Create a Safety Inspection Form

STEP 1: Research and locate a minimum of two safety inspection forms. Try to find forms with a variety of format ideas. Copy/Paste the forms into a Word document, include the link to the website used and submit as STEP 1 in the Talon Dropbox. You can submit these two forms separately into the same dropbox. These forms will be used for format ideas when creating your own inspection checklist in Step 2.

STEP 2: Using the examples in Step 1 as a guideline, create a one-page inspection checklist form that is easy to use, simple to understand, and is professional in appearance. Include the 17 criteria below as content in your form. Make sure that the form includes a place for details about a concern or violation and also lines for a signature and inspection date. Submit as STEP 2 in the Talon Dropbox.

STEP 3: Print and Use your form (from Step 2) to conduct a safety inspection of a business, college, or public space (like a library). Hand-write your notes onto this form and submit a photo or scan as STEP 3 in the Talon Dropbox.

STEP 4: Evaluate your inspection form. What worked well? What would you change? Submit recommendations on how you would change this form. It is important to always try out a new form before you share it with colleagues. Write your comments and submit as STEP 4 of this project.

PLEASE BE SURE TO SUBMIT ALL FOUR STEPS IN THIS PROJECT INTO THE APPROPRIATE DROP BOX.

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EMERGENCY EXIT ROUTES CHECKLIST 17 Criteria to use on your new form:

Design and Construction Requirements

1. Exit routes must be permanent parts of the workplace
2. Exit discharges must lead directly outside or to a street, walkway, refuge area, public way, or open space with access to the outside.
3. Exit discharge areas must be large enough to accommodate people likely to use the exit route.
4. Exit route doors must be unlocked from the inside. They must be free of devices or alarms that could restrict use of the exit route if the device or alarm fails.
5. Exit routes can be connected to rooms only by side-hinged doors, which must swing out in the direction of travel if the room may be occupied by more than 50 people.
6. Exit routes must support the maximum permitted occupant load for each floor served, and the capacity of an exit route may not decrease in the direction of exit route travel to the exit discharge.
7. Exit routes must have ceilings at least 7 ft., 6 in. high.
8. An exit access must be at least 28 inches wide at all points. Objects that project into the exit must not reduce its width.

Safety Features for Exit Routes

1. Keep exit routes free of explosive or highly flammable furnishings and other decorations.
2. Arrange exit routes so employees will not have to travel toward a high-hazard area unless the path of travel is effectively shielded from the high-hazard area.
3. Ensure that exit routes are free and unobstructed such as by materials, equipment, locked doors, or dead-end corridors.
4. Provide lighting for exit routes adequate for employees with normal vision.
5. Keep exit route doors free of decorations or signs that obscure the visibility of exit route doors.
6. Post signs along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge if that direction is not immediately apparent.
7. Mark doors or passages along an exit access that could be mistaken for an exit Not an Exit or with a sign identifying its use (such as a Closet).
8. Renew fire-retardant paints or solutions when needed.
9. Maintain exit routes during construction, repairs, or alterations.