Quarry Excavation and Screen Plant Operations SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers quarry excavation, screening, dust management, material processing, blockages, tailings work, pumps, pipelines and demobilisation. It supports planning the work and managing risks from ground conditions, mobile plant, conveyors, dust, chemicals, slurry and stored energy.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan work, simultaneous operations, access and emergency response
• Establish traffic controls for plant, vehicles, pedestrians and dust-obscured visibility
• Inspect excavation areas for unstable faces, rock fall, collapse and hidden services
• Complete plant pre-start checks
• Position screen plants and manage set-up hazards
• Excavate, load and manage material movement
• Screen and separate sand using screen plant equipment
• Manage silica dust and airborne dust migration
• Operate froth flotation and process iron sulfides
• Clear plant blockages and manage stored energy
• Undertake tailings dam work and maintain pumps and pipelines
• Clean up, manage residual hazards and demobilise

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out quarry excavation and screen plant operations.

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.
• Applicable mine safety, mining, quarry, dangerous goods, electrical safety and environmental protection legislation in the relevant jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
• Model Code of Practice: Confined spaces, where applicable.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of falls at workplaces.
• AS 4024 series Safety of machinery; AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules; AS 2985 Workplace atmospheres—respirable dust sampling; AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 respiratory protective equipment; AS/NZS 1270 hearing protectors; AS/NZS 1801 occupational protective helmets; AS/NZS 2210.3 safety footwear; AS/NZS 4602.1 high-visibility garments.
• Use tailings storage facility guidance, the site’s approved TSF operating manual, engineering design documentation and emergency action plan; jurisdictional requirements and approved codes must be confirmed for the operating location.

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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