Hammer Drill SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning and preparing hammer drilling work, drilling holes and penetrations, installing fixings, and completing clean-up. It supports work planning and risk management by addressing concealed services, dust, noise, vibration, tool condition and drilling debris.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the scope and relevant work documents
• Establish and control the drilling work area
• Locate and isolate services before drilling
• Inspect the drill and accessories
• Set up dust controls
• Position safely for drilling
• Drill pilot holes
• Complete rotary hammer drilling
• Manage breakthroughs and penetrations
• Install and verify fixings
• Clean the work area
• Inspect, report and sign off

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out hammer drilling 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: apply the relevant duty-holder requirements for consultation, risk management, safe plant, electrical risks, airborne contaminants, hazardous manual tasks, noise and PPE.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace — guidance for selecting, maintaining, inspecting and safely using powered plant; administrative controls and PPE must not be relied upon as the sole control where higher-order controls are reasonably practicable.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace — guidance for managing silica dust generated when drilling concrete and masonry.
• Working Safely When Cutting, Drilling and Grinding Concrete and Masonry Products Code of Practice — guidance for service checks, RCD protection, dust extraction or water suppression, M/H-class vacuum cleaning, exclusion zones, vibration, manual tasks and drilling equipment.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work — guidance for noise assessment and hearing-protection programs; rotary tools can expose workers to both noise and hand-arm vibration.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks — guidance for forceful, repetitive, sustained and vibration-related tasks.
• AS/NZS 3012:2019 Electrical installations — Construction and demolition sites.
• AS/NZS 3760:2022 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
• AS/NZS 1715:2009 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1716:2012 Respiratory protective devices.
• AS/NZS 1270:2002 Acoustics — Hearing protectors; AS/NZS 1269.3:2005 Occupational noise management — Hearing protector program.
• AS/NZS 1337.1:2010 Personal eye-protection; AS 2210.3:2019 Personal protective equipment — Safety footwear.
• AS ISO 5349.1-2013 Mechanical vibration — Measurement and evaluation of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration.

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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