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Workshop Safety Checklist

by Audrey Duckworth, from the Community

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This workshop safety checklist helps teams verify safe practices across industrial and maintenance workshops. Review floor conditions signage and PPE requirements. Check equipment placement and preventative maintenance with records of training and toolbox talks. Inspect vehicle inspection pits barriers and bump caps. Confirm emergency access exits extinguishers evacuation procedures wardens and first aid. Assess chemical management including registers labels storage compatibility spill control and disposal. Verify gas cylinder segregation securing handling and distance from ignition sources. Evaluate welding safety training PPE ventilation signage and screens. Cover general items such as electrical tagging LOLER certifications pest control housekeeping racking loads ladder condition and weekly fire alarm tests to reduce risk and improve compliance.

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Workshop HSE Inspection Checklist
Use this Workshop HSE Inspection checklist to evaluate safety in industrial workshops. Cover PPE compliance, clear walkways, signage, lighting, plant and equipment placement, segregation of pedestrians and vehicles, maintenance records, noise, operator training, emergency exits, fire extinguishers and servicing, evacuation procedures, first aid resources, and spill response. Verify COSHH training, registers, and safety data sheets; check chemical labeling, storage, secondary containment, and disposal methods. Inspect gas cylinders, trolleys, and storage; ensure electrical equipment is PAT tested and machines are properly guarded. Reduce risk, improve compliance, and keep your workshop audit-ready.
by Nicola Cullen, from the Community
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Monthly Workshop Safety Checklist
Conduct thorough monthly inspections with this workshop safety checklist. Assess PPE compliance, machine guarding, lighting, training and records, emergency access and equipment, first aid and eyewash, COSHH documentation and spill controls, gas cylinder storage, welding controls, electrical testing and tagging, housekeeping, forklift key management, ladder inspections, and working at height. Use it to standardize audits and improve safety performance.
by Nicola Cullen, from the Community
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Workshop Inspection Checklist
This workshop inspection checklist helps teams verify safe and compliant operations in industrial environments. It guides users through key checks including general layout and housekeeping, lighting and environment, emergency procedures and exits, first aid facilities, safety signage, bunding and yard conditions, manual handling aids, storage practices, slips and trips, electrical safety and test tags, chemical storage and compatibility, PPE availability and signage, noise controls, machinery and plant records, mobile plant pre starts, wheel chocks, and visibility of safe work method statements. It also covers permit management, task risk assessments such as JSA and SWI, and welding safety including ventilation and warnings. Capture findings, note hazards, assign corrective actions, sign off with date and signature, and generate reports to improve compliance and safety performance.
by Shane Bayntun, from the Community
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Health, Safety and Environmental Workshop Inspection
This Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) workshop inspection checklist helps supervisors and safety teams assess compliance across documentation, training, and day-to-day workshop operations. Review statutory forms, risk assessments (including COSHH and manual handling), equipment and machinery inspections, PPE, first aid, and accident reporting. Verify safe access and egress, signage, lighting, fire and evacuation measures, scaffolding and ladders, guards on plant, lifting equipment and cranes, LEV, welding protection, electrical safety, housekeeping, storage and racking, waste management, and environmental controls. Use to identify hazards, assign corrective actions, and maintain a safe, compliant, well-organized workshop.
by Scott Bundy, from the Community
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