Team Make-Up

In the last chapter we discussed the importance of well-defined roles. This holds true for the inspection team. For many larger sites a union contract may exist that may specify who participates in the inspec-tion/audit process. At smaller sites, this may be open-ended. We believe that the personnel make-up of an inspection team should depend on the size, complexity, number of employees, and on-site hazards at the site in question. Again, preplanning coupled with a common-sense approach should be the driver. 

The team should consist of members such as the PM, SS, safety department, training, maintenance, research, and however many others make sense for your site. If your site includes a building with a lot of activity, a representative who works in that building might be asked to participate in an inspection/audit. The team that audits might contain a variety of temporary participants. 

For example, if subcontractors are being utilized for the performance of a certain phase of work and will be on site only temporarily, a representative from the subcontractors might be asked to temporarily participate on the team. Even if each subcontractor does not have representation on the team, they should all be given results from the last audit and a contact person to notify if they observe anything that the team might find noteworthy. 

At each element, documentation can occur. They may include JSAs, JHAs, SARs, process hazard analyses, HASP, etc. 

Acceptable Exposure formation adequate to develop Access to the Hazard Controls  

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