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EHS Physical Conditions Audit Checklist

by Roger Aikens, from the Community

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This EHS physical conditions audit checklist supports plant inspections across manufacturing sites. It guides auditors through key categories, including machinery and equipment cleanliness and guarding, electrical safety and clearances, material handling equipment and slings, emergency equipment readiness, and storage of raw materials, chemicals, drums, and compressed gases. It also covers tools and power tools, walking-working surfaces, stairs, ladders, and platforms, and building elements such as exits, emergency lighting, piping, and interior and exterior housekeeping. Environmental compliance is addressed with spill prevention and containment, waste management, and water/air controls, alongside energy awareness checks. Work practices emphasize lockout/tagout, confined space, PPE compliance, crane operations, mobile equipment, and pedestrian safety. Use this checklist to identify substandard conditions, prioritize corrective actions, and improve safety performance.

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This Physical Conditions Audit checklist helps teams systematically evaluate workplace safety across key areas such as compressed gases, electrical systems, emergency evacuation, eyewash and first aid readiness, fire protection, hazardous materials, hand and power tools, housekeeping, ladders, ventilation, machine guarding, energy isolation, confined space entry, material handling, PPE, welding and hot work, ergonomics, transportation equipment, and walking working surfaces. Use it to identify hazards, verify controls, and drive corrective actions.
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WI Branch Audit Checklist for Waste Operations
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Monthly Safety and Housekeeping Inspection Checklist
Use this monthly safety and housekeeping inspection checklist to assess general facility conditions, emergency readiness, and safe work practices. Review exits, lighting, ventilation, walking-working surfaces, first aid, electrical safety, fire protection, hazardous materials, PPE, ladders and platforms, welding and hot work, compressed gas cylinders, machine guarding, hand and power tools, material handling, and powered industrial trucks. Identify hazards, assign corrective actions, and track compliance over time.
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