Safety Office, Commissary Building
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Phone 519 888 4567 Ext. 33587
Fax 519 886 8082
Email: safety@uwaterloo.ca
Pre-use inspections are required before use of any equipment or work process that has a potential to result in a severe loss. This inspection must be recorded in a log that is kept on the equipment or near the process and be available for review. Individual departments are responsible for identifying and completing the Pre-use Checklist.
Pre-use Inspection Checklist Template (.docx)
These inspections assist employees in identifying wear and tear of equipment due to daily usage.
This list is not exhaustive. For further assistance in identifying equipment or processes that should have pre use inspections, contact the Safety Office.
These inspections are conducted prior to use for the first time that day, the employee using the equipment must check the inspection log and determine if it has been inspected. Many pieces of equipment are used several times a day and they will only require the pre use inspections once on any given day. In cases where equipment is not used daily, a pre use inspection is not necessary until the day it is used.
The employee conducting the pre use inspection completes the inspection and then dates and signs the checklist and returns it to the appropriate location.
If during the course of the pre use inspection the employee determines that there is a deficiency this must be corrected before use. If it is a minor issue that the employee can correct then the equipment can be used. If the deficiency is of a nature that the employee cannot correct to make the equipment safe to use then the equipment must be taken out of service and the supervisor must be immediately contacted.
Safety Office, Commissary Building
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Phone 519 888 4567 Ext. 33587
Fax 519 886 8082
Email: safety@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.