A Safety Audit Checklist For Manufacturing Companies

An audit checklist is an indispensable safety tool for manufacturers, enabling them to assess their work processes and procedures and assess whether all safety guidelines of their organization are being observed, thus decreasing the chance of workplace injuries.

By using a low-code platform like DATAMYTE, workplace stakeholders can easily create manufacturing workplace inspection checklists without needing any prior coding knowledge. Get creating today!

1. Safety Training
Make sure that employees have access to appropriate personal protective equipment, check its condition when used and verify whether work areas meet safety standards. Furthermore, post any relevant information and emergency procedures on relevant boards.

Manufacturers typically have certain equipment or work areas that need closer and more regular scrutiny, so make a customized checklist that takes into account any unique circumstances.

Digitized checklists also make it simple and timely to record, share, and process information. Low-code platforms like DataMyte Digital Clipboard provide simple ways for building manufacturing workplace inspection checklists without needing extensive programming knowledge – this allows workplace stakeholders to report findings and address issues more promptly.

2. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
When equipment malfunctions or employees encounter dangerous situations, it’s essential that they have access to reliable personal protective equipment (PPE). PPE includes items like eye and face protection, head protection (hard hats), hand and arm protection, body protection and respiratory protection.

After conducting an in-depth hazard assessment, [safety or designated person] will determine whether the danger can first be eliminated or reduced through engineering controls, work practices and administrative controls.

Employees must receive proper training on how to use PPE, and it should be regularly inspected, cleaned, and maintained as per manufacturer instructions. Furthermore, it must fit properly.

3. Signage
Clear and concise informational signage is also a key requirement of safety, including directional signs that facilitate visitors, members of the public, and employees with finding their way around large or complex locations. Health and safety signs also help keep people safe by communicating key safety messages to employees or site visitors.

Digital signage can make this type of content more engaging for staff while they work or rest, helping reinforce company goals and KPIs and ultimately improving productivity. Furthermore, it doubles up as break room signage by providing educational or entertaining content during downtime.

4. Emergency Procedures
Manufacturing companies require an emergency response plan due to the risk of injury and property damage. Regular reviews must take place to ensure these plans provide optimal protection and remain up-to-date.

At this step, it’s essential that you identify which hazards your company is most exposed to – this could include natural disasters as well as human-caused risks. Furthermore, this step allows you to understand which assets are most significant, such as your employees, supply chain and long-term reputation.

Create an effective emergency response plan requires dedicated professionals. A strong team will allow you to draft a plan that not only complies with general industry safety guidelines, but will also address specific risks and exposures specific to your workplace.

5. Lockout/Tagout
Locking and tagging equipment before turning it off can ensure that hazardous energy does not accidentally escape, potentially preventing accidental energization, startup, release during maintenance work or injury to employees.

Follow the lockout/tagout procedures specified by your equipment or manufacturer to safely shut down your system, then de-energize, disconnect, or dissipate any remaining energy by methods like bleeding down, blocking off, repositioning and grounding.

Once work is finished, remove and re-install guards before verifying that all sources of potential hazardous energy have been disconnected and only authorized employees can operate the system.

6. Ventilation
An ideal manufacturing safety audit checklist includes inspections of equipment, materials and storage areas – as these inspections can identify potential hazards before they become issues. A detailed report of findings should also be recorded so employees are motivated to work towards improving compliance gaps or irregularities that arise within their work place.

DATAMYTE’s manufacturing inspection checklist software offers an easy and efficient solution for recording the results of safety audits. Furthermore, its comprehensive dashboard enables you to review their findings.