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A site safety inspection form for construction sites. Walk the perimeter, edges and scaffolds, welfare, housekeeping, plant and excavations, then score each hazard and give the action an owner. Every question is listed below, and you can fill the live form in on this page.
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A construction site safety checklist should cover the perimeter and gates, work at height and edge protection, scaffold inspections, welfare and first aid, housekeeping, plant and excavations. For each hazard, record where it is, a photo, a risk score, what was done on the walk and who owns the further action by when. It should end with who received the report and the next inspection date.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 5 October 2026 against regulation 5 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, HSE on safety representatives' inspections, regulation 12 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005, Schedule 2 of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 (guardrails and toe boards) and Schedule 2 of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (welfare facilities).
Walk the site on a phone: perimeter, work at height, welfare, housekeeping and plant. Each hazard gets a photo, its position, a fall height where it matters and a likelihood and severity score, and the summary counts the high risk hazards and the actions still open.
Stand back from an open edge, photograph it with a doorway or a person below, and tap both ends. The height someone could fall goes into the hazard with the marked-up photo. It works on web forms in any phone browser today, and the app version is on its way.
How measuring from a photo works →
Each hazard is scored for likelihood and severity. The summary counts the hazards recorded, the high and medium risk ones and those needing further action, and flags a total that does not match.
How calculated fields work →
Mark the hazard's position, so whoever closes the action finds the right plot, gate or edge on a large site.
How GPS location works →Walk Cam guides the walk point by point and turns what you say into text, for a record of the site on the day as well as the checklist.
A fictional housing site after heavy rain: a loose fence panel fixed on the walk, an open column pocket and a missing bay of edge protection that stopped work on two slabs, a muddy welfare area, four hazards scored and the report handed to the site team.
Answer a few questions and watch it adapt. Your answers are not saved, and any photos you add are deleted within the hour.
This is the real form as your team would use it: questions appear as you answer, scores work themselves out and you can add photos and signatures. No sign-up needed. Or open a completed example to see every answer, photo and score filled in.
Want to see one filled in? See a completed site safety inspection report (PDF), made by SiteSurvey from a fictional site visit.
For teams
Paper or a spreadsheet works for one site. When several sites or managers do the same check, SiteSurvey keeps every result in one place.
Your team completes the site safety inspection on site in the SiteSurvey app on iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets. The project name and address fill in for them, it works without signal, and it syncs when the device is back online with photos kept against the question they answer.
Customers and subcontractors do not need the app: send them a link and they can fill it in from any browser.
Construction site safety walk: perimeter, work at height, welfare, housekeeping, plant, hazards and actions. 8 sections and 92 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
This is a starting point, not a fixed form. Once it is in your SiteSurvey account you can reword any question, add or remove questions, sections and answer options, and add your own logo, so it fits the way your team works and the jobs you do.
Add this form to a project in SiteSurvey and it fills in what the project already knows, so nobody on site retypes it and every form on the job uses the same names. Anything filled in can still be changed.
Where, when, who for and who by.
Filled in from the project in SiteSurvey.
Optional. Film a guided walk-through on the SiteSurvey app.
Walk the boundary. Check fencing, gates and signs.
Slab edges, openings, guardrails, toe boards and scaffolds.
Toilets, washing, drinking water, rest and first aid.
Walkways, materials, plant and open ground.
One entry for each hazard. Photograph it before it is put right.
Optional. Mark it on a large site, so whoever closes the action finds it.
Optional. Photograph the edge or opening with a door or a person in the same plane and measure from the photo, or use a tape.
Totals for the inspection, and who the report goes to.
A completed site safety inspection report, made by SiteSurvey from a fictional site visit: every answer, the photos, the guidance that applied and the sign-off, ready to send as a PDF.
For construction work, the top guardrail must be at least 950 mm above the edge, and no gap between rails or toe board may be more than 470 mm. The form asks for both measurements and flags either one that is out. It also reminds the inspector that the rails must be strong, rigid and fixed so they cannot be knocked out of place.
A working platform used for construction work, from which a person could fall 2 metres or more, must not be used unless it has been inspected in that position within the previous 7 days. It must also be inspected again after any event that could have affected its safety, such as bad weather. The report of that inspection must be written before the end of the working period and given to the person it was carried out for within 24 hours.
The law does not set one fixed frequency for this walk. Regulation 5 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires employers to have arrangements for monitoring and reviewing their preventive and protective measures. HSE guidance on safety representatives' inspections says high-risk or rapidly changing work, such as a construction project, needs inspecting more often than a low-risk office.
Each hazard gets a likelihood and a severity from 1 to 5, and the form multiplies them. 1 to 6 is low, 8 to 12 is medium and 15 to 25 is high. A high score tells the inspector to make it safe or stop the work before moving on. The scale is an example, so you can use your own organisation's.
It checks the toilets, washing facilities, drinking water, the rest area, the first aid kit and whether a first aider or appointed person is on site. Washing facilities must have hot and cold, or warm, water, soap or another means of cleaning, and towels or another means of drying. An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water must be provided or made available on a construction site.
In the SiteSurvey app, yes. The form works offline, photos attach to the hazard they belong to, and you can film an optional Walk Cam walk-through. The inspector signs on the device and the report goes out as a PDF or a share link.
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