Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                                    SWMS:22 – Kwik Stage Scaffolds
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
                                                                                               risk of any part of the scaffold, person or object
                                                                                               entering a power line’s exclusion zone.
                                                                                           Note: This is 3m minimum for low voltage, if unsure check
                                                                                           with site manager.
Accessing and working from Kwik       Falls from heights and falling   B   5     E    4     Access the scaffold from the scaffold stairs or access    Person(s) using     E    5      H
stage scaffold                        objects                                   24           ladders installed                                         Scaffold                        1
                                                                                            External edge protection, which includes handrails,                                       5
                                                                                      4      midrails and kick boards or brick guards or perimeter
                                                                                             lining is to be erected on all scaffolds and work
                                                                                             platforms over 2.0m and on any scaffold or platform
                                                                                             under 2.0m where there is a likelihood of a fall
                                                                                             occurring.
                                                                                            Do not climb on the internal or external side of the
                                                                                      1
                                                                                             Kwik stage scaffold.
                                                                                      1     Do not alter or remove hop-ups, decks boards,
                                                                                             handrails, mesh guards or perimeter lining at any
                                                                                             time without prior approval from the site foreman.
                                                                                            Do not remove any bracing or ties.
                                                                                            Only tools, materials and equipment that can be
                                                                                      1       safely handled by a person working from the Kwik
                                                                                      5       stage scaffold are to be handled.
                                                                                            Do not over load the SWL of the deck or support
                                                                                             items (tools etc.) on the handrail.
                                                                                      5
                                                                                            No objects are to be dropped from the scaffold.
                                                                                            Do not leave rubbish or store materials on the
                                                                                      5      scaffold decks at the end of the day’s work.
                                                                                            Notify the site foreman/ HSO of any missing scaffold
                                                                                      1      components
                                                                                      5


584 Milton Road TOOWONG QLD 4066                           SWMS Developed by:   Jamie Gilbert                                                             VERSION 8 – September 2015
P: (07) 3335 5000 F: (07) 3335 5005                        Position:            National Health & Safety Co-ordinator                                                        Page 66
ABN: 52 009 778 330