Whsmp · OPW16/0021

                                                                            SWMS:26 – Demolition of Structures - N/A
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
   Remove glass panels, windows           Expose     workers     to   B   4   E      5         Assess the size of the glass and frame to be removed        Employer           D     3     M
    and aluminium framing to all            shattering glass when               2                 and gain assistance if required from another worker         Site Foreman                   9
    levels                                  removing panes from                 1                 to secure the glass as the rubbers are removed.             Exper/Worker
                                            sections causing cuts and                  4         Using glass suction lifting aids and gauntlet gloves
                                            lacerations.                                          remove the glass and place it in the area provided.
                                                                                       4         Using hand tools remove aluminium sections and
                                                                                                  place in the area provided.
                                                                                       4         If required to work at height set up a stable work
                                                                                                  platform (mobile scaffold or trestle).
                                                                                       1         Do not work at the edge of the floor or building where
                                                                                                  you are exposed to a fall from heights.
                                                                                       1         Do not work off an extension ladder.
   Remove plaster, timber, metal          Expose workers to;          B   4   E      5         Use the correct hand tools and electrical equipment         Competent Person   D      3    M
    ceilings and walls at all levels        o Cuts and lacerations              2                 to remove the selected fixtures from the installed                                         9
                                            o Strain and pulled                 1                 position.
                                                muscles                                6         Use adequate P.P.E. to carry out the task.
   Remove allied service pipes,            o Head injuries                            5         Use correct lifting methods to lift fixtures and place in
    wiring, ducts and conduits at all       o Eye injuries                                        the storage area.
    levels                                                                             5         Store materials in the area provided.
                                                                                       4         If required to work at height set up a stable work
                                                                                                  platform (mobile scaffold or trestle)
                                                                                       1         Do not work at the edge of the floor or building where
                                                                                                  you are exposed to a fall from heights
                                                                                       1         Do not work off an extension ladder.
                                         Workers exposed to            B   4   E      5         Where practicable place materials into a lift box and       Competent person   C      4    E
 Remove reusable materials from          strained and pulled                   2                 lower to the ground using a crane.                                                         1
  all levels                              muscles    caused    by               1      4         Where practicable use existing lift or install a man and                                   8
                                          continuous carrying and                                 materials hoist to lower to the ground.
                                          lifting.                                     5         Walk the materials down stairwells to a limit of 3
                                                                                                  levels per person.
   Remove generated rubbish and           Workers exposed to falls    B   4   E      4         Provide purposed built chutes to direct rubbish and         Competent Person   D      3    M
    rubble from all levels                  when dumping rubbish                2                 rumble to ground floor from levels above.                                                  9
                                            from heights.                       1                 o Chutes attached to the building or scaffold
584 Milton Road TOOWONG QLD 4066                           SWMS Developed by:       Jamie Gilbert                                                               VERSION 7 – September 2015
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