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Store Self Risk Audit Checklist

by Lynsey Weston, from the Community

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Use this store self risk audit checklist to review health and safety compliance across your retail location. Inspect fire safety controls, emergency lighting, evacuation records, and fire doors. Check warehouse lighting, racking, equipment, and pallet storage. Verify staff training, accident logs, first aid supplies, COSHH storage, and cleanliness. Confirm shop floor access, signage, demonstrations, WEEE documentation, and office security records. Attach photos, record findings, and assign actions.

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Retail Store Health and Safety Audit
This retail store health and safety audit helps managers and teams evaluate compliance across the shop environment. It covers policy communication, roles and certifications, consultation and training records, accident and near miss reporting, first aid readiness, accessible entrances, comprehensive fire safety controls, COSHH identification and storage, electrical testing and labeling, DSE and manual handling assessments, PUWER and equipment maintenance, risk assessments and method statements, steps and ladders checks, defect reporting, emergency plans, water quality and legionella controls, asbestos registers, housekeeping, signage, welfare and break facilities, lighting and temperature, egress and stairs, racking and CCTV, contractor and visitor management, radon considerations, and essential records like EICR, PAT, gas safety, fire alarm, emergency lighting, and HVAC service logs.
by Mark Walkes, from the Community
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Warehouse Health and Safety Compliance Audit
Use this warehouse health and safety and compliance audit checklist to evaluate risks and verify operational compliance across your site. Review fire safety systems and signage, emergency plans and evacuation drills, first aid resources, and weekly checks. Inspect racking for damage, load signage, pins and floor bolts, and ensure safe loading and housekeeping in aisles and docks. Verify forklift and material handling equipment certification, daily and weekly equipment checks, and staff induction and manual handling training. Assess building security including CCTV, access control, visitor logging, alarms, and lighting. Confirm electrical and statutory testing such as PAT, fixed wire testing, thermal imaging, and LOLER inspections. Check spill kits, waste and WEEE storage, yard tidiness, permits to work, fall protection and pallet gates, and record keeping for audits and corrective actions.
by Anis Elaidouni, from the Community
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Store Health and Safety Audit Checklist
This store health and safety audit checklist helps retail teams assess fire safety, structural stability, housekeeping and clear aisles, adequate lighting, training records, and PAT testing. It covers emergency evacuation drills, extinguisher servicing, hazard reporting, monthly inspection logs, ladder maintenance, and evidence of compliance documentation. Use it to standardize in‑store safety checks, support employee and customer safety, and reduce risk. Adapt the checklist to your local regulations and store operations.
by Harry Smith, from the Community
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Retail Health and Safety and Compliance Audit
This ready to use checklist helps retail teams audit health and safety and legal compliance across the store. Sections cover fire safety requirements, housekeeping and merchandising standards, first aid and training records, dock and yard safety, CCTV and security, electrical checks, photo lab chemicals, office and canteen areas, visitor sign in, permits to work, forklift checks, lighting, waste and WEEE storage, pallet stacking, PAT testing, fixed wire testing, legionella controls, and LOLER inspections. Use it to standardize inspections, log issues and corrective actions, and maintain safer, compliant retail operations.
by Dave Condell, from the Community
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Retail Store Health and Safety Audit

This retail store health and safety audit helps managers and teams evaluate compliance across the shop environment. It covers policy communication, roles and certifications, consultation and training records, accident and near miss reporting, first aid readiness, accessible entrances, comprehensive fire safety controls, COSHH identification and storage, electrical testing and labeling, DSE and manual handling assessments, PUWER and equipment maintenance, risk assessments and method statements, steps and ladders checks, defect reporting, emergency plans, water quality and legionella controls, asbestos registers, housekeeping, signage, welfare and break facilities, lighting and temperature, egress and stairs, racking and CCTV, contractor and visitor management, radon considerations, and essential records like EICR, PAT, gas safety, fire alarm, emergency lighting, and HVAC service logs.

by Mark Walkes, from the Community

10+

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Warehouse Health and Safety Compliance Audit

Use this warehouse health and safety and compliance audit checklist to evaluate risks and verify operational compliance across your site. Review fire safety systems and signage, emergency plans and evacuation drills, first aid resources, and weekly checks. Inspect racking for damage, load signage, pins and floor bolts, and ensure safe loading and housekeeping in aisles and docks. Verify forklift and material handling equipment certification, daily and weekly equipment checks, and staff induction and manual handling training. Assess building security including CCTV, access control, visitor logging, alarms, and lighting. Confirm electrical and statutory testing such as PAT, fixed wire testing, thermal imaging, and LOLER inspections. Check spill kits, waste and WEEE storage, yard tidiness, permits to work, fall protection and pallet gates, and record keeping for audits and corrective actions.

by Anis Elaidouni, from the Community

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Store Health and Safety Audit Checklist

This store health and safety audit checklist helps retail teams assess fire safety, structural stability, housekeeping and clear aisles, adequate lighting, training records, and PAT testing. It covers emergency evacuation drills, extinguisher servicing, hazard reporting, monthly inspection logs, ladder maintenance, and evidence of compliance documentation. Use it to standardize in‑store safety checks, support employee and customer safety, and reduce risk. Adapt the checklist to your local regulations and store operations.

by Harry Smith, from the Community

20+

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Retail Health and Safety and Compliance Audit

This ready to use checklist helps retail teams audit health and safety and legal compliance across the store. Sections cover fire safety requirements, housekeeping and merchandising standards, first aid and training records, dock and yard safety, CCTV and security, electrical checks, photo lab chemicals, office and canteen areas, visitor sign in, permits to work, forklift checks, lighting, waste and WEEE storage, pallet stacking, PAT testing, fixed wire testing, legionella controls, and LOLER inspections. Use it to standardize inspections, log issues and corrective actions, and maintain safer, compliant retail operations.

by Dave Condell, from the Community

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Store Self Risk Audit Checklist

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