Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                                             SWMS:12 – Confined Spaces
Safe Work Methods
                                                                                  H                       Controls / Work Methods                           Responsible          Residual
          Job Steps                   Potential Hazards          L    C    R      O               1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer         Person/s for           Risk
                                                                                  C                                5. Admin 6. PPE                       Monitor & Review      L    C R
Prior to entering a confined    Insufficient planning for        B    5    E      5          Entry into a confined space is only to be permitted if    Hutchinson Builders    D    4       H
space                           confined space entry                       24                 a "Confined Space Entry Permit” and A Risk                Foreman                             14
                                                                                              Assessment have been ratified for that particular
                                                                                              confined space by the responsible Hutchinson              Hutchinson Builders
                                                                                              representative (Hutchinson Authorising Agent).            Authorising Agent
                                                                                             All work activities to be performed in the confined
                                                                                                                                                        Competent Persons
                                                                                              space must be documented on the Confined Space
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                                                                                              Entry Permit and the Entry Permit must be displayed
                                                                                              in a prominent position (outside the space) prior to
                                                                                              confined space entry or works commencing.
                                                                                             Controls required to ensure the safety of persons
                                                                                              entering/working in the space must be identified on
                                                                                              the Confined Space Entry Permit and implemented
                                                                                  5           prior to confined space entry.
                                                                                             Access to, and work performed in a confined space is
                                                                                              only to be undertaken and supervised by Competent
                                                                                  5           Persons.
                                                                                             Entry points to all confined spaces are to be
                                                                                              signposted and secured against unauthorised entry
                                                                                              by way of barricading or other suitable means of
                                                                                  3           exclusion (i.e. signage indicating the presence of a
                                                                                              confined space, and that entry is restricted to
                                                                                              authorised personnel only).
Undertaking atmospheric         Faulty or uncelebrated gas       C    3    H      5          A suitable gas detection unit must be selected and used   Hutchinson Builders    D    3       M
monitoring                      detection unit                             13                 for monitoring the atmospheric conditions that may        Foreman                             9
                                                                                              exist in the confined space.
                                                                                                                                                        Competent Persons
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