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Bulk Excavations Safe Work Method Statement

This Bulk Excavations Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) covers hazards and controls associated with bulk excavation earthworks.

  • Instant Document Delivery via Email.
  • Add your logo easily.
  • Add or delete information to any SWMS template.
  • Customisation instructions provided.
  • Complies with Australian & New Zealand legislation.
  • Microsoft Word Format (Fully editable).
  • Only pay once (no subscriptions required).

Bulk Excavations Safe Work Method Statement

This SWMS covers High-Risk Construction Work (HRCW) controls related to:

  • Mobile plant movement
  • Pressurised gas distribution mains or piping chemical, fuel, or refrigerant lines energised electrical installations or services
  • Involves a risk of a person falling from 2m or more, including work on telecommunications towers
  • Working at depths greater than 1.5 Metres, including tunnels or mines
  • Work in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere
  • Work carried out adjacent to a road, railway or shipping lane, traffic corridor

Additional controls are included for Elevated Levels, Slips, Trips & Falls, Hazardous Substances, Out-of-Hours/Night Work, Hazardous Manual Tasks, Outdoor Work, Remotely &/or Isolated Work, Silica Dust & Environmental Considerations.

This SWMS does not cover the use of specific items of mobile plant or machinery (separate, dedicated SWMS will be required for specific items of plant and machinery).

Comes with a complimentary copy of the Legislation & Codes of Practice Reference List valued at $19.95

Job Steps Covered in Excavations (Bulk) SWMS:

(includes potential hazards & control measures)

  1. Planning
  2. Training
  3. Arrival On-site
  4. Working Outdoors
  5. Delivery & Removal of Plant
  6. Operation
  7. Installing and Removing Shoring/Trench Shields
  8. Water Charged Ground
  9. Silica Dust
  10. Re-fuelling
  11. Environmental Management
  12. On Completion
  13. Emergency Response

 

We've recently reviewed and updated our silica dust controls in line with the new 2023 Code of Practice for Silica Dust hazards in the construction industry. Shop confidently, knowing you're getting the latest, most accurate information for your workplace safety needs.

This Bulk Excavations Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) covers hazards and controls associated with bulk excavation earthworks.

  • Instant Document Delivery via Email.
  • Add your logo easily.
  • Add or delete information to any SWMS template.
  • Customisation instructions provided.
  • Complies with Australian & New Zealand legislation.
  • Microsoft Word Format (Fully editable).
  • Only pay once (no subscriptions required).

Bulk Excavations Safe Work Method Statement

This SWMS covers High-Risk Construction Work (HRCW) controls related to:

  • Mobile plant movement
  • Pressurised gas distribution mains or piping chemical, fuel, or refrigerant lines energised electrical installations or services
  • Involves a risk of a person falling from 2m or more, including work on telecommunications towers
  • Working at depths greater than 1.5 Metres, including tunnels or mines
  • Work in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere
  • Work carried out adjacent to a road, railway or shipping lane, traffic corridor

Additional controls are included for Elevated Levels, Slips, Trips & Falls, Hazardous Substances, Out-of-Hours/Night Work, Hazardous Manual Tasks, Outdoor Work, Remotely &/or Isolated Work, Silica Dust & Environmental Considerations.

This SWMS does not cover the use of specific items of mobile plant or machinery (separate, dedicated SWMS will be required for specific items of plant and machinery).

Comes with a complimentary copy of the Legislation & Codes of Practice Reference List valued at $19.95

Job Steps Covered in Excavations (Bulk) SWMS:

(includes potential hazards & control measures)

  1. Planning
  2. Training
  3. Arrival On-site
  4. Working Outdoors
  5. Delivery & Removal of Plant
  6. Operation
  7. Installing and Removing Shoring/Trench Shields
  8. Water Charged Ground
  9. Silica Dust
  10. Re-fuelling
  11. Environmental Management
  12. On Completion
  13. Emergency Response

 

We've recently reviewed and updated our silica dust controls in line with the new 2023 Code of Practice for Silica Dust hazards in the construction industry. Shop confidently, knowing you're getting the latest, most accurate information for your workplace safety needs.

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