Crusher SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning, establishing, operating, cleaning and shutting down crusher and screening work. It supports risk management by addressing material, dust, plant, conveyor, blockage, fluid and transport hazards throughout the work.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan the work and assess material before processing
• Establish the work zone and control access around plant
• Mobilise, position and inspect crushing plant
• Deploy the crusher and screen, including conveyor set-up
• Start, feed and operate crushing and screening plant
• Manage interaction between mobile plant, vehicles and pedestrians
• Clear blockages and jams while managing stored energy and falling material
• Refuel, manage fluids, clean the area and prepare plant for demobilisation

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out crushing and screening 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 risks, provide safe plant and systems of work, consult workers, provide training and supervision, and control airborne contaminants.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace (guidance only unless adopted in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace (guidance only unless adopted in the relevant jurisdiction); crushing and mechanical screening of crystalline silica substances are identified processing activities.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Work Environment and Facilities (guidance only unless adopted in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks (guidance only unless adopted in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work (guidance only unless adopted in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Code of Practice: Moving Plant on Construction Sites, where adopted or otherwise applicable; manage interaction between mobile plant, pedestrians, dust and diesel emissions.
• AS 4024 series Safety of machinery; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1270 hearing protectors; AS/NZS 1337.1 eye and face protection; AS/NZS 1801 industrial safety helmets; AS/NZS 2210.3 safety footwear; AS/NZS 3012 electrical installations—construction and demolition sites; AS 1940 storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids; AS 2550 series cranes, hoists and winches—safe use where lifting plant is used.
• Applicable mine safety, quarry safety, environmental, dangerous-goods, traffic-management and principal-contractor requirements must also be confirmed before work starts.

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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