Trade and Commerce Industry Inspections
The need and purpose of workplace inspections in the trade and commerce 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 trade and commerce 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.
Automatic Sprinkler System Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Is a log kept of all servicing that is done?
Does the alarm bell function properly?
Are daily checks done on the water reservoir levels?
Is a diagram displayed indicating the valve layout of automatic sprinklers?
If fully enclosed, are the tanks fitted with air relief valves?
Is a log kept of all servicing that is done?
Does the alarm bell function properly?
Are daily checks done on the water reservoir levels?
Is a diagram displayed indicating the valve layout of automatic sprinklers?
If fully enclosed, are the tanks fitted with air relief valves?
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?
Have Compliance Certificates been issued, where required, for receptacles that are located outdoors, in a garage, in an unfinished basement, at kitchen counters and in bathrooms?
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 all lighting fixtures functioning properly and are they fitted with bulbs that are in good working order?
Have Compliance Certificates been issued, where required, for receptacles that are located outdoors, in a garage, in an unfinished basement, at kitchen counters and in bathrooms?
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?
Symbolic Safety Signs Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Are all safety signs placed in the most conspicuous positions?
Are all safety signs placed in a position which does not create a hazard?
Are the safety signs placed at 90 degrees to the passage or walkway?
Are safety signs, situated in an atmosphere which contains corrosive chemicals, made from effective protective materials?
Are the nuts, bolts and washers used for attaching a safety sign, in a corrosion area, corrosion-protected and are the heads of the bolts of the same colour as the sign?
Are all safety signs placed in the most conspicuous positions?
Are all safety signs placed in a position which does not create a hazard?
Are the safety signs placed at 90 degrees to the passage or walkway?
Are safety signs, situated in an atmosphere which contains corrosive chemicals, made from effective protective materials?
Are the nuts, bolts and washers used for attaching a safety sign, in a corrosion area, corrosion-protected and are the heads of the bolts of the same colour as the sign?
Ergonomic Survey Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Is the lighting adequate for the area according to the correct Lux reading?
Is there sufficient ventilation by means of air conditioning units?
Is there sufficient ventilation by means of windows?
Is the worker seated on a comfortable chair, set to the correct height?
Is the temperature suitable and set to comfortable levels?
Is the lighting adequate for the area according to the correct Lux reading?
Is there sufficient ventilation by means of air conditioning units?
Is there sufficient ventilation by means of windows?
Is the worker seated on a comfortable chair, set to the correct height?
Is the temperature suitable and set to comfortable levels?