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Earthmoving Plant Maintenance And Service Risk Assessment

This risk assessment covers earthmoving plant maintenance and service activities, including planning, coordination, energy control, defect management, contractor management and emergency preparedness.

Activities covered include

  • Set WHS accountabilities for maintenance and service activities
  • Isolate hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and stored energy
  • Monitor inspections, reports, corrective actions and reviews

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Earthmoving Plant Maintenance And Service Risk Assessment
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Product Overview

This risk assessment covers earthmoving plant maintenance and service activities, including planning, coordination, energy control, defect management, contractor management and emergency preparedness. It supports planning and risk management by identifying hazards that may arise during workshop, field service and site operations.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

  • Set WHS accountabilities for maintenance and service activities
  • Consult and coordinate maintenance work across affected parties
  • Consider plant, attachments, parts and hire equipment before use
  • Confirm competency, authorisation and supervision for maintenance work
  • Plan maintenance, inspections, servicing and defect management
  • Isolate hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and stored energy
  • Coordinate contractors undertaking service and repair work
  • Manage interactions with mobile plant, vehicles and pedestrians
  • Maintain current documentation and manage changes to plant or repairs
  • Prepare emergency arrangements for maintenance and service work
  • Monitor inspections, reports, corrective actions and reviews

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out earthmoving plant maintenance and service activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Activity Potential Hazards
Governance
  • Unclear WHS accountability for maintenance and service activities across workshop, field service and site operations
  • Production, availability and cost pressures overriding planned maintenance and safety-critical decisions
  • No defined process to identify, assess and review plant maintenance risks across the life cycle
  • Insufficient resourcing for supervision, inspection, competent repair and corrective actions
Consultation And Coordination
  • Workers, HSRs and contractors not consulted on maintenance risks, plant defects or changes to systems of work
  • Poor coordination between site management, workshop, field service crews and client representatives
  • Restarting plant after shutdown, inspection or repair without effective communication to affected persons
Procurement And Plant Selection
  • Plant, attachments, parts or hire equipment procured without verifying suitability, guarding, manuals, service information or safety features
  • Second-hand or modified plant introduced without assessment of condition, defects or missing protective systems
  • Suppliers and hire providers not required to provide inspection, maintenance and registration information where applicable
Competency And Authorisation
  • Workers performing inspection, servicing, repair, testing or fault-finding without adequate competency or authorisation
  • Training not matched to plant type, maintenance risk, literacy needs or site-specific conditions
  • Inadequate supervision of new starters, labour hire workers, apprentices or field service personnel
Maintenance Planning And Defect Management
  • Reactive maintenance culture leading to overdue servicing, repeated breakdowns and unmanaged critical defects
  • No current maintenance schedule, inspection criteria, service intervals or clear standards for withdrawal from service
  • Defect reports not actioned, trended or verified before plant returns to operation
Isolation And Energy Control
  • No robust isolation process for hydraulic, electrical, mechanical, pneumatic or stored energy sources during maintenance
  • Informal lockout practices, shared locks or uncontrolled testing creating risk of unexpected energisation or movement
  • Plant operated during maintenance without documented authorisation, communication and control
Contractor Management
  • Contractors engaged for service or repair without WHS prequalification, competency checks or clear scope controls
  • Different PCBUs using inconsistent procedures for isolation, permits, mobile plant interaction and incident reporting
  • Contractor performance not monitored, leading to uncontrolled variations, shortcuts or undocumented repairs
Mobile Plant And Journey Management
  • Maintenance work planned without effective control of interactions between service personnel, moving plant, trucks and pedestrians
  • Field service travel, fatigue, remote work and schedule pressure increasing exposure to road and site risks
  • No traffic management arrangements for breakdown response, roadside attendance or work in active operating areas
Documentation And Change Control
  • Outdated procedures, manuals, risk assessments or inspection forms leading to inconsistent maintenance practices
  • Plant modifications, temporary repairs or software or hydraulic changes made without approval and risk review
  • Poor records preventing verification of servicing, testing, defect closure or legal compliance
Emergency Preparedness
  • Emergency arrangements not suited to maintenance activities such as fire, crush injury, uncontrolled movement, hydraulic injection, electrical shock or remote breakdowns
  • Workers unclear on emergency contacts, rescue arrangements, first aid response or plant shutdown methods
  • No testing of emergency plans for workshop and field service scenarios
Monitoring, Reporting And Review
  • Weak inspection, audit and assurance processes failing to detect drift from maintenance procedures and WHS controls
  • Under-reporting of defects, near misses and unsafe conditions
  • Corrective actions not tracked to completion or not checked for effectiveness

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Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — Assessing plant risks — work practices and procedures; p. 20.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Construction work — 6.2 Workplace specific induction training; p. 41.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — 5. Step 4 — How to review controls; p. 27.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: First aid in the workplace — 3. First aid equipment, facilities and training; p. 12.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work — Provide sufficient breaks while at work; p. 30.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Work health and safety consultation, cooperation and coordination — 3. What is effective consultation?; p. 13.
  • Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing electrical risks in the workplace — 2.1 Identifying the hazards; p. 14.
Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)
  • Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
  • Initial and residual risk ratings
  • Assigned responsible persons for each activity
  • Risk matrix and assessment classification
  • Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
  • Site-specific customisation before use

Suitable for Industries

Civil Construction and EarthworksAutomotive and MechanicalMining and Resources

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