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FBUS Safety Audit Checklist

by Brendan Grant, from the Community

This FBUS Safety Audit template supports construction crews with a structured review of daily job briefs, excavation logs, and site controls. It covers work zone setup per MUTCD, signage placement, police details and flaggers, buffer zones, and pedestrian and vehicle barriers. It guides checks on utility mark-outs and refreshes, trench protection and soil classification, CAT tool use, and excavation safety. The audit also verifies access to safety documents on iPad, completion of lift plans, environmental forms, DOT book, and other required paperwork to keep field operations compliant and safe.

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FBUS Safety Audit 1
This FBUS Safety Audit checklist helps crews verify daily administrative compliance, work zone setup, and excavation safety on construction utility sites. It covers job brief accuracy, excavation logs, utility mark-outs, barricades, trench protection, gas monitoring, ladder and fire extinguisher readiness, housekeeping, and equipment positioning. The template also reviews tool and equipment condition, calibrations, silica control, rigging and lifting practices, use of spotters and taglines, and required PPE including hearing, eye, hand, and face protection. Use it to standardize inspections and improve safety performance across jobsites.
by Brendan Grant, from the Community
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Pre-Excavation Safety Checklist
This pre-excavation safety checklist helps teams plan and control excavation work on construction sites. It guides competent persons through soil analysis and classification, selection and inspection of protective systems such as shoring, shielding, sloping, or benching, and verification of utility locates and traffic control. It covers PPE, access and egress, hazard controls, and daily inspections, with fields for site details and sign-off by the competent person and site supervisor.
by James Gellan, from the Community
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Job-Site Safety Inspection and Audit Checklist
Use this field ready checklist to audit construction and utility job sites. Sections include JSA review, traffic control per MUTCD, underground utility locates, PPE, first aid and fire protection, fuel labeling, heat stress controls, excavation and trenching such as soil type, shielding, spoil distance and access, equipment operation and housekeeping, electrical and GFCI, slip trip and fall hazards, training and issued PPE, photo evidence, and sign off.
by Chris Lee, from the Community
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Excavation Daily Inspection Checklist
This excavation daily inspection checklist supports safer trenching operations on construction sites. It guides a competent person through key checks before and during work, including excavation dimensions, soil classification, protective systems, and heavy equipment readiness. The template covers jobsite controls such as spoil placement, barriers, guardrails, and warning systems; utility locating and protection; safe entry and exit using ladders or ramps; and wet condition precautions and dewatering. It also addresses hazardous atmospheres with testing and ventilation, PPE requirements, and detailed support and shielding system inspections. The form ends with recommendations and sign off by the competent person and inspector.
by Stephen Hill, from the Community
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FBUS Safety Audit 1

This FBUS Safety Audit checklist helps crews verify daily administrative compliance, work zone setup, and excavation safety on construction utility sites. It covers job brief accuracy, excavation logs, utility mark-outs, barricades, trench protection, gas monitoring, ladder and fire extinguisher readiness, housekeeping, and equipment positioning. The template also reviews tool and equipment condition, calibrations, silica control, rigging and lifting practices, use of spotters and taglines, and required PPE including hearing, eye, hand, and face protection. Use it to standardize inspections and improve safety performance across jobsites.

by Brendan Grant, from the Community

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Pre-Excavation Safety Checklist

This pre-excavation safety checklist helps teams plan and control excavation work on construction sites. It guides competent persons through soil analysis and classification, selection and inspection of protective systems such as shoring, shielding, sloping, or benching, and verification of utility locates and traffic control. It covers PPE, access and egress, hazard controls, and daily inspections, with fields for site details and sign-off by the competent person and site supervisor.

by James Gellan, from the Community

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Job-Site Safety Inspection and Audit Checklist

Use this field ready checklist to audit construction and utility job sites. Sections include JSA review, traffic control per MUTCD, underground utility locates, PPE, first aid and fire protection, fuel labeling, heat stress controls, excavation and trenching such as soil type, shielding, spoil distance and access, equipment operation and housekeeping, electrical and GFCI, slip trip and fall hazards, training and issued PPE, photo evidence, and sign off.

by Chris Lee, from the Community

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Excavation Daily Inspection Checklist

This excavation daily inspection checklist supports safer trenching operations on construction sites. It guides a competent person through key checks before and during work, including excavation dimensions, soil classification, protective systems, and heavy equipment readiness. The template covers jobsite controls such as spoil placement, barriers, guardrails, and warning systems; utility locating and protection; safe entry and exit using ladders or ramps; and wet condition precautions and dewatering. It also addresses hazardous atmospheres with testing and ventilation, PPE requirements, and detailed support and shielding system inspections. The form ends with recommendations and sign off by the competent person and inspector.

by Stephen Hill, from the Community

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FBUS Safety Audit Checklist

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