APPENDIX 9-1

SUGGESTED INSPECTION INVENTORY

FOR USE IN DEVELOPING

INSPECTION GUIDELINES OR CHECKLISTS¹

1. Environmental factors (such as illumination, dusts, gases, sprays, vapors, fumes, noise, air temperature);

2. Hazardous supplies and materials (such as explosives, flammables, acids, caustics, toxic materials or by-products);

3. Production and related equipment (such as mills, shapers, presses, borers, lathes, grinders, saws);

4. Power source equipment (such as steam and gas engines, electrical motors);

5. Electrical equipment (such as switches, fuses, breakers, outlets, cables, extension and fixture cords, ground connectors, connections);

6. Hand tools (such as wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers, chisels, files, power tools);

7. Personal protective equipment (such as hard hats, safety glasses, safety shoes, respirators);

8. Personal service and first aid facilities (such as drinking fountains, wash basins, soap dispensers, safety showers, eyewash fountains, first aid supplies, stretchers);

9. Fire protection and extinguishing equipment (such as alarms, water tanks, sprinklers, standpipes, extinguishers, hydrants, hoses);

10. Walkways and roadways (such as ramps, docks, sidewalks, aisles, vehicle ways);

11. Elevators, escalators and manlifts;

12. Working surfaces (such as ladders, scaffolds, catwalks, platforms, sling chairs, desk heights);

13. Materials handling equipment (such as cranes, dollies, conveyors, hoists, forklifts, chains, ropes, slings);

14. Transportation equipment (such as bicycles, automobiles, railroad cars, trucks, front- end loaders, helicopters, motorized carts and buggies);

15. Warning and signaling devices (such as sirens, crossing and blinker lights, klaxons, warning signs);

16. Containers (such as scrap bins, disposal receptacles, carboys, barrels, drums, gas cylinders, solvent cans);

17. Storage facilities and areas, both indoor and outdoor (such as bins, racks, lockers, cabinets, shelves, tanks, closets);

18. Structural openings (such as windows, doors, stairways, sumps, shafts, pits, floor openings);

19. Buildings and structures (such as floors, roofs, walls, fencing); and

20. Miscellaneous.

¹Source: National Safety Council