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Roll Former SWMS

Roll Former SWMS

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Product Overview

This SWMS covers roll former work from pre-start checks and coil loading through forming, stacking, clearing jams, maintenance and handover. It supports planning and risk management for moving machinery, sharp edges, stored energy, manual handling and unauthorised operation.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Complete the pre-start briefing and work-area checks
  • Inspect machine safeguards and controls
  • Prepare the coil-handling area
  • Load coils onto the decoiler
  • Thread sheet through the infeed
  • Set the profile and machine controls
  • Run a trial product
  • Produce, stack and bundle formed sections
  • Clear jams and misfeeds
  • Clean the area and conduct maintenance tasks
  • Shut down and hand over the machine

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out roll former work.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Pre-start briefing
  • Unfamiliar work area
  • Unauthorised operation
  • Poor communication
  • Fatigue
Inspect machine safeguards
  • Entanglement in rollers
  • Shear amputation
  • Unexpected start-up
  • Ejected material
Prepare coil handling area
  • Coil roll-away
  • Crush from suspended coil
  • Forklift collision
  • Sharp coil edges
Load coil onto decoiler
  • Crush from coil movement
  • Decoiler collapse
  • Stored rotational energy
  • Hand injuries
Thread sheet through infeed
  • Lacerations from sheet edges
  • Drawing-in rollers
  • Stored coil energy
  • Awkward posture
Set profile and controls
  • Unexpected machine movement
  • Crush points during adjustment
  • Incorrect product settings
  • Hydraulic release
Run trial product
  • Flying offcuts
  • Incorrect profile
  • Sheet whip
  • Noise exposure
Produce formed sections
  • Entanglement in rollers
  • Lacerations from formed edges
  • Cut-off shear injury
  • Noise exposure
  • Repetitive handling
Stack and bundle product
  • Manual handling strain
  • Cuts from sharp edges
  • Falling bundles
  • Forklift interaction
Clear jams and misfeeds
  • Unexpected restart
  • Stored sheet tension
  • Entanglement in rollers
  • Cuts and crush injuries
Clean work area
  • Sharp offcuts
  • Slips and trips
  • Dust or chemical exposure
  • Unauthorised start-up
Conduct maintenance tasks
  • Electrical shock
  • Hydraulic injection
  • Unexpected movement
  • Falls from access equipment
  • Hot surfaces
Shutdown and handover
  • Unauthorised restart
  • Residual coil tension
  • Incomplete defect reporting
  • Poor housekeeping

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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, maintain guarding, provide training, consult workers, manage hazardous manual tasks, noise, hazardous chemicals and electrical risks.
  • Model Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: First Aid in the Workplace.
  • AS 4024.1 series, Safety of machinery, including general principles for risk assessment, guarding and safety-related control systems.
  • AS/NZS 3760, In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment.
  • AS/NZS 1319, Safety signs for the occupational environment.
  • AS/NZS 2550 series and AS 1418 series, where cranes, hoists and lifting equipment are used.
  • AS 4991, Lifting devices, where lifting beams, coil hooks or purpose-designed lifting devices are used.
  • The model Codes are guidance for adoption by Commonwealth, state and territory jurisdictions and should be checked against the law applying at the workplace. The knowledge base identifies that guarding should prevent bypassing, be maintained, and prevent restart while guards are removed; it also supports isolation and lock-out of electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, gravity and stored-energy sources.

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

Manufacturing and Production

$96.80

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