Plant and Machinery Maintenance Repair and Overhaul SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers plant and machinery maintenance, repair and overhaul from planning and isolation through to component work, repairs, reassembly, testing and handover. It supports planning work steps and managing hazards involving stored energy, moving plant, elevated access, suspended components, fluids, electrical work and residual defects.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan maintenance work, assess the scope and identify conflicting activities
• Establish and control the work area, access and housekeeping conditions
• Position and secure plant before work begins
• Isolate plant and prove zero energy before maintenance activities
• Access elevated service points and manage falls and falling tools
• Lift guards and components while controlling suspended-load and manual handling hazards
• Remove damaged components and manage sharp edges, tension and collapse risks
• Complete mechanical repairs and manage moving parts, tools, noise and hand injuries
• Repair fluid and extraction systems while controlling pressure, hot fluids, fuel and chemical exposure
• Perform electrical repairs and testing while managing energisation and wiring hazards
• Undertake temporary repairs while managing fire, fumes, flying particles and failure risks
• Reassemble plant, restore safeguards, test, recommission, clean up and hand over

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out plant and machinery maintenance, repair and overhaul 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: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption and legal status in the relevant jurisdiction). The Code identifies maintenance, inspection, isolation, guarding and competent-person controls for plant.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks (guidance only; confirm adoption and legal status in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities (guidance only; confirm adoption and legal status in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption and legal status in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Confined spaces, and Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of falls at workplaces, where applicable.
• AS 4024.1 series Safety of machinery; AS/NZS 3760 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment; AS/NZS 2865 Confined spaces; AS 2550 series Cranes; AS 1418 series Cranes, hoists and winches; AS/NZS 1891 series Industrial fall-arrest systems; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective equipment; AS 1940 Storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids.
• Plant must be maintained, inspected and tested by a competent person in accordance with manufacturer instructions or competent-person recommendations; controls, guards and warning devices require regular inspection and testing.
• Plant isolation must address every energy source, dissipate stored energy, lock each isolation point and prove the isolation by a safe attempt to start; tags do not provide isolation on their own.

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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