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Departmental Health and Safety Audit Checklist

by peter clarence, from the Community

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Conduct a thorough departmental health and safety audit with this structured checklist. Score each section, capture comments explaining any point deductions, include the exact location of issues, and document remedial actions taken. Use it to drive corrective actions, track compliance across factory or office areas, and improve your safety management system. Adapt the template to your procedures and regulatory context.

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Health and Safety Departmental Audit
Use this school-focused departmental health and safety audit to assess policies, emergency procedures, safeguarding, first aid, medical needs, staff training, and wellbeing. Cover key risk areas including COSHH, DSE, fire safety, manual handling, security, and working at height. Verify contractor compliance, utilities, asbestos and radon controls, and capture internal and external site inspection findings. Create action plans, track follow-ups, and document evidence to maintain compliance and improve safety.
by Joanne Hughes, from the Community
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School Health and Safety Departmental Audit
Use this school health and safety departmental audit to review compliance, identify risks, and plan improvements across your site. The checklist covers leadership and policies, emergency procedures, accidents and first aid, medical needs, educational trips, inspections, training and wellbeing. It guides departments through risk assessments, COSHH, DSE, fire safety, manual handling, security, and working at height, plus contractor management, utilities, asbestos and radon. A short site inspection section reviews internal and external areas. Results support action planning and ongoing auditing to meet statutory responsibilities.
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Badminton School Health & Safety Departmental Audit
Use this comprehensive departmental audit to assess health and safety management across school areas, including science labs, PE, catering, boarding, admin, maintenance, and IT. The checklist reviews emergency procedures, first aid and incident reporting, risk assessments, inspections, staff training, school visits, COSHH controls, DSE, electrical safety, manual handling, and working at height. It guides prioritization with low, medium, and high actions, supports compliance with statutory responsibilities, and includes sign-off and follow-up scheduling to maintain a clear audit trail.
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Departmental Workplace HSE Inspection
A comprehensive departmental workplace health, safety and environmental inspection checklist covering offices, warehouses and yards. Assess working environment, lighting and ventilation; office ergonomics and PAT testing; machinery guarding and safety devices; COSHH controls and spill response; canteen safety; mechanical handling equipment (MHE) use and pre-shift checks; fire precautions, alarms and evacuation; co-pack and racking areas; first aid readiness; outside areas, bays and yards; PPE use and storage; housekeeping and waste; material storage and ladder checks; toilet facilities; and IT server room conditions. Use this template to identify hazards, verify compliance and drive corrective actions across logistics and warehouse operations.
by Nicole James, from the Community
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Health and Safety Departmental Audit

Use this school-focused departmental health and safety audit to assess policies, emergency procedures, safeguarding, first aid, medical needs, staff training, and wellbeing. Cover key risk areas including COSHH, DSE, fire safety, manual handling, security, and working at height. Verify contractor compliance, utilities, asbestos and radon controls, and capture internal and external site inspection findings. Create action plans, track follow-ups, and document evidence to maintain compliance and improve safety.

by Joanne Hughes, from the Community

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School Health and Safety Departmental Audit

Use this school health and safety departmental audit to review compliance, identify risks, and plan improvements across your site. The checklist covers leadership and policies, emergency procedures, accidents and first aid, medical needs, educational trips, inspections, training and wellbeing. It guides departments through risk assessments, COSHH, DSE, fire safety, manual handling, security, and working at height, plus contractor management, utilities, asbestos and radon. A short site inspection section reviews internal and external areas. Results support action planning and ongoing auditing to meet statutory responsibilities.

by Jo Hughes, from the Community

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Badminton School Health & Safety Departmental Audit

Use this comprehensive departmental audit to assess health and safety management across school areas, including science labs, PE, catering, boarding, admin, maintenance, and IT. The checklist reviews emergency procedures, first aid and incident reporting, risk assessments, inspections, staff training, school visits, COSHH controls, DSE, electrical safety, manual handling, and working at height. It guides prioritization with low, medium, and high actions, supports compliance with statutory responsibilities, and includes sign-off and follow-up scheduling to maintain a clear audit trail.

by Jo Hughes, from the Community

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Departmental Workplace HSE Inspection

A comprehensive departmental workplace health, safety and environmental inspection checklist covering offices, warehouses and yards. Assess working environment, lighting and ventilation; office ergonomics and PAT testing; machinery guarding and safety devices; COSHH controls and spill response; canteen safety; mechanical handling equipment (MHE) use and pre-shift checks; fire precautions, alarms and evacuation; co-pack and racking areas; first aid readiness; outside areas, bays and yards; PPE use and storage; housekeeping and waste; material storage and ladder checks; toilet facilities; and IT server room conditions. Use this template to identify hazards, verify compliance and drive corrective actions across logistics and warehouse operations.

by Nicole James, from the Community

20+

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Departmental Health and Safety Audit Checklist

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