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Concrete Cutting and Drilling SWMS

This SWMS covers planning, setting up and carrying out concrete cutting, drilling, sawing, chasing and grinding work.

Activities covered include

  • Review the scope and consult before work
  • Cut and chase concrete
  • Clean up, demobilise and complete handover

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Concrete Cutting and Drilling SWMS
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Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning, setting up and carrying out concrete cutting, drilling, sawing, chasing and grinding work. It supports work planning and risk management for services, structural elements, dust, slurry, moving tools, fragments, noise and cleanup.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Review the scope and consult before work
  • Inspect and prepare the work area
  • Locate services and structural elements
  • Set up dust and slurry controls
  • Inspect and position tools and equipment
  • Carry out slab penetrations
  • Cut and chase concrete
  • Operate floor and paver saws
  • Core drill concrete
  • Grind concrete surfaces
  • Manage fumes and ventilation
  • Clean up, demobilise and complete handover

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out concrete cutting, drilling, sawing, chasing or grinding activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Review scope and consult
  • Incorrect work method
  • Unplanned structural alteration
  • Worker misunderstanding
  • Unauthorised work change
Inspect work area
  • Unauthorised entry
  • Slip and trip hazards
  • Poor access
  • Falling objects
  • Nearby workers exposure
Locate services and structure
  • Underground services strike
  • Embedded electrical cable
  • Gas release
  • Water release
  • Post-tensioned tendon strike
  • Structural collapse
Set up dust controls
  • Respirable crystalline silica
  • Airborne concrete dust
  • Slurry discharge
  • Contaminated work area
  • Poor ventilation
Inspect tools and plant
  • Blade shatter
  • Damaged guards
  • Electric shock
  • Tool kick-back
  • Equipment failure
  • Fuel leak
Position equipment safely
  • Plant movement
  • Manual handling strain
  • Cable damage
  • Slippery slurry
  • Unstable core drill
  • Crush injury
Perform slab penetrations
  • Falling cut-out
  • Structural failure
  • Tendon strike
  • Service strike
  • Falling debris
  • Silica exposure
Cut and chase concrete
  • Saw kick-back
  • Blade contact
  • Flying fragments
  • Silica dust
  • Noise
  • Hand-arm vibration
  • Awkward posture
Operate floor and paver saws
  • Moving blade contact
  • Runaway saw
  • Slurry slips
  • Fuel fire
  • Noise
  • Flying debris
Core drill concrete
  • Drill entanglement
  • Core drop
  • Drill stand release
  • Water and electricity
  • Silica slurry
  • Manual handling strain
Grind concrete surfaces
  • Respirable crystalline silica
  • Grinding wheel failure
  • Flying particles
  • Noise
  • Vibration
  • Surface trip hazards
Manage fumes and ventilation
  • Carbon monoxide exposure
  • Oxygen depletion
  • Diesel or petrol fumes
  • Heat stress
  • Poor visibility
Clean up and dispose
  • Silica dust re-suspension
  • Slips from slurry
  • Sharps and debris
  • Manual handling strain
  • Environmental contamination
Demobilise and sign off
  • Uncontrolled restart
  • Damaged equipment reuse
  • Unprotected opening
  • Incomplete handover
  • Residual site hazards

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Legislation & References

The template includes references relevant to the documented work, including:

  • Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations, including duties to eliminate or minimise risks, consult workers, provide safe plant, training, supervision and safe systems of work.
  • Model Code of Practice: Working safely when cutting, drilling and grinding concrete and masonry products (guidance only; confirm adoption and status in the relevant jurisdiction).
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption and status in the relevant jurisdiction).
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace; Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work; Hazardous manual tasks; Managing the risk of falls at workplaces; How to manage and control asbestos in the workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption and status in the relevant jurisdiction).
  • AS/NZS 3012:2019 Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites.
  • AS/NZS 1715 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective devices.
  • AS/NZS 1269.3 Occupational noise management—Hearing protector program.
  • AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye-protection; AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets; AS/NZS 2210.3 Personal protective equipment—Safety footwear; AS/NZS 4602.1 High visibility safety garments.
Standard SWMS Features (Click to Expand)
  • Task-specific job steps, hazards and control measures
  • Initial and residual risk ratings
  • Assigned responsible persons for each job step
  • Plant, equipment and PPE requirements where applicable
  • Permits, qualifications and high-risk construction work details where applicable
  • Worker consultation, sign-off and review sections

Suitable for Industries

Building and ConstructionCivil Construction and EarthworksDemolitionHandyman and Property MaintenanceConcrete and Formwork

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