Scaffolding SWMS examples
Erecting, altering, inspecting and dismantling scaffold and mobile towers. Pick the job below to see a complete SWMS with every step, hazard and control, download it as a Word template, or make your own in a couple of minutes.
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SWMSScaffold Erection9 steps · 9 hazards coveredSWMSScaffold Dismantling5 steps · 7 hazards coveredSWMSMobile Scaffold5 steps · 5 hazards coveredSWMSScaffold Inspection4 steps · 5 hazards coveredSWMSRoof Edge Protection Installation5 steps · 7 hazards coveredSWMSScaffold Alteration5 steps · 4 hazards covered
Common scaffolding hazards
Falling tools and materialsTools, materials or debris fall from above and hit someone working or walking below.
Falling from heightA worker falls more than 2 metres from an edge, platform or opening and is badly hurt or killed.
Scaffold collapse or fall from scaffoldA scaffold that is badly built, overloaded or altered collapses or tips, or a worker falls from an unguarded platform.
Lifting and carrying heavy loadsLifting, carrying, pushing or twisting with heavy or awkward loads strains the back, shoulders or knees.
Public entering the work areaMembers of the public, including children, walk into the site and are hit by plant or falling objects, or fall into holes.
Contact with overhead power linesA ladder, EWP, crane, tipper or long length of material touches or gets close to an overhead line and electrocutes people.
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