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Weekly Safety Checklist
The weekly safety checklist is the 25-item walk for the weekly site review: the daily items, plus the deeper checks on the systems — the documents and the permits, the training and the competence, the maintenance and the calibration, the drills and the review. It is the document that sits between the daily check and the monthly deep dive, and the one that catches the drift the daily check is not built for.
Weekly Safety Checklist — 25 items, the day plus the system
The 20 daily items plus the 5 system items the day cannot catch: the risk assessment, the permits, the training, the maintenance, the actions.
It carries the 20 daily items plus five system items: the risk assessments current, the permits up to date, the training records current, the equipment maintenance due, and the last weeks actions closed. Work through it once a week, mark the items, write the findings, and the weekly review is the document that keeps the system honest between the daily checks.
How to use the template
- Set the header — the site, the week, the reviewer, the date
- Work the 20 daily items — the fire, the electrical, the housekeeping, the PPE, the equipment, the welfare
- Work the 5 system items — the documents, the permits, the training, the maintenance, the last weeks actions
- Mark each item pass, fail or N/A
- Write the findings and assign the owner and the date
- Sign it, file it, and carry the open items to next weeks checklist
Worked example
A weekly review: the 20 daily items, 18 pass, 2 fail (the same blocked exit, now a pattern — the root cause is the racking layout, and the action is the layout change, not the move). The 5 system items: the risk assessments current (pass), the permits up to date (pass), the training records — one forklift licence due (fail, the refresher booked), the maintenance due (pass), the last weeks actions closed (pass, the extension lead). Five system items, one fail, and the pattern on the exit is the finding the weekly review is for.
Standard & legal context
The weekly checklist is the management review rhythm for the UK MHSVR 1999 duty and the OSHA site safety plan in the US. The 25-item structure is the daily core plus the system items, and the weekly frequency is the site practice for the active environment. The ISO 45001:2018 clause 9.1 monitoring and clause 9.3 management review carry the duty at the management system level, and the weekly checklist is the operational form of the review.
Common mistakes
- Repeating the daily check and calling it the weekly — the weekly is the daily plus the system items, and the system items are where the drift is caught
- No pattern reading — the same fail three weeks running is a pattern, and the root cause is the finding, not the repeat
- The system items as a formality — the training records, the permits, the maintenance are the system, and the check is where the system is proven
- No carry-over — the open items carry to next weeks checklist, and the item that is not closed is the item that is not done
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Common questions
Weekly Safety Checklist — answered
What is a weekly safety checklist?
The 25-item walk for the weekly site review: the 20 daily items plus the 5 system items — the documents, the permits, the training, the maintenance, the last weeks actions. It is the document that sits between the daily check and the monthly deep dive.
How is the weekly different from the daily checklist?
The daily is 20 items for the morning walk; the weekly is the 20 daily items plus the 5 system items for the weekly review. The daily is the rhythm, the weekly is the depth, and the weekly is where the pattern is caught.
What are the 5 system items?
The risk assessments current, the permits up to date, the training records current, the equipment maintenance due, and the last weeks actions closed. They are the system, and the check is where the system is proven to be working.
Who does the weekly safety checklist?
The site manager or the HSE officer for the site, and the area supervisor for the area. The weekly review is the second line of the inspection programme, above the daily check and below the monthly deep dive.
Does it catch the pattern?
Yes — the weekly review reads the pattern, and the same fail three weeks running is the root-cause finding, not the repeat. The daily check catches the instance, the weekly catches the pattern, and that is the difference.
Can I print or export it?
Yes — Print / Save as PDF gives the weekly review as a dated report, and Export CSV gives the items, the marks and the actions for your system. The completed checklist is the document for the management review.
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Safety disclaimer
These templates are practical documents, built to the UK baseline with the US equivalents named on each page. They do not replace a competent person assessment for high-risk work, a statutory assessment, or the advice of your insurer. Where a document has legal force — the fire risk assessment, the COSHH register, the permit to work — the responsible person owns it. Use the template as the preparation, and the competent person as the sign-off.