Concrete Mixer SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning, setting up, operating and cleaning concrete mixers, including receiving and discharging concrete. It supports work planning and risk management for vehicle movement, dust, wet concrete, moving parts, electrical hazards and cleanup.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan the work and brief the crew
• Set up and control the work area
• Receive and manage transit mixer movements
• Set up, inspect and operate portable mixers
• Load dry materials and mix concrete batches
• Discharge concrete from portable and transit mixers
• Place and finish concrete
• Wash out mixers and equipment
• Isolate faults, blockages and unexpected start-up risks
• Clean up and demobilise the work area

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses undertaking concrete mixing, concrete placement and associated cleanup activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

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

• Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks (guidance only; adopt only where approved or otherwise applicable in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace (guidance only; includes plant, guarding, electrical-line and hierarchy-of-control guidance).
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work (guidance only; use where concrete mixing forms part of construction work).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace (guidance only; concrete, cement products, sand and cleanup can involve crystalline silica hazards).
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks (guidance only).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work (guidance only).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities (guidance only).
• AS/NZS 1715 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective devices; AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets; AS/NZS 2210.3 Safety footwear; AS/NZS 4602.1 High-visibility safety garments; AS/NZS 1270 Hearing protectors; AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye-protection; AS/NZS 2161.10 Occupational protective gloves.

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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