Quick Safety Audit
Take a moment and using the checklist below, give your organization a quick safety audit. Please feel free to Contact us for help in any areas in which you need assistance.
1- Do you have employees in California? If yes, Cal-OSHA Title 8 GISO 3203 requirements are as follows:
2- Do you have chemicals at your site? If yes:
3- Do you use fork lifts? If yes, the requirements are that:
4- Do you have an OSHA 200 log for the past five years and an OSHA 300 log for the current year?
5- Do you have all the appropriate safety posters posted at your facility?
6- Do you transport hazardous materials?
7- Do you accept or ship hazardous materials/waste? If yes:
8- Do you use respiratory protective equipment? If yes:
9- Do you use personal protective equipment? If yes:
10- Is there high noise area or operation in the facility? If yes:
11- Can employees be exposed to blood or other bodily fluids? If yes:
12- Do you repair or clear jams, clean or work on electrical or mechanical equipment? If yes:
13- Do you have confined spaces at your site? If yes:
14- Do you have 200 c.f. of gases or 55 gallon or 500 pounds of chemicals on site?
15- Do you have a written evacuation program?
16- Do you have an Emergency Response Team (ERT)? If yes:
17- Do you have fire extinguishers? If yes:
18- Do you have fire hoses? If yes:
19- Do you have fire sprinklers? If yes:
20- Do you have asbestos at your site? If yes:
21- Do you have chemicals that are considered acutely hazardous by OSHA?
22- Do you have chemicals on the SARA or CERCLA list? If yes:
23- Do you have chemicals that are on the Cal-OSHA carcinogen user list? If yes:
24- Do you have underground storage tanks? If yes:
25- Do you work in or around excavations? If yes:
26- Do you have an R&D lab? If yes:
27- Are employees exposed to chemicals? If yes:
28- Do you have ventilation system or fume hoods? If yes:
29- Do you generate hazardous waste? If yes:
30- Do you treat hazardous waste on site? If yes:
31- Do you enter Superfund, TSD or hazardous waste sites? If yes:
32- Do you have parking lots? If yes:
33- Do you have class 3b or 4 lasers or systems with embedded class 3 or 4 lasers? If yes:
34- Do you have Contractors that work at your site? If yes:
35- Do you have radioactive materials or radiation producing equipment at your site? If yes:
36- Do you have elevators at your site? If yes:
37- Do you have air compressors at your site? If yes:
38- Do you have skylights? If yes:
39- Do you have a diesel emergency generator? If yes:
1- Do you have employees in California? If yes, Cal-OSHA Title 8 GISO 3203 requirements are as follows:
- A- Do you have a written Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)?
- B- Have all your employees and supervisors been trained on the IIPP?
- C- Do you provide new hire safety orientation?
- D- Do you maintain your safety training records?
- E- Have you done initial and periodic safety inspections?
- F- If you have a Safety Committee do they meet quarterly, record minutes and review inspection reports?
2- Do you have chemicals at your site? If yes:
- A- Is there a written hazard communication program?
- B- Is there a hazard communication training program?
- C- Is there an SDS for every chemical at the site?
- D- Do you have an inventory of all chemicals?
- E- Are chemical containers properly labeled with the 2 types of information required?
- F- Have you determined if you have chemicals that are on the Prop 65 list? (NOTE: Calif. Only)
3- Do you use fork lifts? If yes, the requirements are that:
- A- Is there a written forklift safety program?
- B- Are forklift operators trained initially and evaluated every 3 years?
- C- Forklifts inspected each shift?
4- Do you have an OSHA 200 log for the past five years and an OSHA 300 log for the current year?
5- Do you have all the appropriate safety posters posted at your facility?
6- Do you transport hazardous materials?
- A- If yes have you completed DOT HM-181 training and refresher training every 3 years?
7- Do you accept or ship hazardous materials/waste? If yes:
- A- DOT requires employees to receive HM-126F training initially and every 3 years thereafter.
8- Do you use respiratory protective equipment? If yes:
- A- Is there a written respiratory protection program?
- B- Are users trained initially and annually thereafter?
- C- Are employees fit-tested initially and annually thereafter?
- D- Have you designated a Radiation Safety Officer?
- E- Are all users medically cleared?
9- Do you use personal protective equipment? If yes:
- A- Is there a written personal protective equipment program?
- B- Are users trained?
- C- Have you performed a hazard evaluation?
10- Is there high noise area or operation in the facility? If yes:
- A- Has noise monitoring been done?
- B- If noise levels are at or above 85 decibels do you have a written hearing conservation program?
- C- Have you done annual Hearing conservation training?
- D- Have employees received audiometric testing?
11- Can employees be exposed to blood or other bodily fluids? If yes:
- A- Have you performed an exposure determination?
- B- Do you have a written exposure control plan?
- C- Have you done blood borne pathogen training?
- D- Have your offered hepatitis-B vaccinations to your employees?
12- Do you repair or clear jams, clean or work on electrical or mechanical equipment? If yes:
- A- Do you have a written Lock Out and Tag Out (LOTO) program?
- B- Have you done LOTO training?
- C- Do you have tool specific LOTO procedures in place?
13- Do you have confined spaces at your site? If yes:
- A- Is there a written confined space entry program?
- B- Are employees entering confined spaces trained?
- C- Can you retrieve downed employees from a confined space?
- D- Have you evaluated the rescue team?
14- Do you have 200 c.f. of gases or 55 gallon or 500 pounds of chemicals on site?
- A- Have you submitted a Hazardous Materials Business Plan (HMBP) or HMMP to the Fire Department as required by your local municipal code?
- B- Has the HMMP been updated in the last year?
15- Do you have a written evacuation program?
- A- Is there an evacuation training program?
- B- Are evacuations maps posted?
- C- Do you have a headcount procedure?
16- Do you have an Emergency Response Team (ERT)? If yes:
- A- Have they received training initially and annually thereafter?
- B- Have they drilled once a quarter?
17- Do you have fire extinguishers? If yes:
- A- Have they been recharged within the last year?
- B- Have they been visually inspected monthly?
- C- Have the employees expected to use them, been trained initially and annually thereafter?
18- Do you have fire hoses? If yes:
- A- Have fire hose been hydro tested within 5 years?
- B- Have the employees expected to use the equipment been trained?
19- Do you have fire sprinklers? If yes:
- A- Has the sprinkler system been activated annually?
- B- Has the riser system been inspected every 5 years?
20- Do you have asbestos at your site? If yes:
- A- Have employees, contractors and vendors entering the building been informed?
- B- Do you have an asbestos management program?
- C- Have maintenance personnel received O&M training?
21- Do you have chemicals that are considered acutely hazardous by OSHA?
- A- Is the amount per process greater than the Threshold Quantity?
- B- Have you generated a Process Safety Management plan if greater than TQ?
22- Do you have chemicals on the SARA or CERCLA list? If yes:
- A- Is the amount greater than the TPQ?
- B- Do you know the RQ for each CERCLA/SARA chemical?
23- Do you have chemicals that are on the Cal-OSHA carcinogen user list? If yes:
- A- Have you registered it with Cal-OSHA?
24- Do you have underground storage tanks? If yes:
- A- Do you have a UST maintenance program?
25- Do you work in or around excavations? If yes:
- A- Do you contact USA-ALERT prior to beginning excavation operations?
- B- Do you have designated trained competent persons?
26- Do you have an R&D lab? If yes:
- A- Do you have a written chemical hygiene plan?
- B- Have you designated a Chemical Hygiene Officer?
27- Are employees exposed to chemicals? If yes:
- A- Have you done industrial hygiene monitoring to determine if exposure is at or above the allowable limits (PEL)?
28- Do you have ventilation system or fume hoods? If yes:
- A- Have you checked the capture velocity annually?
- B- Are ventilation measurement records kept for the last 5 years?
29- Do you generate hazardous waste? If yes:
- A- Do you Inspect waste area weekly and document inspections as required by EPA?
- B- Have you completed hazardous waste handling training initially and, annual refresher training?
- C- Do you have the last 3 years of manifests?
- D- Do you have a waste minimization program?
30- Do you treat hazardous waste on site? If yes:
- A- Have you submitted your Notice Of Intent?
31- Do you enter Superfund, TSD or hazardous waste sites? If yes:
- A- Do you generate site specific safety plans as required by GISO 5192?
- B- Have employees received 40 hour HAZWOPER training?
- C- Have employees received 8 hour HAZWOPER refreshers?
32- Do you have parking lots? If yes:
- A- Do you have a storm water pollution prevention program?
33- Do you have class 3b or 4 lasers or systems with embedded class 3 or 4 lasers? If yes:
- A- Have you designated a Laser Safety Officer (LSO)?
- B- Is the LSO trained?
- C- Are the laser users trained?
- D- Is there a written Laser Safety Program?
34- Do you have Contractors that work at your site? If yes:
- A- Have they been informed of your Hazcom program?
- B- Have they been informed of your Confined Spaces?
35- Do you have radioactive materials or radiation producing equipment at your site? If yes:
- A- Do you have a permit?
- B- Have you designated a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)?
- C- Are the users trained initially and annually thereafter?
36- Do you have elevators at your site? If yes:
- A- Do you have a permit (California)?
- B- Is the emergency phone tested periodically?
37- Do you have air compressors at your site? If yes:
- A- Do you have a permit (California)?
- B- Is the permit posted at the compressor?
38- Do you have skylights? If yes:
- A- Do employees come within 6 feet of it?
- B- Do you have a fall protection program?
- C- Do you have fall protection equipment?
39- Do you have a diesel emergency generator? If yes:
- A- Have you registered the generator with BAAQMD (California)?