OSHA Construction Inspection Checklist

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OSHA Construction Inspection Checklist

Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams, And Compressed Air

10. Compressed Air: Is a competent person present at all times who is designated and representing the employer, who is familiar with all requirements of this subpart, and who is responsible for full compliance with this and other applicable subparts?

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Personal Protective And Life Saving Equipment

3. Foot protection: Is the employer requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment by employees in all operations where there is an exposure or potential exposure to hazardous conditions such as falling or rolling objects, objects piercing the sole, or electrical hazards?

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4. Selection, Issuance, Use, and Care of Respirators: Are employers provided with and use appropriate respiratory protective devices in emergencies or when controls required by Subpart D of this part either fail or are inadequate to prevent harmful exposure?

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Demolition

Fire Protection

Blasting And Use Of Explosives

Signs, Signals And Barricades

2. Accident prevention signs and tags: Do all traffic control signs or devices used for workers’ protection conform with Part IV of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 1988 edition revision 3 or Part VI of the MUTCD Millennium Edition?

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Power Transmission And Distribution

Comments Materials Handling, Storage, Use, And Disposal

Tools, Hand, And Power

Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS); Overhead Protection

1. Rollover protective structures (ROPS) for material handling equipment: Are all rubber-tired, self-propelled scrapers, rubber-tired front-end loaders, wheel-type agricultural and industrial tractors, crawler tractors, crawler-type loaders, and motor graders (with or without attachments) equipped with rollover protective structures? *Note: Not required if the above equipment was manufactured before July 1969. See Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, and Marine Operations: Material handling equipment.

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Welding And Cutting

Stairways And Ladders

Electrical

7. Are all 120-volt, single phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets on construction sites, which are not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees, protected by a ground-fault circuit interrupter(s) GFCI?

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9. Are all electrical circuits and equipment grounded? Is the path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures permanent and continuous? Are exposed noncurrent carrying metal parts of cord and plug-connected equipment grounded?Are electrical extension cords of the three wire type?

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Comments Toxic And Hazardous Substances

1. Asbestos: Has a determination been made as to whether or not the building contains Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM = Greater than 1% Asbestos) or Presumed Asbestos Containing Materials (PACM)? Was the building/structure constructed prior to 1980? Does it contain materials such as thermal system insulation (TSI), surfacing materials, floor tile, roofing materials, gaskets, and/or drywall/plaster? Is the material ACM?

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Scaffolding

3. Criteria for supported scaffolds: Where support scaffolds are used with a height-to-base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1)…does the employer ensure that scaffold is restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means?

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5. Access: Is safe access to scaffold platforms provided to employees working on scaffolds where cross braces are not used as a means of access?Are hook-on, and attachable ladders positioned so that their bottom rung is not more than 24 inches (61 cm) above the scaffold supporting level? Are rest platforms provided at 35-foot

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9. Falling object protection: In addition to wearing hard hats, are employees provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects?

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13. Training Requirements: Are employees who perform work while on a scaffold trained by a qualified person to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and in the understanding of procedures to control or minimize those hazards?

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14. Training requirements: Does training address the nature of electrical hazards; fall hazards; falling object hazards; procedures for dealing with electrical hazards; for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling fall protection systems; falling object protection systems; proper use of the scaffold and proper handling of materials on the scaffold; maximum intended load and load carrying capacities of scaffolds used in the work area?

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Fall Protection > 6 Feet

Cranes And Derricks

11. Does the crane or derrick used with a personnel platform have a boom angle indicator (if equipped with a variable angle boom), a device to indicate boom length (if equipped with a telescoping boom), and an anti-two blocking device or two-block damage prevention feature?

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Hoists And Elevators

Conveyors

Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment, And Marine Operations

9. Are trucks with dump bodies (beds) equipped with a positive means of support, permanently attached, and capable of being locked in position to prevent accidental lowering of the body (bed of the truck) while maintenance or inspection work is being done?

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18. Are all powered industrial trucks equipped with inspection data plates or tags? Does each industrial truck possess working brakes, steering mechanisms, control mechanisms, warning devices, lights, overhead lift devices, and guards and safety devices?

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Excavations

Concrete, And Masonry Construction

Administrative Requirements

Steel Erection

1. Approval to begin Steel erection: Has the controlling contractor provided in writing to the steel erector that the concrete has cured properly before steel erection begins and that any repairs, replacements, and modifications were conducted in accordance.

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9. Are roof and floor opening covers designed to withstand at least twice the weight of employees, equipment, and materials that may be imposed upon them? Are they secured to prevent displacement? Are they marked with the word “HOLE” or “COVER”?

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11. Systems-Engineered Metal Buildings: Are both ends of all steel joists or cold-formed joists fully bolted or welded to the support structure before releasing hoisting cables, allowing employees on the joist, or allowing construction loads on the joists?

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15. Is each Connector protected from fall hazards of more than two stories or 30 feet above a lower level, whichever is less? Have they Completed connector training by? Are they provided with a personnel fall arrest system at heights over 15 and up to 30 feet?

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General Safety And Health Provisions

10. Gasses, Vapors, Fumes, Dust, and Mists: Does the employer assure that no employee is to be exposed to inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption, or contact with any material or substance at a concentration above those specified in the “Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970” of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists?

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19. Do labels include product identifier, signal word, hazard statement, pictogram, precautionary statement, and the name, phone no., and address of manufacturer if shipped out?Note: Labels need not be used on portable containers to be immediately used by employees making transfers.

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30. Lead: Are employers who engage in construction work occupationally being exposed to lead?Typical operations that involve potential employee exposure to Lead: Application of coating materials (paints, primers) to surfaces, spray application, removal of lead-containing coatings (surface preparation operations which involve abrasive blasting, scraping, grinding, heat gunning, etc.) Lead burning, welding, brazing, torch cutting, torch burning, and soldering on or with materials containing lead Rivet busting, demolition of structures where lead-containing paint, mortars, or other materials containing lead (Note) To determine whether or not there is a lead exposure hazard, the following resources should be consulted: (1) MSDS sheets of materials used (paint, welding materials, etc.), (2) Visual observations of the presence of suspect materials (paints used for corrosion resistance, red, yellow, or orange paints), (3) Environmental survey reports. Bulk samples of suspect materials are to be tested to determine if the material contains significant amounts of lead.

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32. Exposure assessment: If the presence of lead is indicated or construction work involving the work listed above is being performed: Has a determination of employee exposure to lead been performed by utilizing personal air sampling on a representative number of exposed employees to specific lead-related tasks over an eight-hour time-weighted average?

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33. If no, the employer must implement interim protective measures as follows: -Provide respiratory protection specified for operation -Provide protective clothing (coveralls, head covers) -Provide hand washing facilities Provide biological monitoring (Blood sampling and lead and ZPP analysis) - Provide training programs to inform employees of the hazards of exposure to lead and the necessary measures employees must follow to protect themselves

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34. If yes, then is the level of employee eight-hour time-weighted exposure greater than 30 ug/m3 (action level)? Then the employer shall: -Provide a medical surveillance program for affected employees. 1926.62(j) -Provide a training program. 1926.62(l)

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35. Is exposure level greater than 50 ug/m3 (PEL)? Then, in addition, the employer shall: Implement engineering and work practice controls to the extent feasible. 1926.62(e) Develop a written compliance program. Provide appropriate respiratory protection and appropriate practices governing the use of respirators in accordance with? Provide and require hygiene facilities (change rooms, showers, and hand washing facilities). Ensure that employees do not eat, drink, smoke, or apply cosmetics where employees were exposed to lead above the PEL. Maintain all surfaces as free as practicable of lead. 1926.62(h)(1) Ensure that vacuums used to collect lead-contaminated dust are equipped with HEPA filters. Ensure that compressed air is not used to remove lead from surfaces unless used in conjunction with ventilation systems designed to capture/contain dust generated from the process

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36. Negative initial determination: Has the employer developed a written record that documents the employee's determination that no employee is exposed to airborne concentrations of lead at or above the action level? Does this record include at least the information specified

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37. Engineering and work practice controls: Are engineering and work practice controls, including administrative controls, to reduce and maintain employee exposure toleadto or below the PEL to the extent that such controls are feasible? -Substitution with materials that do not contain lead (paints) -Use of dust collection/local exhaust systems -Use of negative air containment systems -Use of an alternative method of application

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38. Employee information and training: In addition to the requirements outlined in 29 CFR OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard for the construction industry, does the employer communicate information concerning lead hazards, including but not limited to warning signs and labels, safety data sheets (SDS), and employee information and training?

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OSHA Construction Inspection Checklist

Use this OSHA Construction Inspection Checklist for thorough assessments, ensuring compliance with safety standards and promoting a secure construction site.

1. Underground construction: Are safe means of access and egress provided and maintained in all working places?

2. Is a check-in and check-out system used that will provide positive identification of every employee underground? Is an accurate record and location of the employees kept on the surface?

3. Are emergency evacuation plans and procedures developed and made known to employees?

4. Are Bureau of Mines-approved self-rescuers available to equip each employee near the advancing face and on haulage equipment and other areas where employees may be trapped by smoke or gas?

5. Is a maximum of one day's supply of diesel fuel stored underground?

6. Are gasoline and liquefied petroleum gasses prohibited from being taken, stored, or used underground?

7. Are enclosed metal cages used to raise and lower persons in the shaft?

8. Caissons: Are employers who expose employees to compressed air working environments complying with the requirements contained in ?

9. Cofferdams: At cofferdams, are warning signals for evacuation of employees in case of emergency developed and posted?

10. Compressed Air: Is a competent person present at all times who is designated and representing the employer, who is familiar with all requirements of this subpart, and who is responsible for full compliance with this and other applicable subparts?

1. Hearing protection: Are ear protection devices provided and used wherever it is not feasible to reduce noise levels or where a deviation to exposure levels specified in Table D-2, Permissible noise exposure in exist?

2. Eye and Face Protection: Are employees provided with and use eye and face protection when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents?

3. Foot protection: Is the employer requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment by employees in all operations where there is an exposure or potential exposure to hazardous conditions such as falling or rolling objects, objects piercing the sole, or electrical hazards?

4. Selection, Issuance, Use, and Care of Respirators: Are employers provided with and use appropriate respiratory protective devices in emergencies or when controls required by Subpart D of this part either fail or are inadequate to prevent harmful exposure?

5. Working over or near Water: Are employees working over or near water provided with and use U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets or buoyant work vests and are ring buoys with at least 90 feet of line and at least one lifesaving skiff provided?

1. Preparatory operations: If employees are exposed to the hazard of falling through wall openings, are the openings protected to a height of approximately 42 inches?

2. If debris is dropped through holes in the floor without chutes, is the area onto which the material is dropped completely enclosed with barricades at least 42 inches high and at least 6 feet back from the projected edge of the opening above?

3. Are all floor openings, not used as material drops, equipped with a properly secured cover that will support any load which may be imposed?

4. Stairs, passageways, and ladders: Are all stairs, passageways, ladders, and incidental equipment covered by this section periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition?

5. Chutes: Is any area where material is dropped outside the exterior walls of the structure effectively protected?

6. Manual removal of floors: Are workers engaged in razing the steel after floor arches are removed and protected by planking as required in?

7. Mechanical demolition: Are continuous inspections made by a competent person as work progresses to detect hazards from weakened or deteriorated floors or walls or loosened materials?

8. Has the employer made provisions for the removal of lead-containing materials, asbestos, or any other hazardous materials or chemicals prior to the onset of demolition operations?

1. General Requirements: Has a fire protection program been developed?

2. Is firefighting equipment conspicuously located?

3. Is firefighting equipment periodically inspected and maintained in operating condition?

4. Is firefighting equipment selected and provided according to the listed requirements?

5. Have employees been trained not to use gasoline to start fires, burn trash, etc.?

6. Has an educational program to familiarize employers with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved been provided?

7. Flammable Liquids: Are all flammable liquids stored and handled in approved containers and portable tanks?

8. If more than 25 gallons of flammable liquid is stored in a room, is it in an approved cabinet?

9. Is at least one portable fire extinguisher with a rating of not less than 20-B: C located within 75 feet of each pump, dispenser, underground fill pipe opening, and lubrication or refueling service area?

1. General provisions: Are only authorized and qualified persons permitted to handle explosives.

2. Are smoking, firearms, matches, open flame lamps, and other fires, flame or heat-producing devices, and sparks prohibited in or near explosive magazines and while explosives are being handled, transported, or used?

3. Is an inventory and use record of all explosives maintained by the employer?

4. Are explosives not in use kept in a locked magazine?

5. Are precautions taken to prevent accidental discharge of electric blasting caps from current induced by radar, radio transmitters, lighting, adjacent power lines, dust storms, and other sources of extraneous electricity?

6. Surface transportation of explosives: Is every vehicle or conveyance used for transporting explosives marked on both sides, front and rear with placards reading “EXPLOSIVES” in red letters not less than 4 inches high on a white background?

7. Are motor vehicles transporting explosives always attended?

8. Storage of explosives and blasting agents: Are explosives and related materials stored in approved facilities? Note: See Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulations contained in 27 CFR part 56, Commerce in Explosives.

9. Are blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonating primers, and primed cartridges stored in separate magazines from explosives or blasting agent?

10. Loading of explosives or blasting agents: Is tamping done only with wood rods or plastic tamping poles without exposed metal parts except for non-sparking metal connections of jointed poles?

11. Use of safety fuse: Is the so-called “drop fuse” method of dropping or pushing a primer or any explosive with a lighted fuse prohibited?

12. Is a loud warning signal given by the blaster in charge before that blast is fired?

1. Accident prevention signs and tags: Are accident prevention signs and tags visible at all times when work is being performed and/or removed or covered promptly when the hazard no longer exists?

2. Accident prevention signs and tags: Do all traffic control signs or devices used for workers’ protection conform with Part IV of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) 1988 edition revision 3 or Part VI of the MUTCD Millennium Edition?

3. Signaling: Are signaling by flaggers and the use of flaggers, including warning garments worn by flaggers, in conformance with Part vi of the MUTCD(1988 Edition, Revision 3 or the Millennium Edition)?

4. Barricades: Are barricades used for the protection of workers in conformance with Part VI of the MUTCD (1988 Edition, Revision 3 or the Millennium Edition)?

1. General requirements: Are electric equipment and lines considered energized until determined to be de-energized by test or other appropriate methods or means?

2. Does the employer provide training or require that his employees are knowledgeable and proficient in procedures involving emergency situations and first aid fundamentals including resuscitation or comply with ?

3. Tools and protective equipment: Does rubber protective equipment meet the requirements of the American National Standards Institute J6 series?

4. Mechanical Equipment: Are aerial lift trucks working near energized lines or equipment grounded or barricaded and considered as energized equipment or is the lift truck insulated for the work being performed?

5. Material handling: Are tag lines or other suitable devices used to control loads being handled by hoisting equipment where hazards to employees exist?

6. Grounding for protection of employees: When attaching grounds, is the ground end attached first and the other end attached and removed using insulated tools or other suitable devices?

7. Underground lines: When working on buried cable or a cable in manholes, is metallic sheath continuity maintained by bonding across the opening or by equivalent means?

1. General requirements for storage: Are materials that are stored in tiers either stacked, racked, blocked, interlocked, or otherwise secured to prevent sliding, falling, or collapse?

2. Are materials stored more than 6 feet from any hoistway or inside floor openings and more than 10 feet from any exterior walls that do not extend above the top of the stored materials?

3. Are materials being stored beneath powerlines being moved or unloaded?

4. Are safe procedures utilized when unloading pipes?

5. Are aisles and passageways kept clear and in good repair to provide for the free and safe movement of material handling equipment? 1926.250(a)(3)

1. General requirements: Are hand and power tools furnished by the employer or employee maintained in a safe condition?

2. Are power tools, belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, flywheels, and chains properly guarded?

3. Power-operated hand tools: Are electric power-operated tools equipped with proper ground or are they double-insulated?

4. Are employees using foot protection when using jackhammers or tampers?

5. Eye and Face Protection: Are employees provided with eye and face protection when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents?

6. Have all employees who operate power-actuated tools been trained in the use of the particular tool they use?

7. Woodworking tools: Do all portable circular saws have a guard above the base plate and a guard below the base plate that will automatically and instantly return to the covering position when the saw is withdrawn from the work?

8. Do all circular saws have an exhaust hood or a guard to prevent accidental contact with the saw blade if there is a possibility of contact either beneath or behind the table?

9. Do hand-fed circular rip saws have an upper blade guard?

10. Do hand-fed circular rip saws have a spreader?

11. Do hand-fed circular rip saws have non-kickback fingers or dogs?

12. Do all radial arm saws have upper and lower blade guards?

13. Are radial arm saws equipped with an adjustable stop or sufficiently wide table so that the saw blade does not pass the edge of the table?

2. Do ROPS meet the minimum performance criteria detailed in these standards? Note: Check with the Office of OSHA Standards

1. Gas welding and cutting: When transporting or storing compressed gas cylinders, are cylinders secured and caps in place?

2. Are cylinders secured in a vertical position when transported by powered vehicles?

3. Are all compressed gas cylinders secured in an upright position at all times?

4. Is the employer sure that all cylinders, full or empty, are never used as rollers or supports?