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Pre-Work Checklist (Yellow Card)

by Kent Evatt, from the Community

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This Pre-Work Checklist (Yellow Card) helps workers confirm site readiness and control risks before starting a job. It guides a quick review of work area conditions, wind direction, access and egress, emergency reporting and evacuation, and potential safety and environmental hazards. It prompts checks on mindset and competency, the suitability and condition of tools and equipment, communication of secondary effects and line-of-fire risks, and downstream process impacts. It reinforces responsibilities around permits, MSDS or SDS, MOC, spill prevention and waste disposal, and cleaning up after work. Includes PPE verification and space for improvement suggestions.

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