Metalworking Rolling and Wire Machinery SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers metalworking rolling and wire machinery activities, including setup, loading, operation, tooling changes, cleaning and handover. It supports planning and managing risks from moving machinery, rotating parts, sharp materials, stored energy, fluids, dust and equipment access.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan work and authorise machine operators
• Prepare work areas and access routes
• Inspect machinery and safeguards
• Load coils and feed spools
• Thread wire, strip and tube
• Operate rolling and forming lines
• Operate drawing and wire lines
• Operate coiling, winding and weaving equipment
• Operate precision turning and dies
• Operate metal additive and sputtering equipment
• Clear jams and change tooling
• Clean up and hand over the work area

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out metalworking rolling and wire machinery 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 manage risks, provide safe plant, consult workers, provide information/training/supervision, and manage hazardous chemicals, noise and airborne contaminants.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace (November 2024), as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction. It identifies foreseeable plant hazards across installation, operation, inspection, maintenance and dismantling.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction; maintain effective controls, ventilation and planned inspection of chemical handling systems.
• Safe Work Australia, Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work, as adopted or applied in the relevant jurisdiction.
• AS 4024 series, Safety of machinery, including AS 4024.1201 safety-of-machinery risk assessment and risk reduction guidance; guarding must be robust, difficult to bypass and maintained.
• AS/NZS 4024.1604, Safety of machinery—Design of controls, interlocks and safeguarding systems.
• AS/NZS 3760, In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
• AS/NZS 2210.3, Personal protective equipment—Safety footwear.
• AS/NZS 1270, Acoustics—Hearing protectors.
• AS/NZS 1337.1, Personal eye-protection for occupational applications.
• AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716, Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment and respiratory protective devices.
• AS 4332, The storage and handling of gases in cylinders, where sputtering or other compressed process gases are used.

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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