Safety Checklists

Safety checklists are used to help identify workplace hazards and keep your workplace safe.

What are Safety Checklists?

Safety checklists are a simple, easy-to-use tool used by safety officers, managers, and those responsible for workplace safety, including those working in construction, manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, and many other industry sectors. These tools are designed to help prevent workplace injuries while improving worker productivity and overall safety performance. They consist of a list of items to be checked off prior to beginning a task, operating equipment, assessing employee behavior, or conducting a safety audit.

Why are Safety Checklists Important?

The World Health Organization reports that almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year. United Nations Global Compact further reports that 7,500 people die from unsafe and unhealthy working conditions every single day. Workplace-related deaths exceed the average annual deaths from road accidents (999,000), war (502,000), and violence (563,000). Workplace deaths are not distributed equally across the world with approximately 65% of workplace deaths occurring in Asia, 11.8% in Africa, 11.7% in Europe, 10.9% in the Americas, and 0.6% in the Oceania region.

Safety Checklists assist in identifying and reducing or preventing risk factors that may lead to an injury or illness. They also monitor how safe working practices and safety procedures are being followed, and identify potential hazards and threats in the workspace. A checklist is a listing of items that should be performed prior to starting a job, project, or action. It helps make certain that the person performing the job is aware of everything that must be completed before commencing a job, project, or action.

Identifying Hazards and Managing Risks

A risk assessment can be used to identify hazards in the workplace. A risk assessment is a systematic process that identifies hazards and provides recommendations for controlling those hazards until the risk has been reduced to an acceptable level.

The risk assessment template includes fields where you can document all hazards identified. An overall risk rating of each hazard is added to the template and all risk controls for each hazard.

To complete a risk assessment, begin by documenting all hazards observed. Include information such as the type of hazard, location, severity, frequency, duration, consequences, and control measures already in place.

Add a risk rating for each hazard identified including any control measures that are in place.

If the risk rating for a hazard is not acceptable add further control measures, from the hierarchy of controls to reduce the risk of a hazard to an acceptable rating.

Assign corrective actions or implementation of the controls and provide a timeline to those responsible.

DIGI CLIP mobile forms have digital checklists safety templates and an Action Register that will help automate the risk management process.

Transport & Logistics Safety Checklists

Transport safety checklists are used by transport operators, managers, and other frontline workers to ensure vehicles and equipment are in a safe and roadworthy condition prior to entering the road network. They are also used to ensure the safe loading and unloading of vehicles, the safe packing, and unpacking of containers, and assess site ingress and egress routes for hazards.

Our Top Five Transport & Logistics Safety Checklists:

• Prime Mover & Trailer Pre-Start Checklist – Used to conduct visual prime mover and trailer pre-operational safety checks.
• Safe Loading Checklist – Used to manage the risk of freight loading operations.
• Safe Unloading Checklist – Used to manage the risk of freight unloading operations.
• Transport Operator Site Visit Safety Checklist – Used to capture and communicate safety information on visiting transport operators while on site.
• Dump Truck & Trailer Combo Pre-Start Checklist – Used to conduct visual truck & equipment pre-operational safety checks.

Construction Safety Checklists

Construction safety checklists are used by site managers, safety officers, and health and safety representatives to identify workplace hazards, ensure the tools and equipment are in a safe condition prior to use, observe worker behavior concerning safe work practices and procedures, and help develop safe work instructions for specific tasks.

Our Top Five Construction Safety Checklists:

• Task Height Safety Checklist – Used to assess height safety and fall prevention.
• SWMS – High-Risk Construction Work Template – Used to identify and control the hazards associated with high-risk construction work.
• New Site Assessment Checklist – Used to assess a new construction site that is conducting general construction, improvement or renovation works.
• Scaffolding Safety Checklist – Used to help ensure that scaffolding is in good condition and used correctly.
• Daily Site Hazard Checklist – Used daily to identify, document, and communicate construction site safety hazards.

Food and Hospitality Safety Checklists

Food safety checklists are used to assess whether kitchen staff follow proper food safety procedures. These procedures include training employees about food safety; keeping records of temperature; daily tasks; cleaning and sanitizing equipment and surfaces; preventing contamination of foods; maintaining cleanliness; and storing foods properly.

Hospitality safety checklists are used by hospitality managers to identify workplace hazards, ensure hospitality staff are following safe work practices and open and close procedures are completed correctly.

Our Top Five Food and Hospitality Safety Checklists:

• .Hospitality Risk Survey Report – Used for risk identification on hospitality or sporting venues.
• Food Safety & Hygiene Checklist – Used to help ensure the safe storage, handling, preparation, and serving of food by kitchen staff.
• Refrigeration Temperature Log – Used to routinely record the temperatures of refrigeration and freezers.
• Hot Food Temperature Log – Used to record the temperature of food while being kept warm.
• Daily Kitchen Open & Close Checklist – Used prior to opening and/or close of the kitchen, or as required.

Facility Management Safety Checklists

Facility management safety checklists are used by facility managers and safety officers to identify hazards and manage help manage the risk of those hazards; manage the upkeep of plant and equipment; and ensure the building and surroundings are checked and maintained.

Our Top Five Facility Management Safety Checklists:

• Warehouse Safety Inspection Checklist – Used to identify, communicate, and document warehouse safety issues.
• Retail Store Safety Checklist – Used to perform retail store safety and compliance checks.
• Pre-Hot Work Safety Checklist – Used before commencing hot work to help ensure hot work is completed safely.
• HVAC Maintenance Checklist: Air Conditioner – Used in preventative maintenance for HVAC equipment – air conditioner.
• HVAC Maintenance Checklist: Dual Fuel Heat Pump – Used in preventative maintenance for HVAC equipment – duel fuel heat pump.

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Manufacturing Safety Checklists

Manufacturing safety checklists are used by managers and safety officers to help identify hazards in the workplace and help control the risks associated with those hazards.

Our Top Five Manufacturing Checklists:

• Machine Guarding Checklist – Used pre-operational and post-operational machine guard checks.
• Manufacturing Workplace Safety Walkthrough Checklist – Used to identify, document and communicate workplace hazards in manufacturing facilities.
• PPE Site Safety Audit – Used to help assess if PPE is serviceable and used, worn, and stored correctly by employees.
• First Aid Kit Audit – Used to help ensure first aid kits are fully stocked and the contents have not expired.
• Hazard Identification Checklist – Used to identify task hazards in the workplace.

PPE Safety Checklists

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including hard hats, face shields, gloves, boots, earplugs, eye protection and respirators, can save lives and protect workers against serious injuries. However, many companies don’t use PPE correctly and fail to provide proper training to employees. This can lead to workplace accidents and injuries.

Our Top Three PPE Checklists:

• PPE Safety Checklist – Used to help assess if PPE is serviceable and used, worn, and stored correctly by employees.
• Harness Pre-Use Inspection Checklist – Used to help conduct harness inspections prior to use.
• Lanyard Pre-Use Inspection Checklist – Used to help conduct lanyard inspections prior to use.

Digital Harness Pre-Use Inspection Checklist (below)

 DIGI CLIP mobile forms provide safety and compliance checklists and other forms. Complete digital safety checklists and inspections on a phone or tablet with DIGI CLIP mobile forms.

DIGI CLIP mobile forms – What Do We Do?

DIGI CLIP mobile forms is an easy-to-use inexpensive digital checklist & inspection app and cloud-based software. DIGI CLIP is used across different industries to capture safety and compliance data and other information to help improve safety, compliance and operational efficiencies.

DIGI CLIP will allow you to remove paper reporting from your business – no more lost, late missing or illegible checklists. The DIGI CLIP mobile app allows images, comments and digital signatures to be added to checklists from a phone or tablet.

DIGI CLIP has a Form Library where you can access all of the above forms and more for your use. All checklists and inspections can be edited or updated to meet your risk and operational requirements.

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