Summary
In short
- A leadership safety walk is an inspection used in KnowSafe that a senior leader spends time in the workplace talking with workers about how the work really goes. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.1 and forms part of the Safety Culture and Engagement programme.
- Run monthly per leader. Carried out by managers and executives.
- The template holds 24 fields across 4 sections, with conversations repeating for each entry.
- Scoring is completion and action count, where high is good.
- ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
- It connects to the rest of the library: feeds CAPA.
What it is
What it is
What is a leadership safety walk?
A leadership safety walk is an inspection used in KnowSafe that a senior leader spends time in the workplace talking with workers about how the work really goes. It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.1 and forms part of the Safety Culture and Engagement programme.
When is a leadership safety walk completed?
A leadership safety walk is completed on the inspection frequency set in your programme, and again after any change to the asset or area. Run monthly per leader.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This inspection is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this inspection covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form OBS-2026-000
- You are running the Safety Culture and Engagement programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: feeds capa
Not for
- Safety Observation, which a short record of how a task was actually done, noting both safe practice and risk.
- Behaviour Based Observation, which looks at a specific set of behaviours agreed with the workforce, such as line of fire, body position and tool use.
- Safety Coaching Record, which records a coaching conversation after an at risk practice was seen.
- Anything outside KnowSafe, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ISO 45001Occupational health and safety management systems
The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library.
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the leadership safety walk template based on?+
It is built against ISO 45001 cl.5.1. ISO 45001 is occupational health and safety management systems. The international standard for managing worker health and safety. Certifiable, and the backbone of most of this library. ISO is international Organization for Standardization. A voluntary international standard. Widely adopted, often required by customers, and certifiable where a management system standard.
What sections does the leadership safety walk contain?+
There are 4 sections: header, purpose, conversations, result. Together they hold 24 fields, 17 of which are required.
How often is a leadership safety walk raised?+
A new record is raised on the inspection frequency set in your programme, and again after any change to the asset or area. Each one is given an ID in the form OBS-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the leadership safety walk belong to?+
It is part of Safety Culture and Engagement. A measured culture position, with interventions matched to the maturity level you actually have.
How is a leadership safety walk scored?+
Scoring is completion and action count. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the leadership safety walk template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the leadership safety walk library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowSafe — safety and compliance. Incidents, hazards, permits, inspections and the critical controls behind them.
Meet KnowSafe→Sources
Sources
- ISO 45001 — Occupational health and safety management systems
- ISO — International Organization for Standardization