Workplace Safety Survey

The Workplace Safety Survey is a ready-to-launch questionnaire that captures how safe employees feel in their physical work environment and how well your safety systems support them. It asks directly about hazards, cleanliness, access to personal protective equipment, the condition of equipment and machinery, and everyday conditions like lighting, ventilation, and temperature. It also checks whether training, procedures, and safety communication are clear and timely. With 26 questions, it gives EHS and People teams a structured read on both the physical conditions people work in and the processes meant to keep them safe. Run it as a regular safety check, after an incident or near miss, or before an audit to find gaps early.

Employees notice hazards and gaps long before they appear in an incident report. This survey gives them a structured way to flag those concerns so you can act before something goes wrong. Responses show whether people have the PPE they actually need, whether equipment is well maintained, and whether safety training and procedures are genuinely clear rather than just documented. That evidence informs where to invest: replacing or servicing equipment, fixing environmental conditions like poor ventilation, refreshing training for specific roles, and improving how safety updates are communicated. It also strengthens your compliance position by showing you actively listen to frontline safety feedback and act on it.

The 26 questions span the main pillars of workplace safety. Physical environment asks whether the workplace is free from injury risks and whether work areas are clean, organised, and free of unnecessary hazards. Equipment and protection cover access to all the PPE a role needs and whether machinery and tools are well maintained and safe to operate. Environmental conditions look at lighting, ventilation, and temperature being at comfortable, safe levels. Training and procedures check whether people have received adequate safety training for every part of their role and whether protocols are clear and easy to follow. Communication asks whether safety information and updates reach employees in a timely, understandable way. Together these themes reveal both the conditions and the systems behind them.

The template is free and requires no signup. Copy the 26 questions from this page, or download them, and load them into a survey tool you already use, such as Google Forms, Typeform, or Microsoft Forms. Keep responses anonymous so employees report hazards and training gaps without worrying about blame. A five-point agree-to-disagree scale suits most items and keeps completion fast. Share the link, set a closing date, and review results by site or team so you can prioritise fixes where risk is highest.