Inspection Settings - Edit Inspections

A guide to the Inspection set up.

Prior to creating an inspection template, ensure that all the required fields (Required group, severity, questions, etc.) have been configured.

Groups

Create the "Required Group" for assigning corrective actions. Groups are used to designate someone's role in the inspection. Clients often choose to have one group, Responsible Party, to keep things simple, but multiple groups may be created to designate which questions go to certain individuals. For example, within one template questions may go to three groups: EHS, Responsible Party, and Maintenance. The individual associated with this group is selected at the beginning of the inspection.

Field

Description

Examples

Requirement

Name

Required Group name as applicable

Building Coordinator

Required

Short Name

Required Group short name as applicable

Building Coord

Required

Can perform a Hazard assessment

This will be explained in another module ( Radiation)

Yes/No

Optional

Requires a Hazard assessment

This will be explained in another module ( Radiation)

Yes/No

Optional

Inspectable

Can perform inspections on the Required Group

Yes/No

Required

User Tags

User Permission tags

Lab Self Inspector

Optional

Active

Active/ Inactive

Active/ Inactive

Required

Categories

Questions for each audit are organized into Categories. These categories appear in tabs on the web and android applications or dropdowns on iOS devices. They allow users to organize inspection data and parse out areas of concern when creating and viewing inspection findings.

Response

For radio selection questions, clients may configure Responses outside of the traditional 'Yes, No, N/A'. This can be helpful for clients whose users speak multiple languages or for those who like to capture 'Corrected Onsite' deficiencies.

Severity

The Severity for inspection questions is configured to qualitatively analyze the deviations and provide escalation options for inspectors.

Field

Description

Examples

Requirement

Label

Set up severity

N/A, Low, Medium, High, At Risk

Required

Color

Label color

White, Green, Orange, Red

Required

Display

Yes/ No

Yes/ No

Required

Score Multiplier

Impact of severity on the Inspection score

1.00, 2.00, 3.00

Optional

Status

Active/ Inactive

Active/ Inactive

Required

The Days Before a corrective action needs to be addressed can be set up here.

The Escalation Email setup can be found under Edit settings>Emails.

Questions

Field

Description

Examples

Requirement

Question

Question Text

Are Biohazard symbols posted on all stock culture containers?

Required

Response

Yes/ No

Yes

Optional

Numeric

Numeric Value

1,2,3

Optional

Text

Text type response

To be posted

Optional

Observation

Safe Response / Unsafe Response

Safe, Unsafe

Optional

Observation Counter

No: of Safe/ Unsafe observations, a threshold can be set

Safe -5, Unsafe -1

Optional

Response Options

Choose the responses to be visible for the question

Yes, No, N/A, Corrected Onsite*

Required

Action On

Generate a "corrective action" for the response defined

Response - No

Required

Closed Action On

Generate a "corrective action" and close it as it has been addressed.

Response - Corrected Onsite

Optional

Comment/ Action

Default comment assigned to a question. It is visible to the Inspector and the employee the corrective action is assigned.

See Inspector's notes for details.

Required

Comment/ Link

Reference link for the Regulatory body

OSHA link

Optional

Action Tag

The action tags can be defined here or added by an Inspector while performing an inspection. It enables filtering and searching for "Open actions" using the Tag names.

PPE, Safety gloves, Protective eyewear

Optional

Resource

Description of a Resource

Here's a link to the OSHA policy

Optional

Resource Link

The weblink to the Resource

Link to OSHA, Link to EHS website

Optional

Inspector Help

The help text appears with a question and can be viewed by clicking the "i" icon

All fire extinguisher cabinets must be easily identified with overhead signage.

Optional

*Configured above in Response

Inspection Template setup

Creating a Template

You may provide the required Template Name and hit Create Template.

Adding a Question to a Template

Once the question is created, add it to the appropriate Inspection template.

Step:1 Check the check box next to the question created, so it is visible in the Inspection checklist.

Step:2 If applicable, select the option that should be auto-filled for the question.

Step:3 Within the category, you may rearrange the order of the question using the up & down arrows.

Inspection template setup

  • Allow Only For defines the Inspectable objects that can be audited using the Inspection template, for example, Room, Group, Asset, Users, etc.

  • The Report View Role defines the User Roles that can view the Inspection template.

For help with additional setup under Inspection templates, kindly contact support@safetystratus.com.

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