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WHS Housekeeping Inspection Checklist

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

This WHS housekeeping inspection checklist helps hotels and hospitality teams assess housekeeping, laundry, and back-of-house areas for safety and compliance. Verify controls for slips and trips, fire protection and evacuation, electrical test and tag, hazardous chemicals and SDS, PPE, ergonomics, manual handling, lighting, visitor and key control, and laundry chutes. Use it to record findings, add photos, and sign off with departmental representatives.

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WHS Inspection Checklist for Hotel Housekeeping
Perform comprehensive WHS audits across hotel housekeeping and laundry operations with this checklist. Verify housekeeping standards, slips and trips controls, emergency and fire safety readiness, tagged firefighting equipment, electrical test and tag compliance, PPE availability, chemical storage and SDS currency, ergonomics and manual handling controls, visitor and key management, lighting, ventilation, and laundry chute safety. Capture photos, record findings, and sign off with departmental representatives.
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Housekeeping WHS Inspection Checklist
Conduct comprehensive WHS inspections for hotel housekeeping areas including guest rooms, corridors, laundry, and back of house. This checklist covers slips, trips and falls, electrical safety and test and tag, emergency exits and signage, fire equipment, PPE and chemical storage with SDS, ergonomics and manual handling, visitor management and key security, lighting and ventilation, and laundry chute checks. Use it to document findings, attach photos, and improve safety compliance.
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WHS Inspection Checklist for Housekeeping
This WHS inspection checklist helps hospitality teams assess housekeeping areas across hotels and similar venues. Review laundry rooms, corridors, housekeeping offices, and storage to prevent slips, trips, and falls. Verify emergency readiness, signage, extinguishers, exits, evacuation diagrams, and staff training. Check electrical safety, test and tag status, machinery condition, hazardous chemicals with current safety data sheets, PPE availability, and correct storage and labeling. Evaluate ergonomics, ladders and working at height, manual handling controls, key security, visitor management, lighting, ventilation, and first aid. Capture notes, photos, and sign off to drive compliance and corrective actions.
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WHS Inspection Checklist for Complex Facilities
This WHS inspection checklist helps hotels and facility teams systematically assess safety and compliance across key areas. It covers WHS policies, incident reporting, crisis management, committee records, and minutes. Inspect prevention of slips, trips, and falls; emergency preparedness including extinguishers, signage, evacuation plans, exits, alarms, and training; electrical safety with test and tag guidance, isolation, and lockout tagout; machinery guards and emergency stops; hazardous substances with SDS currency, labeling, storage, and PPE; ergonomics and workstation setup; working at heights and ladder checks; PPE availability and signage; storage practices and housekeeping; ventilation and restricted area controls; contractor and visitor management; key security; manual handling controls and risk assessments; first aid and AED checks; and lighting quality. Conclude with media, notes, and sign-off by departmental and WHS representatives.
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WHS Inspection Checklist for Hotel Housekeeping

Perform comprehensive WHS audits across hotel housekeeping and laundry operations with this checklist. Verify housekeeping standards, slips and trips controls, emergency and fire safety readiness, tagged firefighting equipment, electrical test and tag compliance, PPE availability, chemical storage and SDS currency, ergonomics and manual handling controls, visitor and key management, lighting, ventilation, and laundry chute safety. Capture photos, record findings, and sign off with departmental representatives.

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

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Housekeeping WHS Inspection Checklist

Conduct comprehensive WHS inspections for hotel housekeeping areas including guest rooms, corridors, laundry, and back of house. This checklist covers slips, trips and falls, electrical safety and test and tag, emergency exits and signage, fire equipment, PPE and chemical storage with SDS, ergonomics and manual handling, visitor management and key security, lighting and ventilation, and laundry chute checks. Use it to document findings, attach photos, and improve safety compliance.

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

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WHS Inspection Checklist for Housekeeping

This WHS inspection checklist helps hospitality teams assess housekeeping areas across hotels and similar venues. Review laundry rooms, corridors, housekeeping offices, and storage to prevent slips, trips, and falls. Verify emergency readiness, signage, extinguishers, exits, evacuation diagrams, and staff training. Check electrical safety, test and tag status, machinery condition, hazardous chemicals with current safety data sheets, PPE availability, and correct storage and labeling. Evaluate ergonomics, ladders and working at height, manual handling controls, key security, visitor management, lighting, ventilation, and first aid. Capture notes, photos, and sign off to drive compliance and corrective actions.

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

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WHS Inspection Checklist for Complex Facilities

This WHS inspection checklist helps hotels and facility teams systematically assess safety and compliance across key areas. It covers WHS policies, incident reporting, crisis management, committee records, and minutes. Inspect prevention of slips, trips, and falls; emergency preparedness including extinguishers, signage, evacuation plans, exits, alarms, and training; electrical safety with test and tag guidance, isolation, and lockout tagout; machinery guards and emergency stops; hazardous substances with SDS currency, labeling, storage, and PPE; ergonomics and workstation setup; working at heights and ladder checks; PPE availability and signage; storage practices and housekeeping; ventilation and restricted area controls; contractor and visitor management; key security; manual handling controls and risk assessments; first aid and AED checks; and lighting quality. Conclude with media, notes, and sign-off by departmental and WHS representatives.

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WHS Housekeeping Inspection Checklist

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