Housekeeping Checklist For Contractors: Walking-Working Surfaces General Work Environment

Housekeeping Checklist for Contractors
WALKING-WORKING SURFACES
General Work Environment
QUESTION YES NO COMMENT
Is a documented, functioning housekeeping
program in place?
Are all worksites clean, sanitary, and orderly?
Are work surfaces kept dry or is appropriate means
taken to assure the surfaces are slip-resistant?
Are all spilled hazardous materials or liquids,
including blood and other potentially infectious
materials, cleaned up immediately and according to
proper procedures?
Is combustible scrap, debris and waste stored
safely and removed from the worksite properly?
Are accumulations of combustible dust routinely
removed from elevated surfaces including the
overhead structure of buildings, etc.?
Is combustible dust cleaned up with a vacuum
system to prevent the dust from going into
suspension?
Is metallic or conductive dust prevented from
entering or accumulating on or around electrical
enclosures or equipment?
Are covered metal waste cans used for oily and
paint-soaked waste?
Walkways
Are aisles and passageways kept clear?
Are aisles and walkways marked as appropriate?
Are wet surfaces covered with non-slip materials?
Are holes in the floor, sidewalk or other walking
surface repaired properly, covered or otherwise
made safe?
Is there safe clearance for walking in aisles where
motorized or mechanical handling equipment is
operating?
Are materials or equipment stored in such a
way that sharp projective will not interfere
with the walkway?
Are spilled materials cleaned up
immediately?
Are changes of direction or elevation readily
identifiable?
Are aisles or walkways that pass near
moving or operating machinery, welding
operations or similar operations arranged so
employees will not be subjected to potential
hazards?
Is adequate headroom provided for the entire
length of any aisle or walkway?
Are standard guardrails provided wherever
aisle or walkway surfaces are elevated more
than 750 mm above any adjacent floor or the
ground?
Are bridges provided over conveyors and
similar hazards?
Floor and Wall Openings
Are floor openings guarded by a cover, a
guardrail, or equivalent on all sides (except at
entrances to stairways or ladders)?
Are toe boards installed around the edges of
permanent floor openings (where persons
may pass below the opening)?
Are skylight screens of such construction and
mounting that they will withstand a load of at
least 90 kg?
Is the glass in the windows, doors, glass
walls, etc., which are subject to human
impact, of sufficient thickness and type for
the condition of use?
Are grates or similar type covers over floor
openings such as floor drains of such design
that foot traffic or rolling equipment will not be
affected by the grate spacing?
Are unused portions of service pits, and pits
not actually in use, either covered or
protected by guardrails or equivalent?
Are manhole covers, trench covers and simi-
lar covers, plus their supports designed to
carry a truck rear axle load of at least 9000
kg when located in roadways and subject to
vehicle traffic?
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Are floor or wall openings in fire resistive
construction provided with doors or covers
compatible with the fire rating of the structure
and provided with a self-closing feature when
appropriate?
Stairs and Stairways
Are standard stair rails or handrails on all
stairways having four or more risers?
Are all stairways at least 500 mm wide?
Do stairs have landing platforms not less
than 300 mm in the direction of travel and ex-
tend 500 mm in width at every 4 m or less of
vertical rise?
Do stairs angle no more than 50 and no less
than 30 degrees?
Are step risers on stairs uniform from top to
bottom?
Are steps on stairs and stairways designed
or provided with a surface that renders them
slip resistant?
Are stairway handrails located between 750
and 850 mm above the leading edge of stair
treads?
Do stairway handrails have at least 75 mm of
clearance between the handrails and the wall
or surface they are mounted on?
Where doors or gates open directly onto a
stairway, is there a platform provided so the
swing of the door does not reduce the width
of the platform to less than 500 mm?
Where stairs or stairways exit directly into
any area where vehicles may be operated,
are adequate barriers and warnings provided
to prevent employees stepping into the path
of traffic?
Do stairway landings have a dimension
measured in the direction of travel, at least
equal to the width of the stairway?
Elevated Surfaces
Are signs posted, when appropriate, showing
the elevated surface load capacity?
Are surfaces elevated more than 750 mm
above the floor or ground provided with
standard guardrails?
Are all elevated surfaces (beneath which
people or machinery could be exposed to
falling objects) provided with standard 4-inch
toe boards?
Is a permanent means of access and egress
provided to elevated storage and work
surfaces?
Is required headroom provided where
necessary?
Is material on elevated surfaces piled,
stacked or racked in a manner to prevent it
from tipping, falling, collapsing, rolling or
spreading?
Are dock boards or bridge plates used when
transferring materials between docks and
trucks or rail cars?
NAME: SIGNATURE: DATE:
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