Crane Workbox and Personnel Hoisting SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning and carrying out crane workbox and personnel hoisting activities, including elevated transfers and emergency response. It supports risk management by addressing work area controls, ground conditions, crane and workbox checks, rigging, movement, falls and suspended-load hazards.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan personnel hoists and rescue arrangements
• Establish and control the work area
• Check ground conditions and nearby services
• Inspect the crane and workbox
• Rig and secure the workbox
• Board the workbox and complete test lifts
• Hoist personnel and manage workbox movement
• Carry out elevated work from the workbox
• Transfer personnel at elevated landings
• Hoist personnel over water
• Respond to emergencies, land, disembark and demobilise

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses involved in crane workbox and personnel hoisting 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, including duties to manage plant, falls, construction work, high risk work and workplace risks.
• Model WHS Regulations, including plant lifting requirements reflected in regulations 219 and 220; confirm local adoption and current numbering before use.
• Safe Work Australia, Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice.
• Safe Work Australia, Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice.
• Safe Work Australia, Construction Work Code of Practice.
• Safe Work Australia, Managing Risks in Stevedoring Code of Practice, sections on crane personnel cradles and workboxes.
• AS 1418.17 Cranes, hoists and winches—Design and construction of workboxes.
• AS 2550.1 Cranes, hoists and winches—Safe use—General requirements.
• AS 1418.5 Mobile cranes and AS 2550.5 Cranes—Safe use—Mobile cranes, where a mobile crane is used.
• AS/NZS 1891 series Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices; AS/NZS 5532 Manufacturing requirements for single-point anchor device used for harness-based work at heights.
• AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment, where portable electrical equipment is used.

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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