Product Overview

This Road Profiling Milling and Plant Operations SWMS is a site-ready Safe Work Method Statement designed to identify hazards and implement controls for all stages of road profiling, milling and associated plant activities, supporting strong WHS compliance. It is a comprehensive document that consolidates multiple tasks and machines involved in road profiling, milling and pavement removal operations into one easy-to-use safety management tool.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes specific risk controls for:

• Safe operation and manoeuvring of asphalt milling machines during pavement removal and profiling
• Breaking road surfaces using mechanical breakers, jackhammers and impact tools while controlling noise, vibration and flying debris
• Breaking up existing roadways and pavements, including traffic separation and exclusion zone management
• Removing existing road surfaces and stockpiling or loading milled materials for transport and recycling
• Set-up, operation and relocation of road profiler machines, including pre-start checks and guarding requirements
• Use of road rollers for compaction, including working on gradients, near edges and around other mobile plant
• Operation of road sweepers and street sweepers to remove loose material, dust and debris from work areas
• Router usage on road surfaces for cutting joints, edges and chases with appropriate dust and noise controls
• Management of interaction between multiple mobile plant items, spotters and ground workers in live work zones
• Traffic management around profiling and milling works, including temporary signage, barriers and spotters
• Control of dust, silica, fumes and airborne contaminants generated during milling, breaking and sweeping activities
• Manual handling of tools, hoses, cutting equipment and road plates to minimise sprains and strains
• Emergency response planning for plant incidents, underground service strikes and worker injury on roadwork sites

Who is this for?

This SWMS is designed for road construction and maintenance contractors, asphalt and civil works crews, plant operators, traffic management providers and site supervisors involved in road profiling, milling and pavement removal operations.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

This document was researched and developed to align with:

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Work Health and Safety Regulations 2017
• Code of Practice: Construction Work – guidance on managing risks associated with road construction and civil works
• Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace – requirements for safe use, inspection and maintenance of milling machines, rollers, sweepers and related plant
• Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work – controls for high-noise activities such as milling, breaking and sweeping
• Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces – controls for working near edges, excavations and level changes around roadworks
• Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks – guidance for reducing musculoskeletal risks when handling tools, hoses and materials
• Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Dust and Silica at Work – controls for dust and respirable crystalline silica generated during milling and cutting of pavements
• AS 1742 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – requirements for temporary traffic management around roadworks and mobile plant