STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE – LADDER INSPECTION
OBJECTIVE:
To establish a procedure for ladder inspection.
POLICY:
Proactively identify, correct, and report ladder defects and damages to promote worker safety in compliance with regulations.
RESPONSIBILITY:
Shift Engineer
PROCEDURE:
· Check for broken or missing rungs, broken side rails, and other damaged parts.
· Ladder is free from dents or bends inside rails and rungs.
· The ladder equipped with feet that are secured in place.
· The joint between steps and side rails are tight, and all hardware and fittings attached firmly.
· Check step to side rail connections, hardware connections and rivets.
· All rungs, and side rails free of grease, oil, paint, or other slippery substances.
· The ladder is free of shakes, decay or other irregularities.
· At any job motto should be safety first.
· In case of any major problem, inform the Facility Manager immediately.
REVISION GUIDE:
Any change in the systems will need a change in the SOP.
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