Terminal Inspection Checklist

Abstract

Areas to observe in a Motor Truck Terminal are outlined in this report as an aid to in analyzing the risks that may be present.

General

• Adequate access routes for emergency equipment?
• Access to the facility restricted to authorized personnel?
• Exits well marked, accessible, unlocked and with safe egress?
• Fire doors unobstructed?
• Records indicating periodic fire drills?
• Fire extinguishers readily accessible and maintained?
• Main sprinkler control valve locked or supervised in open position?
• First aid supplies available?
• Proper receptacles in authorized smoking areas?
• Formal emergency response plan?
• Telephone numbers of fire and police departments posted?
• Provision for equipment to be protected in emergency?
• Written hazard communications program for dangerous chemicals?
• Current inventory of hazardous chemicals used or transported?
• Material Safety Data Sheets available?
• Documented training of employees on handling chemicals?
• Provisions to clean up chemical spill or leak?

Terminal Grounds

• Security controls adequate?
• Yard lights adequate and functional?
• Yard surface smooth and well-drained?
• Yard free of trash accumulations?
• Vehicle speed limits posted and enforced?
• Equipment properly parked?
• Fuel pumps protected from damage?
• Fueling area free of spills?
• Fueling areas posted "No Smoking" and enforced?
• Fire extinguisher readily accessible near fueling area?
• Ladders and stairs in good condition?
• Wheel chocks available at loading dock?
• Spotted trailers at dock chocked?
• Dock bumpers in good condition?

Office Facilities

• Passageways unobstructed and lighting adequate?
• Supplies and files properly stored?
• File cabinets secured to each other & closed when not in use?
• Trash receptacles adequate and not overflowing with refuse?
• Proper receptacles if smoking is allowed?
• Electric and communications wire safely routed?
• Emergency telephone numbers readily available?
• Fire extinguishers properly mounted and charged?

Freight Dock

• Floors clean and in good condition?
• Aisles clearly designated?
• Freight stacked safely?
• Hazardous material handled and stored appropriately?
• Trash in proper receptacles?
• Dunnage neatly stored?
• "No Smoking" areas posted as necessary?
• Fire extinguishers properly mounted and charged?
• Adequate lighting, including trailer lights?
• Dock plates in good condition and stored properly?
• Forklift trucks properly parked?
• Fueling of freight handling equipment done away from dock?
• Powered equipment operators properly trained?
• Powered equipment operated at a safe speed?
• Freight handler's vision unobscured by load?
• Freight handlers assure that trailer is chocked or secured to dock?

Maintenance Shop

• Shop area free of spills and grease accumulations?
• Trash in proper receptacles?
• "No Smoking" areas clearly indicated and enforced?
• Tools reasonably clean and orderly?
• Sufficient electrical power?
• Electrically powered tools properly grounded?
• Machine guards installed and functional?
• Air pressure used for cleaning reduced to 30 psi?
• Personal protective equipment used when necessary?
• Proper ventilation provided where necessary?
• Flammable/combustible materials isolated from ignition sources?
• Fire extinguishers properly selected, mounted and charged?
• Dip tanks closed when not in use?
• Proper cleaning solvents used (not gasoline)?
• Welding equipment well maintained?
• Cylinders upright with oxygen 20 or more feet from fuel tanks?
• Vehicle movement in shop carefully controlled?
• Perimeter of open pits provided with barrier when exposed?
• Hoists and cranes well maintained and properly rated?
• Mechanics use jack stands, not jacks, when under vehicles?
• Paint spraying operations appropriately equipped?
• Battery charging operations appropriately equipped?
• Storage areas for parts and supplies structurally sufficient?
• Hazardous materials properly stored?
• Employees who service truck tires appropriately trained?
• Tire restraining devices and inflation equipment available?

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The information contained in this publication was obtained from sources believed to be reliable. Insurance Services Office, Inc., its companies and employees make no guarantee of results and assume no liability in connection with either the information herein contained or the safety suggestions herein made. Moreover, it cannot be assumed that every acceptable safety procedure is contained herein or that abnormal or unusual circumstances may not warrant or require further or additional procedure.