The role of working spaces in workers’ safety is often neglected and reduced to the building final inspection report. Nevertheless plenty of dangers are originated by the building environment surrounding the working activity: wear and obsolescence of building elements, failure mends and vandalism make the original compliancy fade away. The investigation on the real condition of the rooms where work takes place is a keystone to manage workers’ S&H properly. The wide compass of building heritage and construction systems is critical when considering any inquiry on their state. Advanced criteria driven from forensic canvassing are sketched to achieve a formalized and systemic full analysis on each room, revealing and recording any incompliance.

The role of working spaces in workers’ safety is often neglected and reduced to the building final inspection report. Nevertheless plenty of dangers are originated by the building environment surrounding the working activity: wear and obsolescence of building elements, failure mends and vandalism make the original compliancy fade away. The investigation on the real condition of the rooms where work takes place is a keystone to manage workers’ S&H properly. The wide compass of building heritage and construction systems is critical when considering any inquiry on their state. Advanced criteria driven from forensic canvassing are sketched to achieve a formalized and systemic full analysis on each room, revealing and recording any incompliance.