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MBI Construction Safety Audit Checklist

by John Overhiser Jr., CSP, from the Community

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This MBI Safety Audit checklist supports construction site safety inspections across key risk areas. It covers general site controls, first aid, fire protection, permits, and housekeeping; PPE compliance; heavy equipment checks including alarms, seatbelts, and lifts; electrical safety with GFCI use, LOTO, cords, and panels; fall protection planning, equipment, ladders, and guardrails; cranes and rigging setup, inspections, tagging, and signaling; scaffolding erection, tie-ins, planking, guardrails, and toeboards; trenching and excavation daily inspections, soil type, protection systems, and access; hand and portable power tools; and confined space considerations. The template enables rating findings, recording comments, and capturing supervisor and auditor signatures to document compliance and corrective actions.

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