WHY IS THIS INSPECTION REQUIRED?

This inspection is required to ensure that health and safety representatives are performing regular inspections of general work areas and general safety requirements. This inspection is conducted by a SafetyWallet partner on behalf of the user, on the user's site and forms part of the annual inspection process for Health and Safety Representative inspections in the workplace for the user.

WHY IS THIS INSPECTION IMPORTANT?

This inspection shows that regular checks are made within the business with regard to health and safety representative inspections. This means that planned actions for health and safety can be checked upon for progress or completion and new hazards identified in the workplace. Once identified, these hazards can be prioritised and a plan of action determined to ensure they are resolved. This also means an inspector can see that regular checks are being made concerning general work areas and safety requirements, meaning the employer is being compliant in checking the workplace and proactive in identifying new hazards and resolving these.

INSPECTION FREQUENCY

This inspection needs to be conducted every 30 days (monthly) as part of the annual inspection process.

This means that when ordering this type of inspection, the order should be made for the total number of inspections required for an annual cycle:

The inspection is required monthly = 1.

The number of times per year = 12.

The annual number of inspections = 12 (add this product 12 times in the SafetyShop).

VALIDITY

This inspection needs to be conducted by a person competent and appointed to do so and also needs to be signed and dated by that person. The inspection must be kept on record and made available to any interested parties who may wish to see it or refer to it at a later time.

HOW DOES THIS WORK AS A CONTROL MEASURE?

In the hierarchy of controls, this inspection forms part of the administrative control measures which should be in place to ensure that general health and safety inspections are conducted on a regular basis within the business. This inspection covers the details for general workplace and safety inspections to be conducted in the workplace.