Safety and health inspections are a central part of workplace safety programs and help identify hazards that could lead to accidents, illnesses, or environmental damage. Effective inspection programs require sound knowledge of facility operations and relevant safety standards, as well as systematic inspection steps, documented reporting, and using inspection data to evaluate the program. Inspections should be conducted by safety professionals, management, supervisors, employees, and maintenance workers to thoroughly monitor the workplace.

2. Safety inspection is a tool in the prevention
of accident to locate and report existing and
potential unsafe conditions that, if left
uncontrolled, have the capacity to cause
accident in the workplace. Safety and Health
Inspection is a central part of most safety,
health and environmental protection
programs and that it provides a reliable way
for identifying and eliminating conditions
that could contribute to accidents, illnesses
or environmental damages.
What is safety
and health
inspection?

3. What are the requirements
of Effective Safety and
Health Inspection
Programs?

4. • Sound knowledge of the facility
• Knowledge of relevant standards,
regulations and codes
• Systematic inspection steps
• Method of reporting, evaluating and
using the data

5. SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACILITY
KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT STANDARDS,
REGULATIONS AND CODES
It is the familiarity with the facilities of the
establishment is an effective tool in determining what
are the things to be inspected and how often these
things be inspected.
The reference of all safety and health rules and
regulations of the company should always be the
established local legislations and codes. These
standard regulations will be our guide in assessing
whether our workplace is safe or not.

6. SYSTEMATIC INSPECTION SYSTEM
METHOD OF REPORTING, EVALUATING AND
USING THE DATA
In occupational safety and health time is very
important. An established inspection system will
facilitate inspection activities and will allow the
designated safety inspector to improve the workplace
based on identified hazards as early as possible.
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the program is a
must to determine whether a program is a success or
a failure. Inspection should be documented. Reports
prepared and submitted and other safety and health
data are vital in evaluating the program.

7. What are the
components
of the Safety
and Health
Inspection
Cycle?

8. Who will conduct the safety
and health inspection?

9. SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
COMPANY OR FACILITY MANAGEMENT
FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS OR FOREMEN
the professional can educate others in inspection
techniques and hazard identification by using on-the-
spot examples and firsthand contact.
Management demonstrates its commitment to
maintain a safe working environment.
Supervisors and foremen spend practically all their
time in the shop or facility, they are continually
monitoring the workplace.

10. EMPLOYEES
MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
JOINT SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES
the employee should inspect the workplace and any
tools, equipment and machinery that will be used.
Maintenance employees can be of great help in
locating and correcting hazards.
They give equal consideration to accident, fire, and
health exposures.

11. What are the qualifications
of a good inspector?

12. • Knowledge of the organization9s
accident experience
• Familiarity with accident potentials and
with the standards that apply to his/her
area
• Ability to make intelligent decisions for
corrective action
• Diplomacy in handling personnel and
situations
• Knowledge of the organizations
operations – its workflow, systems and
products

13. What are planned and
unplanned inspections?

14. VUNPLANNED INSPECTION OR
CONTINUOUS, ON-GOINGINSPECTION
PLANNED INSPECTION
is conducted by employees, supervisors, and
maintenance personnel as part of their job
responsibilities
a "reasl safety & health inspection". It is deliberate,
thorough, and systematic by design.
-Periodic Inspection
-Intermittent Inspection
-General Inspection

15. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS
INTERMITTENT INSPECTIONS
GENERAL INSPECTION
include those inspections at regular intervals. They
can target the entire facility, a specific area, a
specific operation or a specific type of equipment.
are those made at irregular intervals. Sometimes
the need for an inspection is indicated by accident
tabulations and analysis.
is planned and covers places not inspected
periodically. This includes those areas no one ever
visits and where people rarely get hurt,such as
parking lots, sidewalks, fencing and similar outlying
regions.

16. What are your preparations
in the conduct of
inspection?

17. In preparing for inspection, some of the
general considerations are as follows:
• Must not interrupt normal operations
• Must consider a review of all accidents
• Must include a review of previous
inspection report
• Must show awareness of any potential
hazard
• Must check on wearing of Personal
Protective Equipment by inspection
personnel
• Must have a clearly formulated checklist

18. As safety inspector, you should also be aware of any
special hazards you may encounter. For example,
because welding crews and other maintenance
crews move from place to place, they may be
encountered anywhere in the facility. Inspectors
should know what precautions are required where
these crews areworking.
What are the
inspector’s
tools?

19. Inspection Tools
You should have the proper tools ready
before the inspection to make the process
more efficient and to gather more precise
data. Common tools
include:
• clipboards
• inspection forms
• pens/pencils
• lock-out/tag-out supplies
• measuring tape/ruler
• flashlight

20. Depending on the inspection area or type,
the following equipment may alsobe useful:
• cameras
• tape recorder
• electrical testing equipment
• sampling devices (air, noise, light,
temperature)
• sample containers
• calipers, micrometers, feeler gauges
• special personal protective equipment
• stop watch

21. Everyone is responsible for safety and health
inspections because they are an effective tool for
identifying workplace hazards and helping to sustain the
program instituted by the safety and health committee
in a workplace. Continuous use of such a tool will not
only eliminate accidents or illnesses, but will also
encourage workers to actively participate in following
standard procedure as required by their job.
CONCLUSION