Title Page
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Client
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Site code
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Site Supervisor / Team Leader
Safe Work Method Statement
Job Task Being Assessed
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Description of the job to be completed
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Select job hazard profile
- Working at height
- Working near radio frequency
- Using mobile plant
- Has exposure to hazardous and harmful products
- Infrequently performed jobs or new job type
- Other
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Enter job type
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List all workers being observed during this SWMS
List workers being observed during SWMS
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Full name & signature
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Company name
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Company name
Tasks, Hazards and Preventive Measures
Tasks, Hazards and Preventive Measures
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1) Break a job down into smaller tasks and observe a worker performing it
2) Click + to add a "Job Step" and fill in the relevant information
3) Identify the potential hazards for each task
4) Determine preventive measures and controls to overcome these hazards
Job Step
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Enter job step description
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Potential risk or hazard identified while task is being performed (select all that apply)
- Driving
- Working at height
- Slips, trips or falls
- Working on client premises
- Using mobile plant (EWP)
- Working from scaffolding
- Working on a rooftop
- Radiation (RF)
- Manual Handling
- Weather
- Electrical (Shock, Short Circuit, Fire, Static, Loss of Power)
- Noise
- Chemical (Toxic, Flammable, Corrosive)
- Ergonomics (Strain, Sprains, Human Error)
- Fatigue
- Fire
- Mechanical (Mechanical Failure, Stuck between objects)
- Struck by Objects
- Other
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Enter other potential risk/s identified
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EWP type
- Crane
- Scissor Lift
- Boom
- Cherry Picker
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Check EWP is in good working order
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Is the safety system valid?
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Please provide comments on safety system for review
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Are the weather conditions appropriate to climb?
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Is a scaffold tag attached and valid?
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Please stop work and contact your manager. Do not continue to use the scaffold.
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Is the main scaffold secured correctly?
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Please stop work and contact your manager. Do not continue to use the scaffold.
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Do you feel comfortable and competent working from this scaffold?
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Please stop work and contact your manager. Do not continue to use the scaffold.
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Is the footing of the scaffold on solid, level ground?
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Rate risk/ hazard before control measures
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Take a photo of step / activity (Optional)
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Hazard Control Measures
- Elimination - Remove the hazard
- Substitution - Replace the hazard
- Engineering - Isolate people from the hazard
- Administrative - Change the way people work
- PPE - Protect workers with personal protective equipment
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Elimination Controls
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Administrative Controls
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Personal Protective Equipment required
- Long sleeve high vis shirt
- Long pants
- Helmet
- Safety boots
- Gloves
- Ear protection
- Eye protection
- Harness
- RF monitor
- Respiratory mask
- Wet weather high vis gear
- Sunblock
- Other
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Other PPE used
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Substitution Controls
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Engineering Controls
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Rate risk after control measures have been implemented
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Please contact your manager before proceeding
Completion
Completion
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Signature of site supervisor / team leader