SAFETY AUDIT CHECKLIST-14489

HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY

Sr. Comments &

Item Status
No. Recommendations
1.
Does the organization have a
health and safety policy?
(if yes, please attach one copy)

2.
Do you have any corporate
safety policy?
(if yes, please attach one copy)
3.
Who has signed the health
safety policy?
(indicate his position).
4.
Whether it is prepared as per
guidelines of the statutory
provisions?
5.
When was the safety policy
declared and adopted?
6.
How many times it has been
updated till now?
7.
Whether the policy is made
known to all?

8.
Whether the safety policy was
scrutinized by outside expert
agency?
9.
What was the last date of
updating?

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 Sr. Comments &
Item Status
No. Recommendations
10.
Does it find a place in the
annual report?

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SAFETY AND HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Status Comments &

Sr.
Items Recommendations
(To be filled by the
No
organization) (To be filled by the auditor)

A Safety Department
11.
Does the factory have a safety
department?
12.
If yes, furnish the following
information :
Head of the safety
department :
Name
Designation
Qualification
Experience
Status
Strength of the safety
department including safety
officers and staff.
13.
Does the head of safety
department/ safety officer
report to the chief executive?
14.
How often is the safety officers
retrained in the latest
techniques of total safety
management? What is the
frequency of retraining?
15.
What additional duties the
safety officer is required to do?
16.
What is the power of safety
officer vis-à-vis unsafe
condition or unsafe act?

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Sr.
Items Recommendations
(To be filled by the
No
organization) (To be filled by the auditor)

B Safety Committee (s)

17.
Does the factory have a safety
committee (s)? Give details of
their types, structures and
terms of reference.
18.
Is the tenure of the safety
committee(s) as per the
statute?
19.
How are the members of safety
committee (s) selected?
(Elected / nominated)
20.
How often are the meetings of
safety committee(s) held?
21.
What are the subjects? Are the
problems discussed in the
meetings? (Attach a copy of
agenda and minutes of the last
meeting).
22.
How are the recommendations
of the committee(s)
implemented?
23.
Are the minutes of the safety
committee (s) meetings
circulated among the
Members?
24.
Are the minutes forwarded to
the trade union(s) and chief
executive and occupier?

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 Status Comments &
Sr.
Items Recommendations
(To be filled by the
No
organization) (To be filled by the auditor)
25.
How the management and
trade union play their active
roles in supporting and
accepting the committee (s)
recommendations?
26.
How are the safety committee
(s) members apprised of the
latest development in safety,
health and environment?

C Safety Budget
27.
What is the annual safety
budget?
28.
How much percentage is this
budget of the total turnover of
the company?
29.
How much budgets have
utilized till date?
30.
Is the safety budget adequate?

31.
How is the safety budget
arrived at?

32.
What is the pattern of
expenditure for the last five
years?
33.
What are the approved
sanctions for the expenditure in
this budget?

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 Status Comments &
Sr.
Items Recommendations
(To be filled by the
No
organization) (To be filled by the auditor)
34.
Does this budget get reflected
in the annual report of the
company?

ACCIDENT REPORTING, INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS

Status
Sr. Comments & Recommendations
Items (To be filled by the
No (To be filled by the auditor)
organization)
35.
Whether the accident data for the
last three years for reportable and
non-reportable accident available?
36.
Is there any system of classifying
and analyzing the near-miss
incidents and accidents? Give
details.
37.
Are all near-miss incidents and
accidents reported and
investigated?

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 Status
Sr. Comments & Recommendations
Items (To be filled by the
No (To be filled by the auditor)
organization)
38.
For how many years are the
investigation reports retained?
39.
Who maintains the accident
statistics and data?
40.
How is the top management
apprised of these data?
41.
Is the accident statistics effectively
utilized? If yes, how?
42.
What nature of injuries occurred
during the last three years?
43.
How do you ensure
implementation of the
recommendations to avoid the
recurrence of the incidents and
accidents?

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SAFETY INSPECTIONS

Status
Sr. Comments & Recommendations
Items (To be filled by the
No (To be filled by the auditor)
organization)
44.
What type of safety inspections is
carried out and what is their
frequency?
45.
Is there any system of internal
inspection?
46.
Who does the inspections?

47.
Are the checklists prepared for
these inspections? (Specify time-
wise, for example, housekeeping,
fire protection etc.)
48.
To whom the reccommendations
are submitted?

SAFETY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Sr. Comments &

Items Status
No Recommendations

A TRAINING

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Items Status
No Recommendations

49.
Is there any training
department?
50.
Is there any programme of
induction training?
51.
Mention the duration of
induction training for each
category of employees.
52.
Whether the assessment of
the trainee worker is done or
not?
53.
What infrastructure facilities
with audio-visual support are
available for training?
54.
Do the programmes cover the
plant safety rules, hazard
communication and any other
special safety rules or
procedures unique to the
plant or specific departments?
55.
Whether the training
programmes are conducted in
the local language?
56.
Whether visits to safety
institutions / organizations are
arranged?

PERIODIC TRAINING / RETRAINING

B
57.
Are all the employees trained
and what is the frequency of
such training?

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Items Status
No Recommendations

58.
Do the training programmes
cover safety and health
aspects and if so how much (in
terms of number of sessions /
hours)?

59.
Do the trained supervisors
train their own employees in
safety and health aspects?
60.
Is the training performed
whenever new hazards /
process changes are followed /
introduced?
61.
How are the senior
management personnel
trained in safety and health?
62.
How may employees have
been trained in safety and
health in the last five years?
Give break up with details.
63.
How many man-days/hours
are used in training the
employees?
64.
How do you ensure that the
training is put to use by the
employees trained in safety
and Health?

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Items Status
No Recommendations

65.
What is the training plan for
the next two years? Give
details.
66.
What documentation system
has been established
regarding safety and health
training?

C SAFETY COMMUNICATION /MOTIVATION/PROMOTION

67.
Does the factory has safety
suggestion schemes Give
details.
68.
Does your factory participate
in National Awards /
Suggestions
Schemes?
69.
How your factory been
awarded during last five
years?
70.
Are safety contests organized
in the factory? Give details.
71.
What are the publications of
your organization? Do they
include information on safety
and health subjects?
72.
Is the literature on safety and
health made available to the
employees?

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Items Status
No Recommendations

73.
How is the safety and health
publicized in your factory?
Bulletin boards?
Post serious accidents?
News letter?
Others? Specify.

74.
Does the organization
celebrate safety day/week or
organize safety exhibition?
75.
When was the last safety
day/week celebrated?

FIRST AID

Sr. Comments &

Items Status
No Recommendations

76.
Are adequate numbers of first
aid boxes provided? Give
location details.
77.
Is there any first
aid/ambulance room?
78.
Are qualified/trained first
aiders are available at each
shift?
79.
How many qualified/trained
first aiders are available at
each plant / department?

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Items Status
No Recommendations

80.
How many persons are trained
/given refreshers training in
first aid in a year?

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTRE

Sr. Comments &

Items Status
No Recommendations

81.
Whether occupational safety
and health centre is provided
or not?
82.
Does it conform to the
provisions of the existing
legislation?
83.
Are the medical Attendants /
Doctors available in each
shift?
84.
Is ambulance van available in
each shift?
85.
Any liaison with the nearest
hospital(s)? Give details.

GENERAL WORKING CONDITION

Sr. Comments &

Items Status
No Recommendations

A HOUSEKEEPING

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Items Status
No Recommendations

86.
Are all the passages, floors and
the stairways in good used
condition?
87.
Do you have the system to deal
with the spillage?
88.
Do you have sufficient disposal
bins clearly marked and whether
these are suitably located?
89.
Are drip trays positioned
wherever necessary?
90.
Do you have adequate localized
extraction and scrubbing
facilities for dust, fumes and
gases? Please specify locations.
91.
Whether walkways are clearly
marked and free from
obstruction?
92.
Do you have any inter-
departmental competition for
good housekeeping?
93.
Has your organization
elaborated good housekeeping
practices and standards and
made them known to the
employees?

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 Sr. Comments &
Items Status
No Recommendations

94.
Are there any working
conditions which make the
floors slippery? If so, what
measures are taken to make
them safe?
95.
Does the company have
adequate measures to suppress
polluting dust arising out from
road transport?

B NOISE
96.
Are there any
machines/processes generating
noises? Specify.
97.
Was any noise study conducted?
98.
Which are the areas having
high-level noise?

99.
Have engineering and
administrative controls been
implemented to reduce noise
exposure below the permissible
limits?
100.
Is there a system of subjecting
all those employees to periodic
audiometric test who work in
high-level noise areas?

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Items Status
No Recommendations

101.
Whether the workers are made
aware of the ill effects of high
noise.
102.
Whether any personal
protective equipment along
with ear muffs/plugs are
provided and used?

C VENTILATION
103.
Whether natural ventilation is
adequate or not?
104.
Whether dust/fumes/hot air is
generated in the process? Give
details.
105.
Is there any exhaust dilution
ventilation system in any section
of the plant?
106.
Whether any ventilation study
has been carried out in the
section(s) to check the record?
107.
Are periodic/preventive
maintenance of ventilation
system carried out and record is
Maintained?
108.
Does any ventilation system re-
circulate the exhausted air in
work areas?
109.
Is the work environment
assessed and monitored?

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 Sr. Comments &
Items Status
No Recommendations

110.
Whether personal protective
equipment is given to workers
exposed to dust /fumes and
gases? Give details.

D ILLUMINATION

111.
Was any study carried out for
the assessment of illumination
level?
112.
Is there any system of periodical
cleaning and replacing the
lighting fittings / lamps in order
to ensure that they give the
intended illumination levels?
113.
Are the workers subject to
periodic optometry tests and
records maintained? Give
details.

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
114.
Are all the hazardous areas
identified?.
115.
What are the types of hazards
(physical-noise, heat, etc. and
chemical-fire, explosion, toxic
release etc)?
116.
What steps have been taken to
prevent this hazard? Give details.

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
117.
Are there any safety inter-locks,
alarms and trip system? Give
details.
118.
Are these tested periodically? How
often? Please specify.
119.
Are there any ambient monitoring
devices with alarms for leakage of
hazardous materials? Give details.
120.
Are safety audit or HAZOP or any
other studies carried out and the
recommendations implemented?
Give details.
121.
What has been the major
modification done in plant /
process and has the approval of
the competent authority
concerned been taken?
122.
What measurement and
monitoring equipment are
available and used for checking the
environmental conditions in and
around the plant? Give details.

TECHNICAL ASPECT

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No

SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
123.
Are written safe operating
procedures available for all
operations?
124.
Whether the written safe operating
procedures displayed are made
available and explained in the local
language to the workers?
125.
Whether the safe operating
procedures are prepared jointly by
the plant and safety departments?
126.
What system is used to ensure that
the existing safe operating
procedures are updated? Give
details.
127.
Have the workers been informed of
the consequences of failure to
observe the safe operating
procedures?
128.
Are contractor workers educated
and trained to observe safety at
workplace?
129.
Whether contractor’s workers are
permitted on process / operations?
Give details.

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WORK PERMIT SYSTEM

Sr. Comments &

Items Status
No Recommendations

130.
What necessary type of work
permits exists in your factory? Give
details.
131.
What are the hazardous chemicals
handled?
132.
Are the keys kept for individual
locks, which are used for electrical
lock outs with the supervisor
concerned?

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WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
133.
Is identification done for various
types of wastes? Give details.
134.
Are these quantities less than
those specified by the hazardous
wastes (Management and
Handling Rules, 1989)?
135.
What are their disposal modes?
136.
What are the system/measures
adopted for controlling air/
water/ land pollution?
137.
What is the system of effluent
treatment plant and whether it
is approved by the competent
authority?
138.
How are the treated effluents
used?

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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
139.
Has a list of required PPE for each
area / operation been developed
and the required PPE is made
available to the workers?
140.
Are the safety department and the
workers consulted in the selection
of PPE?
141.
Have the workers been trained in
proper use of PPE?
142.
What are the system of
replacement / issue of PPE?
143.
What are the arrangements for
safe custody and storage of PPE
provided to the workers?
144.
Are the contractor’s workers
provided with the required PPE?
Who is responsible? Give details.
145.
Are the PPEs conforming to any
standard? Give details.
146.
Give the details of PPE and also
specify the responsibility for their
inspection and maintenance?

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FIRE PROTECTION

Sr. Statu Comments &

Items
No s Recommendations

147.
Indicate on a plant layout the location, number
(Quantity) and types of portable fire extinguishers
available.
148.
Is the fire fighting system and equipment approved,
tested and maintained as per relevant standard?
149.
What is the inspection and maintenance schedule of
the above extinguishers? Who performs these
functions?
150.
Which areas of the plant are covered by fire hydrants?
Indicate the locations of the hydrant points and how
the required pressure maintained in the system and
ensured.

151.
What is the capacity of dedicated water reservoir for
supply to the hydrants? What is the source of water?
152.
How is the power supply of the fire hydrant pump
ensured?
What is the alternate source of supply in case of power
failure? Give details.
153.
Are all personnel conversant with the fire prevention
and protection measures? Give details.
154.
What percentage of plant personnel and staff and
officers, have been trained in the use of portable fire
extinguishers? Give details.
155.
Do you have fixed or automatic fire fighting
installation(s) in any section of your plant?
156.
Are the fire alarms adequate and free from
obstruction?

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Items
No s Recommendations

157.
Do you have fire department? If yes, give details.
158.
What is the system for conducting mock drills? Give
details.
159.
Do you have any mutual aid scheme with any of your
neighbouring industry or any local organization(s)?
160.
Give details of the existing fire resistant walls and
doors.
161.
Do you have any system of colour coding for all the
pipelines for hazardous chemical? Give details
including marking of flow directions.
162.
Are there any safe containers for the movement of
small quantities of hazardous chemicals? Give details.
163.
Are all self-closing fire doors in good condition and free
from obstructions?
164.
How many major and minor incidents/ fires were there
in the factory during the last five years? Give
department / plant-wise.
165.
Have all the fires/incidents been investigated and
corrective actions taken? Give break up.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
166.
Is there an on-site emergency
plan for your factory? (Attach a
copy of the plan).

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
167.
What is the frequency of
conducting mock drills of on-site
emergency plan?
168.
What are the number and
location of emergency control
centre, assembly points?
169.
Whether emergency team or the
key personnel are identified?
170.
Are suitable and adequate
protective and rescue
equipment available? How is
the emergency rescue team
trained to use these
equipments?
171.
How is the emergency
communication with local
bodies and other organizations
ensured? Give details.
172.
Is any alternate power source
identified? Give details.
173.
What is the medical emergency
response system?
174.
Are you a member of any
MUTUAL-AID-SYSTEM of your
area? If so, give details.
175.
How many emergency alarm
system(s) is/are available? Give
details.

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PLANT LAYOUT AND AREA CLASSIFICATION

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
176.
What is the system of
classification of hazardous zones
in the plant for electrical
installations? Please specify.
177.
Whether periodic inspection
and preventive maintenance of
electrical installation is done by
a qualified person and record is
maintained?
178.
Whether plant layout with area
classification has been displayed
at appropriate place(s)?

STATIC ELECTRICITY

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
179.
Whether the process(s) and
equipment generate and
accumulate static charge has
been identified? Give details.
180.
Whether all such equipment are
properly bonded and earthed?
181.
How is electrical resistance for
earthing circuits maintained?
Are periodic inspections done
and recorded?
182.
Are adequate earthing
arrangements made at the
terminal points where
hazardous chemicals are
handled through pipes?
183.
Are anti-static charge devices
fitted wherever necessary?
184.
Whether these devices are
periodically checked and
maintained by a qualified
person?

PRESSURE VESSELS (FIRED AND UNFIRED)

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
185.
Give details of the plants, piping
and vessels which are operated
at a pressure greater than the
atmospheric pressure?
186.
How is it ensured that the
working pressure inside the
pressure vessels/pressure plants
will not exceed their maximum
working pressure for which it is
designed?
187.
What means of isolating the
pressure vessels or means to
prevent rise in pressure are
installed?
188.
What standards/codes of
practice are adopted for design,
fabrication, operation and
maintenance of the pressure
vessels and records maintained?
189.
How are the pressure vessels
tested? Give details.
190.
Is there any competent person
for testing these pressure
vessels? Give details.
191.
How are the recorded results
verified?
192.
Give details of safety devices
available for these pressure
vessels?

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
193.
Whether logbook for pressure
vessel and pressure plant has
been maintained?

NEW EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
194.
What is the system for effecting
any changes in the existing
plant, equipment or process?
Whether it is approved by the
appropriate competent
authority?
195.
Whether the P & I diagrams and
other related documents are
updated accordingly?

LIFTING MACHINES AND TACKLES

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
196.
Whether all the lifting machines
are marked with their S.W.L.?

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
197.
Are all the examinations and
tests documented in the
prescribed form?
198.
Are all the examinations and
tests carried out and certified by
competent person(s)? Give
details.
199.
Are adequate lifting tackles
provided at all the places where
it is required? Give details.
200.
Are the trained operators
engaged for operating the
equipment? Give details.
201.
What is the system of training
such operators?
202.
Are all the lifting machines and
tackles maintained in good
conditions and record
maintained?

MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
203.
Are all the mobile equipment in
good condition?

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204.
Are trained drivers engaged for
forklift trucks?

205.
What is the system for
identifying these drivers from
other drivers?
206.
What system do you adopt to
assess their standard of driving
as poor/ fair/ satisfactory /
good?
207.
Are there adequate numbers of
warning signs/signals?
208.
Are the hazards associated with
transportation within the plant
identified and safety measure
taken? Give details.

ACCESS

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
209.
Is adequate safe access
provided to all places where
workers need to work?

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
210.
Are all such access in good .
condition?
211.
Are portable access platforms
necessary? If yes:
Are these sufficient?
Are these regularly inspected?
Are these readily available?
Are these provided with toe-
boards and railings?.
212.
Oiling and greasing points:
Are these located and extended
to safe place clear of moving
parts?
Are these easily accessible?
Are these liable to drop into
walk ways?
Whether such workers were
trained and whether they are
provided with fit-tight clothing’s
and register is maintained?
213.
Are all drain covers in good
condition and fitting flush?

MATERIAL HANDLING

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
214.
Are there adequate storage
facilities available?
215.
Are these areas clearly defined?

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No
216.
Are all racks and steel ages in
good condition?
217.
Have you adequate equipment
for handling materials?
218.
Do the workers know the
hazards associated with manual
material handling?
219.
Where manual handling is
necessary, are the workers been
trained?
220.
Do they practice this?
221.
Do workers follow safe
procedures for storage of
materials?
222.
Whether contractor workers are
trained in safety?
223.
What is the system for handling
over plant to the maintenance
department and receiving back?
224.
Is the system consistently
applied?
225.
What is the system for the
preventive and predictive
maintenance and how do you
ensure its effectiveness? Give
details.

TANK STORAGE VESSEL AREA

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No
226.
Whether it is pressure vessel or
not?
227.
Give storage vessels designation
(exceeding threshold quantities
specified in MSIHC, Rules 1989).
228.
Give the names of storage
materials in each of them.
229.
What are the vessels sizes
(capacity in tonnes)?
230.
What is the material of
construction for each vessel and
what standards followed in
designing /fabricating the vessel?
231.
What are the operating pressure
and temperature?
232.
What are the vessels locations?
(Please indicate on-site plan or
plot plan)
233.
Indicate whether vessels are
above ground/underground?
234.
If any of the tanks storing
flammable material, whether
electrical installations are
flameproof or not ?
235.
Are these storage vessels bunded
/ dyked?
236.
If yes, what is the capacity of the
bunds/dykes?

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
237.
Are the vessels properly bonded
and earthed and whether
periodically checked and record
maintained?
238.
How are vessels isolated in the
event of a mishap?
239.
Are the vessels fitted with
remotely controlled isolation
valves?
240.
Are the vessels provided with
emergency vent, relief valve,
bursting disc, level indicator,
pressure gauge, and overflow
line?
241.
Where such do vents discharge?
242.
Are the vessels provided with
alarms for high level, high
temperature and high pressure?
243.
Are stand by empty tanks
provided for emptying in case of
emergencies?
244.
What are the provisions made for
fire fighting/tackling emergency
situations around the storage
vessels?
245.
Has any consequence analysis
been carried out for these
vessels? If yes, give details.

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
246.
What periodical testing is carried
out on the vessels to find out the
integrity of the vessels?
247.
Whether these tests are certified
by the approved competent
persons?
248.
Whether log sheets are filled up
on daily basis for recording the
parameters of these vessels?

ON-SITE GAS CYLINDERS STORAGE AREA

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
249.
What are the various gas
cylinders used in the plant?
(Give Details)
250.
What are the storage facilities?
251.
What are the measures taken
for combating any emergency in
the cylinders storage area?
252.
Are valid licenses available for
storing all these cylinders?
253.
Whether integrity test
certificates are obtained from
the suppliers of the cylinders?

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ADOPTED IN PLANT

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
254.
Are public address systems
available in all plant areas?
255.
Are public address system
provided with uninterrupted
power supply?
256.
Whether public address system
is checked periodically for its
proper functioning?
257.
Is there any hot line provided to
fire station?
258.
What is the means of
communicating emergency in
the plants?

TRANSPORTATION

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
259.
What potentially hazardous
materials are transported to or
from the site (including wastes)?
260.
What modes of transport are
used:
Road ?
Rail ?
Pipelines ?

ROAD

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
261.
Does the company employ
licensed vehicle of its own/
outside sources?
262.
Are the loading / unloading
procedures on-site and safety
precautions displayed?
263.
Are loaded tankers or trucks
parked in a specific area on-site?
264.
Do all truck and tanker drivers
carry TREM card or instruction
booklet?
265.
Do all truck and tanker drivers
get training in handling
emergencies during transport?

RAIL

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
266.
What hazardous materials are
transported by rail?
267.
Does the company have a direct
siding on the site?
268.
Are tankers or others wagons
used in transportation?

PIPELINES

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
269.
What hazardous materials are
transported to and from the site
by pipelines?
270.
Are the pipelines are
underground or overground?
271.
Are corrosion protection
measures employed in
pipelines?
272.
Wheather intermediate booster
pumps are used?
273.
What is the maximum,
minimum and average transfer
rate?
274.
Are the pipelines extended in
public domain?
275.
Are the pipelines dedicated for
each type of chemicals?

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
276.
Are the pipelines fitted with
safety equipment such as leak
detectors, automatic shut-off
valves, etc?
277.
What is the frequency and
method of testing of the
pipelines?
278.
Is there written procedurefor
tackling leakages in pipeline?

FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION – CHECKLIST

Sr.
Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No

A FUEL
1.
Combustibles (e.g. Fluff, fiber's,
yarn, cloth, clothing material,
wood, paper, cardboard, plastic,
packing material)
Accumulation – especially over,
in or around electrical
installation (e.g. Motors, light
fittings, cables, switch boards,
etc) inside or outside blocks.

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No
2.
Flammable Liquids : (e.g. :
boiler fuel oil, kerosene, paints,
stain remover, thinners, petrol)
– leaks, spills.
3.
Flammable vapors, gases ( e.g.
LPG, Acetylene) – leaks.
4.
Wild vegetation within
compound, sugar cane field
proximity.

B SOURCES OF IGNITION
1.
Combustible sparks (e.g. Vehicle
exhaust).
2.
Hot surfaces
exposure to hazardous spills,
leaks.
3.
Open flames (e.g. Welding, gas
cutting)
4.
Friction
5.
Electrical installation faults :
Overload
Overheating
exposed wiring
temporary fittings, connections,
wiring
short circuits
6.
Smoking
7.
Spontaneous combustion

C FIRE PREVENTION / PROTECTION MEASURES

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Items Status Comments & Recommendations
No
1.
Building using non-combustible
materials of construction
2.
Compartments
– fire resistant walls
- fire doors

3.
Opening for cables, pipelines
sealed
4.
Smoke ventilation
5.
Housekeeping–cleanliness,
orderlines
6.
LPG leak test – gas leak
detection equipment system.
7.
Fire detection system
Smoke heat
8.
Fire alarm system

9.
Emergency communication
–Telephone availability
10.
Fire extinguishers
11.
Hose reels
12.
Fire hydrant system
13.
Automatic water sprinkler
system
14.
Special protection system –
Halon, carbon dioxide, water
deluge system

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ANNEXURES

Annexure-I: Status of Licenses

Applicable Act/
Sr. No. Description License no. Validity period
Regulation
1.
The Factories Act,1948. Factory License.
2.
Indian Explosives Act & License to store
Petroleum petroleum/
Act/1934/Rules 2002. chemicals.
3.
Gas Cylinders Rules, License to store
2004. Gas cylinders.
4.
Static and Mobile License of
Pressure Vessels pressure vessels
Rules,1981.

5.
Hazardous Waste Authorization
(Management & from GPCB.
Handling) Rules ,1989.
6.
Water (Prevention & Consent order
Control of Pollution) from GPCB.
Act, 1974.
7.
Air (Prevention & Consent order
Control of Pollution) from GPCB.
Act, 1981.

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