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Skid Steer Loader SWMS

This SWMS covers skid steer loader work from task and site review through to pre-starts, travel, loading, attachment use, refuelling and demobilisation.

Activities covered include

  • Review the task, site conditions and potential service hazards
  • Load, carry and place materials
  • Park, secure, clean up and demobilise the plant

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Skid Steer Loader SWMS
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Product Overview

This SWMS covers skid steer loader work from task and site review through to pre-starts, travel, loading, attachment use, refuelling and demobilisation. It supports planning and risk management for plant movement, collisions, ground conditions, moving attachments, falling materials, dust, noise and fluids.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

  • Review the task, site conditions and potential service hazards
  • Establish exclusion zones and manage plant-pedestrian interaction
  • Complete loader pre-start checks
  • Mount and start the loader
  • Position and travel the loader safely
  • Load, carry and place materials
  • Operate the bucket and attachments
  • Work near excavations and unstable ground
  • Manage dust, noise and visibility
  • Refuel and manage fluids
  • Park, secure, clean up and demobilise the plant

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out skid steer loader activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Job Step / Activity Potential Hazards
Review task and site
  • Unplanned plant interaction
  • Underground services strike
  • Overhead powerline contact
  • Unsuitable ground conditions
  • Unauthorised operation
  • Fatigue
Establish exclusion zones
  • Pedestrian struck by plant
  • Collision with mobile plant
  • Unauthorised entry
  • Reversing impact
  • Poor visibility
Complete plant pre-start
  • Plant mechanical failure
  • Hydraulic fluid injection
  • Brake failure
  • Fire from fluid leak
  • Operator ejection
  • Attachment detachment
Mount and start loader
  • Slip or fall entering cabin
  • Unexpected plant movement
  • Crush from lift arms
  • Unauthorised start-up
  • Cabin obstructions
Position and travel loader
  • Plant roll-over
  • Collision during travel
  • Load falling from bucket
  • Loss of control on slope
  • Overhead obstruction
  • Ground collapse
Load and carry materials
  • Overloaded bucket
  • Falling material
  • Plant instability
  • Crush at loading zone
  • Dust exposure
  • Collision with truck
Operate bucket and attachments
  • Attachment separation
  • Crush from moving arms
  • Rotating auger entanglement
  • Trencher contact
  • Flying debris
  • Hydraulic hose failure
Work near excavations
  • Excavation edge collapse
  • Plant roll-over
  • Worker fall into excavation
  • Undermined ground
  • Plant striking workers
Manage dust and noise
  • Respirable crystalline silica
  • Airborne dust
  • Hearing damage
  • Reduced visibility
  • Heat stress
  • Public exposure
Refuel and manage fluids
  • Diesel fire
  • Fuel spill
  • Slip from oil spill
  • Environmental contamination
  • Static ignition
  • Hydraulic fluid injection
Park and secure plant
  • Unauthorised use
  • Unexpected movement
  • Crush from attachment
  • Fire after shutdown
  • Plant theft
Clean up and demobilise
  • Plant and pedestrian interaction
  • Manual handling injury
  • Loose debris
  • Transport loading incident
  • Residual site hazards

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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.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Construction Work.
  • Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace.
  • Model Code of Practice: Excavation Work — guidance for powered mobile plant, traffic management, blind spots, operator protection and excavation-edge controls.
  • Safe Work Australia General Guide for Workplace Traffic Management.
  • AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Respiratory protective equipment.
  • AS/NZS 1270 Acoustics—Hearing protectors.
  • AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye-protection.
  • AS/NZS 1801 Occupational protective helmets.
  • AS/NZS 1906.4 and AS/NZS 4602.1 High-visibility safety garments.
  • AS/NZS 2210.3 Personal protective equipment—Safety footwear.
  • ISO 3471 Earth-moving machinery—Roll-over protective structures (ROPS).
  • ISO 3449 Earth-moving machinery—Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).
  • ISO 20474-3 Earth-moving machinery—Loader requirements. The model Codes and standards are guidance and must be checked against the legislation adopted in the relevant jurisdiction.
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

Building and ConstructionLandscaping ContractorsFarming and AgricultureCivil Construction and Earthworks

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