Lockout Tagout SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers lockout tagout activities from planning an isolation through to maintenance work, restoration and review. It supports work planning and risk management for plant movement, electrical contact, stored energy, incorrect isolation and unauthorised restart.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan isolation work and prepare the work area
• Shut down plant and identify all relevant isolation points
• Isolate energy sources and control stored energy
• Apply locks and tags with clear isolation information
• Verify electrical isolation and test plant before work
• Perform maintenance work while locks and tags remain in place
• Manage emergency lockout situations and lock removal
• Restore plant, close out the work and review isolation records

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out plant isolation and maintenance 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 manage risks, provide safe plant and prevent inadvertent energisation.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace — guidance for shutdown, identifying all energy sources, controlling stored energy, lockout, tagging and safe try-out.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace — guidance for safe isolation, locking, tagging, testing for de-energisation and preventing inadvertent re-energisation.
• Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks — guidance for applying the hierarchy of controls and reviewing control measures.
• AS/NZS 4836, Safe working on or near low-voltage and extra-low voltage electrical installations and equipment, as applicable.
• AS/NZS 3012, Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites, where applicable.
• AS 4024 series, Safety of machinery, where applicable.
• Model Codes are guidance unless adopted or otherwise given legal effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

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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