Scissor Lift SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers scissor lift work, including planning, inspection, positioning, platform use, roof transfer, emergency response and shut-down. It supports planning for access, falls, plant movement, overhead hazards, falling objects and exclusion zones.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan the work and consult on access, overhead and conflicting activities
• Assess access to the cool-room roof
• Inspect the scissor lift and its safety devices
• Set exclusion zones around the work area
• Position the scissor lift on suitable ground
• Load the platform and secure tools or materials
• Elevate the platform and undertake work at height
• Transfer between the platform and cool-room roof
• Carry out work on the cool-room roof
• Respond to emergencies, lower the lift and complete close-out

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out scissor lift work.

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 provide safe plant, safe systems of work, information, training, instruction, supervision, consultation, risk management and construction SWMS where applicable.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of falls at workplaces.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace, where battery electrolyte, fuels, hydraulic oil or cleaning chemicals are handled.
• Model Code of Practice: Elevating work platforms. Model Codes are guidance and do not automatically have legal effect in every jurisdiction; confirm locally applicable approved codes and regulatory requirements. The source notes that workers should normally enter or exit an EWP only when lowered, with elevated exit limited to emergencies or specifically designed and manufacturer-permitted arrangements supported by competent risk assessment and SWMS.
• AS/NZS 1418.10 Cranes, hoists and winches—Mobile elevating work platforms; AS 2550.10 Cranes, hoists and winches—Safe use—Mobile elevating work platforms; and AS 5247 Mobile elevating work platforms. Standards provide technical guidance but conformity alone does not establish WHS compliance.
• AS/NZS 1891.4 Personal equipment for work at height—Selection, use and maintenance, where a harness system is selected.
• AS/NZS 4994 series Temporary edge protection, where temporary roof-edge protection is installed.

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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