Hoist Operation SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers hoist setup, checks, loading, operation, maintenance and demobilisation. It supports planning and managing risks involving moving hoist equipment, elevated landings, loads, electrical faults, falling objects and emergencies.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the scope and assign hoist operators
• Establish and control the hoist work zone
• Verify installation and commissioning arrangements
• Complete daily pre-operational checks
• Coordinate material deliveries and load transfers
• Load materials into the hoist
• Move personnel and materials between landings
• Unload materials at elevated landings
• Manage faults, entrapment and emergency situations
• Carry out maintenance, cleaning, end-of-shift securing and demobilisation

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out hoist operation 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 eliminate or minimise risks so far as is reasonably practicable, manage plant risks, provide information, training, instruction and supervision, and ensure high-risk work is undertaken by appropriately licensed persons.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption and currency in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks (guidance only; apply the hierarchy of controls).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces (guidance only; confirm adoption and currency in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work (guidance only; confirm adoption and currency in the relevant jurisdiction).
• AS 1418.7, Cranes, hoists and winches—Builders’ hoists.
• AS 2550.7, Cranes—Safe use—Builders’ hoists.
• AS/NZS 3000, Electrical installations (Wiring Rules).
• AS/NZS 3012, Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites.
• AS/NZS 1891 series, Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices.
• AS/NZS 4576, Guidelines for scaffolding.
• Applicable manufacturer’s operating manual, inspection schedule, commissioning documentation and load-rating information.
• Guidance confirms that personnel and materials hoists require commissioning and functional/load testing, legible rated-capacity signs, guarded and interlocked entrances, and competent operation and maintenance; materials-only hoists require clear “No Riders Allowed” signage.

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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