?
Is the service seal of the fire extinguisher intact?
Is the fire extinguisher corrosion and damage free?
Are all fire extinguishers placed on an asset register with a unique number?
Are all fire extinguishers still valid to point of date?
Have the fire extinguishers been inspected monthly by the appointed fire fighter?
Is the service seal of the fire extinguisher intact?
Is the fire extinguisher corrosion and damage free?
Ladder (Mobile with Wheels) Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Are all exposed surfaces of mobile ladder stands free from sharp edges, burrs, or other safety hazards?
Is all equipment on an assist register with a unique number?
Are all mobile ladders with a work level 3 meters or higher above the ground or floor equipped with a standard (10-centimeter nominal) toe board?
Are all mobile ladders handrails, guardrails, midrails free from being bent, loose or have a presence of rust or corrosion present?
Are castor wheels free from broken, damaged or free from poor rotation ability?
Are all exposed surfaces of mobile ladder stands free from sharp edges, burrs, or other safety hazards?
Is all equipment on an assist register with a unique number?
Are all mobile ladders with a work level 3 meters or higher above the ground or floor equipped with a standard (10-centimeter nominal) toe board?
Are all mobile ladders handrails, guardrails, midrails free from being bent, loose or have a presence of rust or corrosion present?
Are castor wheels free from broken, damaged or free from poor rotation ability?