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Platform Ladder SWMS

Platform Ladder SWMS

  • -100% Compliant with Australian WHS Acts & Regulations
  • -Fully Editable MS Word & PDF Formats Included
  • -Pre-filled Content - Ready to Deploy Immediately
  • -Customisable - Easily Add Your Logo & Site Details
  • -Includes 2 Years of Free Compliance Updates

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Product Overview

This SWMS covers use of a platform ladder, from selecting the access method and checking conditions through to positioning, work from the platform, storage and sign-off. It supports planning and risk management for falls, falling objects, electrical hazards, uneven surfaces and manual handling.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Plan the task and select the access method
  • Review supporting surfaces, visibility and site conditions
  • Establish an exclusion area around the ladder
  • Check for electrical and overhead hazards
  • Inspect and transport the platform ladder
  • Position and secure the ladder at the work location
  • Prepare tools and materials for work at height
  • Climb, work from and descend the platform safely
  • Clear the area, inspect the ladder and store it securely

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out work using a platform ladder.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Plan task and access method
  • Fall from unsuitable access equipment
  • Overreaching from ladder
  • Manual task strain
  • Electrical contact
Review site conditions
  • Uneven supporting surface
  • Slips and trips
  • Poor visibility
  • Unauthorised access
Establish work exclusion zone
  • Collision with ladder
  • Falling tools
  • Pedestrian intrusion
  • Vehicle strike
Check electrical and overhead hazards
  • Electric shock
  • Arc flash
  • Overhead obstruction
  • Dropped objects
Inspect platform ladder
  • Ladder structural failure
  • Slip from damaged feet
  • Platform collapse
  • Pinch points
Transport ladder to work area
  • Manual handling injury
  • Collision with persons
  • Strike against overhead objects
  • Ladder damage
Position and secure ladder
  • Ladder movement
  • Fall from platform
  • Floor edge fall
  • Contact with doors
Prepare tools and materials
  • Falling objects
  • Overloading ladder
  • Hand injury
  • Loss of balance
Climb onto platform
  • Fall while climbing
  • Slip on steps
  • Loss of grip
  • Foot entrapment
Perform work from platform
  • Fall from height
  • Overreaching
  • Tool kickback
  • Falling objects
  • Electrical contact
Respond to changing conditions
  • Fall during emergency
  • Electrical incident
  • Weather exposure
  • Uncontrolled work area
Descend and clear work area
  • Fall while descending
  • Dropped tools
  • Trip hazards
  • Manual handling strain
Inspect store and sign off
  • Future use of damaged ladder
  • Unauthorised ladder use
  • Storage collapse
  • Unresolved hazards

Need to add specific site requirements?

Use the BlueSafe Portal to tailor this SWMS with site-specific details, job steps, hazards, controls and responsibilities before work starts.

Acceptance Guaranteed: If your client or principal requests changes during document review, BlueSafe will help revise the document at no extra cost and support resubmission until it is accepted.

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

Suitable for Industries

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$96.80

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