Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                              SWMS:17 – Operating Mobile Plant (General)
Safe Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                              Responsible        Residual
                                                                                         H                    Controls / Work Methods
                                                                                                                                                              Person/s for         Risk
            Job Steps                       Potential Hazards             L    C    R    O            1. Eliminate 2. Substitute 3. Isolate 4. Engineer        Monitor &       L    C R
                                                                                         C                             5. Admin 6. PPE                           Review
                                      Contact with overhead power        C     5     E   1     No part of the mobile plant or person / equipment etc.,     Hutchinson         D    5        E
                                      lines                                         22          is to enter a power line exclusion zone. Note: This is 3m   Builders Site                   19
                                                                                                minimum for low voltage, if unsure check with site          Foreman
                                                                                                manager.
                                                                                                  Refer to SWMS:29 Working with Overhead Power              Plant Operator
                                                                                                  lines
                                      Contact with underground           C     5     E   5     No excavation / digging work is to commence prior to        Hutchinson         D    5        E
                                      services                                      22          the operator receiving (in writing) the prescribed          Builders Site                   19
                                                                                                information regarding the location of all underground       Foreman
                                                                                                services on site.
                                                                                                  Refer to - SWMS: 07 Excavations & Trenching.              Plant Operator
                                      Striking other plant /             C     5     E   3     If working in areas exposed to site traffic – adequate      Hutchinson         E    5       H
                                      structures / workers                          22          exclusion zones erected or public roads – as per the        Builders Site                   15
                                                                                                road management plan.                                       Foreman
                                                                                         5     Ensure travel alarms and flashing warning lights are
                                                                                                working.                                                    Plant Operator

                                                                                         5     No person is to enter into the operating zone of mobile     Workers
                                                                                                plant without first establishing contact with the
                                                                                                operator.
                                                                                         6     Operators and workers are to wear high visibility vests.
                                                                                               Where there is a potential for mobile plant to contact
                                                                                                scaffolding, formwork, tilt-up panel bracing or similar
                                                                                         3      load bearing structures, appropriate barricading must
                                                                                                be installed / erected to prevent mobile plant access
                                                                                                to the immediate area, or protect the structure from
                                                                                                such collisions.
                                                                                               Operators are not to operate plant at excessive
                                                                                                speeds, fast turns or stops
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584 Milton Road TOOWONG QLD 4066                               SWMS Developed by:    Jamie Gilbert                                                             VERSION 6 – September 2015
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