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WHS Inspection Checklist for Purchasing

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

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This WHS inspection checklist helps purchasing and hotel operations teams assess safety across purchasing offices, loading docks, and cold rooms. Verify emergency equipment and signage, evacuation diagrams, and housekeeping. Check slips, trips and falls controls, traffic management, electrical test and tag, LOTO, and mobile equipment condition. Inspect walk-in fridges/freezers, temperature alarms, chemical storage with SDS, PPE, and spill response. Review ergonomics, manual handling risk assessments, visitor and key control, first aid readiness, and lighting to maintain compliant, food-safe operations.

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WHS Inspection Checklist for Purchasing and Loading Docks
This WHS inspection checklist helps hospitality teams review safety and compliance across purchasing areas, loading docks and bin rooms. It covers emergency procedures and equipment, slips, trips and falls prevention, electrical safety and test and tag, mobile plant and vehicle movements, hazardous substances and SDS management, ergonomics, PPE, visitor management and key security, manual handling controls, first aid readiness and lighting. Use it to verify signage, housekeeping, evacuation diagrams, equipment servicing, training and documentation are in place, and to record findings, comments and sign off.
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WHS Inspection Checklist for Hotels
This WHS inspection checklist is designed for hotel environments, focusing on purchasing offices, loading docks, and bin rooms. It guides teams to verify WHS policy and incident reporting, crisis management, JSA records, and committee minutes. It covers emergency procedures, fire equipment and signage, evacuation routes, and housekeeping standards. The checklist addresses slip, trip and fall prevention, electrical safety and test and tag, lockout tagout, and safe operation of mobile plant. It includes hazardous substances management with SDS currency, ECOLAB folders, correct storage and labeling, and required PPE. Additional sections cover ergonomics, visitor management, key security, manual handling risk controls, first aid readiness, lighting quality, and sign-off by departmental representatives.
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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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