Template

WHS Inspection Checklist for Housekeeping

by Neil Dorward, from the Community

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.

With SafetyCulture you can

Digitize any process, procedure or policy

Eliminate mistakes made by paper-based processes

Create and share professional reports instantly

Confirm accountability and compliance with a digital log

With SafetyCulture you can

Digitize any process, procedure or policy

Eliminate mistakes made by paper-based processes

Create and share professional reports instantly

Confirm accountability and compliance with a digital log

About author

Community

This community page makes available free workplace checklists and templates created by other users within the SafetyCulture community. SafetyCulture has re-published this content and where possible, has credited the original author. SafetyCulture has not verified the accuracy, reliability or suitability of any community content. You agree that your use of any of this content is in accordance with SafetyCulture’s Terms and Conditions.

Template
WHS Housekeeping Inspection Checklist
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.
by Neil Dorward, from the Community
Downloads: 0
Get
Template
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
Downloads: 10+
Get
Template
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.
by Neil Dorward, from the Community
Downloads: 0
Get
Template
WHS Inspection Checklist for Hospitality
Use this WHS inspection checklist tailored for hotels, restaurants, and bars to audit kitchens and service areas. Verify policies, incident reporting, slips, trips and falls controls, emergency readiness, and fire protection. Assess electrical safety, equipment guarding and maintenance, walk-in fridge alarms, and lockout/tagout. Review hazardous chemicals management with SDS, storage and labeling, PPE availability and use, ergonomics, and training. Include visitor and key control, manual handling risk assessments, first aid kits and competencies, lighting, ventilation, and housekeeping. Ideal for Food and Beverage teams to maintain compliance and reduce risk.
by Neil Dorward, from the Community
Downloads: 10+
Get

WHS Inspection Checklist for Housekeeping

About author

You might also like

WHS Housekeeping Inspection Checklist

Housekeeping WHS Inspection Checklist

WHS Inspection Checklist for Complex Facilities

WHS Inspection Checklist for Hospitality

You might also like

WHS Housekeeping Inspection Checklist

Housekeeping WHS Inspection Checklist

WHS Inspection Checklist for Complex Facilities

WHS Inspection Checklist for Hospitality