What is a site safety audit?

Our Site Safety Audit helps businesses identify and control workplace hazards, with a strong focus on managing traffic management-related risks. This is especially important in environments where vehicles, mobile plant equipment, and pedestrians operate in shared spaces.

One of the key components of a Site Safety Audit is the Traffic Management Risk Assessment, which assesses all interactions between people and mobile plant equipment throughout your site. This process supports the development of a Traffic Controls Map and a full Traffic Management Plan, providing clear, actionable steps to improve safety and reduce risk.

During the Site Safety Audit, we consider factors such as:

  • Workplace layout and traffic demand.
  • Vehicle and pedestrian flow.
  • Traffic routes including shared areas, one-way systems, and exclusion zones.
  • Signage and visibility.
  • Parking and speed limits.
  • Safe access for staff, visitors, and emergency services.

Why Traffic Management Matters

An essential part of site safety is how traffic is managed across your facility. Many workplace incidents involve interactions between people and moving vehicles. A Traffic Management Risk Assessment helps pinpoint these risks by assessing current risk controls and their associated risk scores versus revised risk controls proposed by the SafeQuip Auditing Team. For example, if a Driver Safety Zone does not exist, this would be identified, and the implementation of a protected Driver Safety Zone would lower the risk in that area. 

As part of the process, you’ll receive a Traffic Controls Map and a tailored Traffic Management Plan (TMP), both of which are key tools aimed at reducing the risk on your site. All findings and recommendations are documented in formal Traffic Management Documentation to support your ongoing compliance and safety improvement initiatives.

The Traffic Management Risk Assessment can then be used as a guide on what needs to be implemented to improve the safety on your site and support your ongoing compliance.

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What outcomes
can you expect?

A Site Safety Audit, including a focused Traffic Management Risk Assessment, improves the flow of people and vehicles, strengthens compliance, and reduces the likelihood of incidents.

In workplaces such as warehouses, distribution centres, factories, and other high-traffic environments, this means:

  • Safer, more efficient traffic and pedestrian movement.
  • Clear, site-specific traffic regulations.
  • Reduced risk from mobile plant and vehicle interactions.
  • Improved signage, access control, and visibility.

The final outcome is a safer working environment supported by a clear, practical Traffic Management Plan.

Our process

1.  Identify potential hazards

We begin with stakeholder interviews and a comprehensive site inspection to assess how vehicles and pedestrians interact across your facility. Key areas reviewed include:

  • Layout and flow of traffic routes.
  • Pedestrian and vehicle separation.
  • High-risk or exclusion zones.
  • Signage, lighting, and visibility.
  • Speed zones and access points.

2. Control the risks

Once hazards are identified, we apply the hierarchy of controls to minimise or eliminate them. This might involve:

  • Redesigning traffic flow.
  • Installing barriers or designated walkways.
  • Updating signage or improving lighting.
  • Introducing new safety procedures or access rules.

SafeQuip safety audit processes

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What Will a Site Safety Audit Cost You?

Every facility has unique safety requirements. Our Audit Cost Estimator provides a quick, indicative pricing guide to support effective budgeting and planning for your Site Safety Audit, no obligation, just clear insight.

 

CASE STUDY: FRUCOR BEVERAGES

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Industry: Food & beverage manufacturing and distribution

Since its beginnings in the early 1960s, Frucor has evolved from a small New Zealand juice business to a leading Australasian drinks company and the market leader in energy drinks in Australia and New Zealand. Since 2009, Frucor has been wholly owned by leading Japanese beverage and food company, Suntory Group.

Frucor manufactures, markets and distributes a range of fruit juices, fruit drinks, energy drinks, waters and soft drinks – many of which are household names throughout New Zealand and Australia.

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Project: Site safety assessment

Frucor has created a winning culture. At the heart of this culture is not only innovative products, but nurturing and looking after their people. So safety at all of their manufacturing and distribution centres is a high priority. But establishing the best way to move vehicles, products and people safely around a new complex and extremely busy site had proved a challenge.

Frucor site safety assessment
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Combined solution: Site safety audit and report

Based on an assessment of the plant, our site safety engineer then prepared two detailed reports and recommendations. The reports included:

  1. Site safety plan: Listing all line markings, signs, and safety barriers needed to minimise the risk to their people, stock and vehicles.
  2. Traffic control plan: That set out the key markings, signs and bollards that should be prepared and installed in the facility.
Frucor site safety audit and report
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Results

Frucor now has a comprehensive document that will help to protect their staff and contractors' safety. It also ensures the efficient movement of vehicles and products, and it assists in compliance with government safety standards and expectations.

Frucor site safety audit results
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Ready to get started with a Safety Audit of your business premises? Our team is dedicated to guiding you through every step of the process, ensuring that your building and surrounding facilities meet all safety standards and regulations. Contact us now to discuss your requirements.

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