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Safety Walk and Talk Audit Checklist

by Rueben Naidoo, from the Community

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This Safety Walk and Talk Audit helps site leaders assess shop floor conditions and engage workers. Section A covers first impressions, area checks, conversations, and overall rating. Section B focuses on high risk activities such as work at height, electrical work, hot work, confined space, and permits, training, and job safety analysis. Section C reviews housekeeping, walkways, machine guarding, ergonomics, chemical handling, PPE, vehicles, and emergency equipment.

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Safety Walk and Talk Audit
Conduct a structured Safety Walk and Talk Audit to engage operators, review high risk activities, and evaluate site conditions. This checklist covers housekeeping, machine guarding, lockout tagout, pedestrian and vehicle routes, ergonomics, chemical handling, PPE, first aid and emergency equipment, and contractor permits. Leaders rate observations, speak with workers about risks and improvements, and record examples of safe practices. Use findings to prioritize corrective actions and track continuous improvement across production areas and logistics.
by Rueben Naidoo, from the Community
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Pre-Job Safety and Hazard Analysis and Hot Work
This pre-job safety and hazard analysis checklist helps teams plan and execute hot work and other high-risk tasks in a manufacturing environment. It covers job information, PPE requirements, work area preparation, and a Take 5 risk review to identify hazards such as electrical, mechanical, fire, chemical exposure, confined space, and working at heights. The template includes permit controls for confined space, lockout tag out, hot work, high voltage, and hazard communication. It guides fire watch assignments, start and end time logging, and post-work monitoring, with prompts for emergency contacts and documentation.
by Edwin Horna, from the Community
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Leadership Safety Walk Checklist
This Leadership Safety Walk checklist helps leaders and supervisors conduct effective safety walk-throughs across worksites. It prompts observation of housekeeping, electrical safety, emergency preparedness, manual handling, hazardous materials, PPE use, machine guarding, lighting, ladder storage, and ergonomic issues. It also supports Safety Walk and Talk conversations by capturing critical task risks, controls, suggestions, and agreed actions, fostering a proactive safety culture.
by Tobias Suen, from the Community
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Health and Safety Gap Analysis Audit
This Health and Safety Gap Analysis Audit helps organizations systematically evaluate their safety management system and close compliance gaps. Review core elements including policy and communication, staff training and toolbox talks, manual handling, risk assessments and safe systems of work, COSHH and chemical controls, fire safety and emergency procedures, incident investigation and reporting, internal audits, and first aid readiness. Assess machinery and statutory inspections such as LOLER, LEV and pressure systems, PPE and RPE programs including face fit, asbestos controls, electrical and gas safety, noise and DSE, working at height, contractor management and permits to work, waste handling, work areas and vehicles, documentation, and overall site tidiness.
by Rob Brown, from the Community
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Safety Walk and Talk Audit

Conduct a structured Safety Walk and Talk Audit to engage operators, review high risk activities, and evaluate site conditions. This checklist covers housekeeping, machine guarding, lockout tagout, pedestrian and vehicle routes, ergonomics, chemical handling, PPE, first aid and emergency equipment, and contractor permits. Leaders rate observations, speak with workers about risks and improvements, and record examples of safe practices. Use findings to prioritize corrective actions and track continuous improvement across production areas and logistics.

by Rueben Naidoo, from the Community

10+

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Template

Pre-Job Safety and Hazard Analysis and Hot Work

This pre-job safety and hazard analysis checklist helps teams plan and execute hot work and other high-risk tasks in a manufacturing environment. It covers job information, PPE requirements, work area preparation, and a Take 5 risk review to identify hazards such as electrical, mechanical, fire, chemical exposure, confined space, and working at heights. The template includes permit controls for confined space, lockout tag out, hot work, high voltage, and hazard communication. It guides fire watch assignments, start and end time logging, and post-work monitoring, with prompts for emergency contacts and documentation.

by Edwin Horna, from the Community

10+

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Leadership Safety Walk Checklist

This Leadership Safety Walk checklist helps leaders and supervisors conduct effective safety walk-throughs across worksites. It prompts observation of housekeeping, electrical safety, emergency preparedness, manual handling, hazardous materials, PPE use, machine guarding, lighting, ladder storage, and ergonomic issues. It also supports Safety Walk and Talk conversations by capturing critical task risks, controls, suggestions, and agreed actions, fostering a proactive safety culture.

by Tobias Suen, from the Community

10+

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Template

Health and Safety Gap Analysis Audit

This Health and Safety Gap Analysis Audit helps organizations systematically evaluate their safety management system and close compliance gaps. Review core elements including policy and communication, staff training and toolbox talks, manual handling, risk assessments and safe systems of work, COSHH and chemical controls, fire safety and emergency procedures, incident investigation and reporting, internal audits, and first aid readiness. Assess machinery and statutory inspections such as LOLER, LEV and pressure systems, PPE and RPE programs including face fit, asbestos controls, electrical and gas safety, noise and DSE, working at height, contractor management and permits to work, waste handling, work areas and vehicles, documentation, and overall site tidiness.

by Rob Brown, from the Community

10+

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Safety Walk and Talk Audit Checklist

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