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SWMS Work involving abseiling. Organisational Details Company Name: Approval Date: Company Address: Next Review Date: Director / Manager Name: Contact Number: Type of SWMS: Generic (multiple projects, jobs, or work requests) ☐ Site specific (complete section below) ☐ Site Specific Details Principle Contractor: n/a ☐ Contact Number: n/a ☐ Site Manager or Supervisor Name: n/a ☐ Other PCBU’s: n/a ☐ Site Address: n/a ☐ n/a ☐ SWMS Details What high risk work activities are covered by this SWMS? Work in an area with high pedestrian traffic. Working at heights. What is the scope of the works? Scope of work includes the physical work of installing, maintaining, repairing, altering, removing, or adding to construction painting services. Who else was consulted/involved in preparing this SWMS? Workers / employees Principle Contractor WHS Team ☐ Additional compliance measures: Pre-start Hazard Risk Assessment Toolbox Talk Workplace Safety Inspection ☐
Abseiling
Page 2 SWMS 010 – Abseiling SWMS | Revision: 01 | Issue date: 21/10/2022 Sign off Person responsible for ensuring compliance with SWMS: Responsible persons signature: B Hmayed Contact Number: Date: Training / Licencing Requirements Construction industry general induction (White Card) Senior First Aid Training ☐ Forklift Licence ☐ Traffic Control Ticket ☐ Asbestos Awareness ☐ Working with Asbestos of a Minor nature ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ Personal Protective Equipment Safety boots Eye protection Respiratory equipment Safety Helmet Hearing protection ☐ Barricading and signage Communication equipment Long sleeve long pants White night suits required on night shift ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ (Other): ☐ Chemicals PVC Cement ☐ Diesel Fuel ☐ Petrol Fuel ☐ Silicone Spray ☐ Multi-Purpose Grease ☐ Silicone ☐ MAPP Gas / LPG ☐ Oxygen / Acetylene ☐ Multi-Use Lubricant Spray (WD-40) ☐ Nitrogen ☐ Refrigerants ☐ (Other): ☐
Legislation
Jurisdictions Safety Legislation Regulator and Contact Number
Act: Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW)
Regulation: Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW)
Regulator: SafeWork NSW Number: 13 10 50
NSW
Standards
COP
•Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
•First Aid in the Workplace
•Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces
•Confined Spaces
•Construction Work
•Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work
AS/NZS 1067: Sunglasses and fashion spectacles, AS/NZS 1270: Acoustics - Hearing protectors, AS/NZS 1337.4-6 Series: Personal eye-protection, AS/NZS 1715: Selection use and maintenance of respiratory protection devices, AS/NZS 2161.1-10: Occupational protective gloves, AS/NZS 2210.1-9 Series: Occupational protective footwear, AS/NZS 1800: Occupational protective helmets - Selection, care and use, AS/NZS 4501.1: Occupational protective clothing – General recommendations on selection, care, use and maintenance of protective clothing
Hierarchy of Controls Definitions
Elimination
Substitution
Isolation
This control measure involves eliminating or removing the risk in its entirety
This form of control involves substituting a safer process or material for the hazardous process/material found.
This control involves separating the hazard or hazardous work practice from employee’s other work areas. This may involve sectioning off the area by erecting barriers or by moving either the hazardous work practice or the „other‟ employees and their work practices.
Engineering
Admin
PPE
This method of control involves designing and/or adding physical safety features to plant or equipment.
This type of control is most effective when used in conjunction with measures mentioned above or as an interim control whilst more effective control measures are developed and implemented.
PPE is not a particularly effective control method and should only be used:
• When all other control measures are impractical; or
• In conjunction with other more effective, control measures.
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3 Inspect and test if necessary the abseil anchor points on the rooftop
• Slips and trips
• Falling persons L2 C2 HR LR
• Ensure the rooftop is clear of obstructions/trip hazards
• Appropriate PPE especially footwear, harnesses and helmets etc. should be worn
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Persons wear suitable fall arrest or industrial rope access harness and maintain two points of attachment when within 2m of an exposed edge.
Technician
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Conduct and complete a risk assessment and set up the work area in accordance with the ICOP
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• Slips and trips
• Falling persons
L3 C2 HR LR
Ensure the rooftop is clear of obstructions/trip hazards
• Appropriate PPE especially footwear, harnesses and helmets etc. should be worn
• Persons wear suitable fall arrest or industrial rope access harness and maintain two points of attachment when within 2m of an exposed edge.
Supervisor & Workers
5 Rigging
• • Fall of persons
L3 C3 HR LR
• Ensure the rooftop is clear of obstructions/trip hazards
• Appropriate PPE especially footwear, harnesses and helmets etc. should be worn
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Persons wear suitable fall arrest or industrial rope access harness and maintain two points of attachment when within 2m of an exposed edge.
Supervisor & Workers
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6 Full buddy checks will be conducted on the set up and equipment
• Fall of persons
L2 C3 HR LR
• Ensure the rooftop is clear of obstructions/trip hazards
• Appropriate PPE especially footwear, harnesses and helmets etc should be worn
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Persons wear suitable fall arrest or industrial rope access harness and maintain two points of attachment when within 2m of an exposed edge.
Supervisor & Workers
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All equipment will be attached using lanyards
• Fall of objects
L2 C3 HR LR
• All tools and equipment required by the technicians will whilst abseiling will be attached to the technician using a suitably rated lanyard.
• Exclusion zone directly below assailers’ to be maintained at all times during while technicians are working at height.
• Communication between spotter and abseiling personnel maintained at all times.
Supervisor & Workers
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Abseil to the required area of works
• Falling persons
• Falling objects
• Electrocution
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L2 C3 HR LR
• Industrial rope access harness to be worn and two points of attachment to be maintained at all times.
• Rope /edge protection in place at all times
• All tools/ equipment to be attached to technician via suitably rated lanyard
• Minimum clearances between persons an low voltage power lines to be maintained at all times.
• Communication between spotter and abseiling personnel maintained at all times.
& Workers
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Upon completion, ropes shall be hauled carefully to the roof and packs up or repositioned to suit.
• Falling persons
• Falling objects
• Electrocution
• Pedestrian’s harmed
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L2 C3 HR LR
• Industrial rope access harness to be worn and two points of attachment to be maintained at all times.
• Rope /edge protection in place at all times
• All tools/ equipment to be attached to technician via suitably rated lanyard
• Minimum clearances between persons and low voltage power lines to be maintained at all times.
• Communication between spotter and abseiling personnel maintained at all times.
• Spotter must remain vigilant until all ropes and equipment is hauled up in it’s entirety.
• Exclusion zone must be left in situ until all ropes and equipment is hauled up.
Supervisor & Workers
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Supervisor
Rope Access Rescue Plan
Ensure chain of command, have emergency phone numbers, rescue kit and first aid kit readily available, workers must remain in visual and verbal communications, most experienced to carry out rescue if appropriate.
Operators required: 1; Equipment required: standard rope access kit as carried by all operators at all times
Approaching casualty from above
• 1. Send for first aid and/or ambulance as situation requires
• 2. Use casualty's safety line for a main line and the casualties’ main line as a safety.
• 3. Descend to casualty.
• 4. Once ascended within reach of casualty connect to casualty at two independent structural parts of the casualty's harness and remain connected to at least two points with the casualty at all times until the rescue has been completed successfully.
• 5. Get as close to the casualty as possible and connect to a short link.
• 6. Lower the casualty off their descending device on to your own descending device until their full load has been transferred.
• 7. Ensure friction has been increased before commencing descent with casualty.
• 8. Descend with casualty & attend to casualty until first aid arrives.
Approaching casualty from below
• 1. Send for first aid and/or ambulance as situation requires
• 2. Approach casualty from below
• 3. Use casualty's safety line for a main line and the casualties main line as a safety,
• 4. Ascend to casualty.
• 5. Once ascended within reach of casualty connect to casualty at two independent structural parts of the casualty's harness and remain connected to at least two points with the casualty at all times until the rescue has been completed successfully.
• 6. Continue ascent until above casualty.
• 7. Change from ascenders to descenders.
• 8. Get as close to the casualty as possible and connect to a short link.
• 9. Lower the casualty off their descending device on to your own descending device until their full load has been transferred.
• 10. Ensure friction has been increased before commencing descent with casualty.
• 11. Descend with casualty & attend to casualty until first aid arrives.
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