Road Profiling Milling and Plant Operations SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning, traffic management, plant operations, asphalt milling, pavement removal, material loading, surface compaction and close-out. It supports planning and risk management by addressing live traffic, plant, dust, noise, debris, fuel and vehicle movement hazards.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Review the scope and plan the work
• Establish traffic management and exclusion zones
• Inspect, position and mobilise plant and trucks
• Conduct asphalt milling
• Break and remove pavement
• Load and transport millings
• Compact the milled surface
• Sweep and manage debris
• Refuel and service plant
• Clean down and demobilise
• Close out the work and review controls

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out road profiling, milling and 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.
• Model Code of Practice: Construction work, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the risks of plant in the workplace, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Traffic management for construction or maintenance work, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of respirable crystalline silica in the workplace, as adopted or recognised in the applicable jurisdiction. Road construction, mechanical plant operations and cleanup can generate respirable crystalline silica exposure.
• Safe Work Australia Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants guidance; respirable crystalline silica workplace exposure standard referenced as 0.05 mg/m3 8-hour TWA.
• AS 1742.3 Manual of uniform traffic control devices, Part 3: Traffic control for works on roads.
• AS/NZS 1715 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment.
• AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective devices.
• AS/NZS 1270 Acoustics—Hearing protectors.
• AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye-protection—Eye and face protectors for occupational applications.
• AS/NZS 4602.1 High visibility safety garments.
• AS 2210.3 Personal protective equipment—Safety footwear.
• AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets.
• ISO 3471 Earth-moving machinery—Roll-over protective structures and ISO 3449 Earth-moving machinery—Falling-object protective structures, where applicable to the plant.

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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