Wood and Upholstery Industry Inspections
The need and purpose of workplace inspections in the wood and upholstery 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 wood and upholstery 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.
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 protection 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 bolst 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 protection 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 bolst of the same colour as the sign?
Distribution Board Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Is the area in front of the DB Board free from obstruction?
Does the distribution board have a back plate to prevent someone from touching a live electrical wire?
Do all DB boards have a ledger card indicating the numbers and description of the circuit breakers?
Are all open spaces on the DB board covered to prevent a user from being exposed to live electrical connections?
Is the earth leakage checked every quarter?
Is the area in front of the DB Board free from obstruction?
Does the distribution board have a back plate to prevent someone from touching a live electrical wire?
Do all DB boards have a ledger card indicating the numbers and description of the circuit breakers?
Are all open spaces on the DB board covered to prevent a user from being exposed to live electrical connections?
Is the earth leakage checked every quarter?
Air Compressor Inspection Checklist
Examples of questions relevant to this type of inspection:
Is the drive belt of the compressor protected with a guard?
Is there a red line on the meter dial face that shows the limit?
Is there a safety valve on the compressor and is it locked, sealed and calibrated?
Is the drain valve of the air compressor accessible?
Has a competent person inspected the air compressor?
Is the drive belt of the compressor protected with a guard?
Is there a red line on the meter dial face that shows the limit?
Is there a safety valve on the compressor and is it locked, sealed and calibrated?
Is the drain valve of the air compressor accessible?
Has a competent person inspected the air compressor?
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?