Product Description: Safe Work Method Statement Template for Cement Mixing
The Safe Work Method Statement Template for cement mixing is a comprehensive and practical system designed with the Australian tradesperson in mind. This accessible document includes several essential features:
– Pre-filled and Comprehensive: The template comes packed with details so it’s ready to use straight off the bat but also leaves room for all the unique aspects of your project.
– Fully editable and customisable in Microsoft Word format: You have full control over its contents – edit, add or remove parts depending on what suits your needs best.
– Includes the scope of the project and the project details: There are sections specifically created to outline the entire scope of your project, along with detailed project segments.
– Checklist of any high-risk machinery on site: A complete list of potentially dangerous equipment being used for quick reference and safety assurance.
– Space for Worker Training Records: Keep track of who has received necessary training with space dedicated for this purpose.
– Before and after risk ratings: Clearly evaluate the risks before and after implementing safety measures to ensure efficiency.
– Resources for legislative references: A handy collection of resource links to make understanding compliance easier.
– All required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) included: Keeps you abreast of the necessary safety kit required on site.
– Risk assessment and risk assessment matrix: Tools to help you systematically analyse and rate potential safety hazards.
– Requirement Checklist: Helps ensure that all the key elements of the SWMS have been implemented properly.
– Sign-off page for all workers and responsible persons: For accountability and documentation purposes, it is essential to keep a record of all personnel involved in the project.
– Easy to use, easy to customise: Even if you’re new to this, it’s a cinch to adapt according to your needs!
– Suitable for large contracts and Tenders, including tier 1 contractual work: The practicality of this template extends to larger corporate jobs as well.
– Quick delivery by email: As soon as your purchase is confirmed, we’ll dart the template right into your inbox!
Time-saving, straightforward and reliable, our Safe Work Method Statement Template is here to make safety compliance a less daunting task. After all, your focus should be on getting the job done and not worrying about ticking safety checkboxes.
The Cement Mixing Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- Exposure to cement dust
- 2. Equipment setup
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Electric shock from power tools
- 3. Water and cement mix
- Dermatitis from wet cement
- Incorrect manual handling
- 4. Adding aggregates
- Inhalation of dust
- Strain injury
- 5. Operating mixer
- Caught in moving parts
- Noise exposure
- 6. Pouring mixed cement
- Manual handling injury
- Splash hazard to eyes
- 7. Smoothing poured cement
- Repetitive strain injury
- Dermatitis from wet cement
- 8. Cleaning up
- Chemical spills
- Tripping over equipment
- 9. Maintenance and repair
- Burns from machinery
- Electric shock
- 10. Recharging electric tools
- Electric shock
- Battery explosion
- 11. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Manual handling injuries
- 12. Transporting mixture
- Vehicle collision
- Falling objects
- 13. Mixer operation
- Caught in moving parts
- Noise exposure
- 14. Material handling
- Manual handling injury
- Falling objects
- 15. Protective gear disposal
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Eye injuries
Each Safe Work Method Statement has specific content that is referenced to, but not limited to a number of authorities such as Codes of Practice, Regulations, Australian Standards or the Act.
The Cement Mixing Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:
Ordering only takes a few minutes. Upon ordering completion, a link will be sent to your email address to download your documents, then add your company logo to the top of the header and you’re finished.
Frequent Questions
Safe Work Method Statement Template FAQ’s
What format is a BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template delivered in?
Because every SWMS needs to be edited to suit on-site specifics, it makes sense to deliver our Safe Work Method Statements in Microsoft Word Format for easy editing.
How many pages long is each Safe Work Method Statement Template?
It depends entirely on the nature of the risks associated with the SWMS Template, however on average the documents are between 7-15 pages in length. Each Safe Work Method Statement is comprehensive in nature and is easy to use.
What are before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are simply this: When you initially start to do a job, like say drill a hole in a wall, there will be a level of risk, which for this example let's just say is a level 2 (before). The idea is that then you would implement some type of control measure to reduce the risk, and in this case we would implement the control measure of wearing safety glasses to protect the eyes. This now would bring the risk of an injury down to a level 1 (after). Here you can see how the SWMS has a before and after risk rating for each step of a job, task or process.
Why do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates have before and after risk ratings?
Before and after risk ratings are a simple and effective way to clearly show how, and how much a certain level of risk has been brought down for a certain step in a job task or process. Another reason also is that many larger contractors now like to see before and after risk ratings, so it makes sense to include them in our Templates.
Are the SWMS Templates pre-filled?
Absolutely. Every Safe Work Method Statement Template is pre-filled, high quality and comprehensive in order to help save you as much time, and deliver as much quality information as possible when conducting your own on site safety.
Do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates come with a Risk Assessment?
Yes. Each Safe Work Method Statement comes with it's own built in Risk Assessment which is part of the working document. The SWMS is straightforward, easy to use and has a risk calculator to work out the risk level and likelihood of the risk occurring.
Does each SWMS Template have the required PPE already suggested?
Yes, each SWMS Template has a range of PPE recorded, as well as picture icons of different PPE items that you can add/remove as you need to for the requirements of the job task.
What Should be Included in a Safe Work Method Statement?
If you're going to be doing any high risk construction work, you'll most likely not only need a Safe Work Method Statement, but you'll also need to make sure your SWMS has a number of checks and balances in order for the document to be accepted in your construction site safety. Purchasing a safe work method statement template can help save you quite a lot of time rather than starting from scratch. Also, just remember that even though every BlueSafe Template is highly comprehensive and pre-filled, your SWMS Template should be adjusted to suit any noticeable risks that are specific to the task you are performing.
Your Safe Work Method Statement must:
- List or show the different types of construction work that is high risk
- Clearly explain the workplace health and safety hazards as well as the risks that arise from the works
- Explain in detail how each risk will be managed, maintained and controlled
- Explain how each control measure will be implemented in order to reduce each risk
- Describe how each control measure will be monitored an how often the control measures will be reviewed
- Consider any additional factors that may impact the level of risk involved with the safety of the construction site such as weather, wind etc.
- Be made available and accessible to read by employees and applicable personnel at any time.
- Every SWMS should be easy to understand and written in plain language
- Every BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template is straightforward and easy to use. They also have what's called 'before and after risk ratings', which basically means there's a built in risk assessment that is used in the process of using the document. This allows you to asses the initial risks and give them a score, and then assess the risk and give an 'after score' once the listed control measures are implemented. All our documents are comprehensive, pre-filled and easy to use. You can even download a sample below and see an example.
