Floor Stripping Removal and Surface Preparation SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers floor stripping, removal and surface preparation work, including isolation, removal, grinding, repair, levelling, curing and handover. It supports planning work steps and managing hazards from unknown materials, dust, chemicals, electrical equipment, moving plant and manual handling.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the scope, site information and potential material conditions
• Establish work-area isolation and manage access, pedestrian, dust and chemical hazards
• Inspect plant and electrical equipment before use
• Remove carpet, underlay, vinyl, linoleum, tiles and rigid flooring
• Strip residual adhesives and manage vapour, chemical and dust hazards
• Grind and profile substrates while managing rotating equipment, dust and noise
• Repair uneven floors and manage trip, substrate and plant-interaction risks
• Mix self-levelling compound and manage dust, skin, eye and mixer hazards
• Pour and smooth compound while managing wet-surface and access hazards
• Cure and inspect the surface, including corrective grinding where needed
• Clean up waste, demobilise and communicate residual hazards at handover

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out floor stripping, removal and surface preparation 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: Construction work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica from engineered stone in the workplace, where applicable, and guidance in Working safely when cutting, drilling and grinding concrete and masonry products.
• Model Code of Practice: How to safely remove asbestos.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks.
• AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective equipment.
• AS/NZS 1270 Hearing protectors.
• AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye protection.
• AS/NZS 2210.3 Safety footwear.
• AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
• AS/NZS 3580.9.6 Respirable dust sampling, where exposure monitoring is required.

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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