Inspections of the workplace

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Formal inspections can take different forms and you and your representatives will need to agree on the best methods for your workplace. Here are some of the ways inspections can take place.

• Safety tours - general inspections of the workplace

• Safety sampling - a systematic sampling of particular dangerous activities, processes, or areas

• Safety surveys - general inspections of particular dangerous activities, processes, or areas

• Incident inspections carried out after an accident causing a fatality, injury, or near miss, which could have resulted in an injury, or case of ill health and has been reported to the health and safety enforcing authority.

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Following up after an inspection

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After an inspection:

 

• Explain the reasons for any follow-up action you decide to take to your representatives.

• Let the representative who notified you of the inspection have the opportunity to inspect again so they can check if the issues raised got appropriate attention, and record their views.

• Share the follow-up action taken throughout the workplace and other relevant parts of the business, including the health and safety committee where there is one.