Visitor Safety Checklist
How many nonemployees are on your workplace at any given moment? Do
you know where they are, what their business is, and whether they pose a
risk to your workers or themselves?
This checklist will help you to determine whether you are prepared
to keep visitors to your workplace safe while they are in your
facility.
Site Control
- Do visitors enter your site in a controlled fashion, through designated entry points?
- Do you know how many visitors are on your site at any given
time? If an emergency arises, you will need an accurate head count.
- Do you know where the visitors are? In an emergency, you will need to contact them quickly and move them to safety.
- Do you have measures in place to keep visitors from
wandering into dangerous or restricted areas by mistake? Even visitors
to sites where safety is a prominent concern have been injured or
killed when they found themselves in areas where they did not belong.
- Do your employees know how to identify unauthorized visitors to your site, and what to do if they see such visitors?
- Do you know when all visitors have left your site?
Emergency Planning
- Does your emergency action plan address visitor safety?
- Are visitors informed when they come on-site of the emergency notifications and procedures that might apply to them?
- Do workers know how to ensure visitor safety in the event of an emergency without compromising their own safety?
General Safety Considerations
- If visitors may create hazards (such as contractors who
will perform electrical work), have you identified those hazards and
taken precautions to protect your workers?
- If visitors may be exposed to hazards (for example,
contractors who will be painting in an area where hazardous equipment
or chemicals are present), have you informed them of those hazards and
of required safe work practices?
- If visitors must wear protective equipment (for example,
if hearing protection and safety glasses are required on-site at all
times), is this equipment readily available and provided to visitors on
entry?
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