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Civil & Road Construction Safe Work Method Statement

SWMS for traffic management, road paving, asphalt laying, compaction rollers, bitumen spraying, and night work high-visibility protocols.

Compliance Overview

Trade Classification: Civil & Earthmoving
SWMS Requirement: Mandatory Prior to Work
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Overview & Statutory Scope

Road construction involves high-speed public traffic adjacent to workers, hot asphalt (>160°C), heavy vibratory rollers, bitumen spray tankers, and night shifts with blind-spot risks.

Hierarchy of Hazard Control Measures (2026 Standards)

  1. Traffic Management: Approved Traffic Guidance Scheme (TGS), truck-mounted attenuators (TMA), concrete crash barriers.
  2. Hot Asphalt: Thermal burns prevention, automated asphalt paver sensors.
  3. Plant Separation: 3m exclusion zones around moving road rollers and profilers.

Risk Assessment Matrix: Primary Hazards & Mandatory Controls

Identified Hazard Mandatory Control Measure
Worker struck by live public motor vehicles
Deploy certified Traffic Management Plan with illuminated arrow boards
Struck by reversing plant (asphalt pavers / road rollers)
Install reversing radar, cameras, and broadband squawker alarms on all civil plant
Severe contact burns from 160°C molten bitumen
Maintain physical separation barriers between workers and road traffic
Noise induced hearing loss from rock breakers and profilers
Enforce Class 3 high-visibility garments with retroreflective bands

Mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Register

Class 3 High-Visibility long sleeve shirts & pants
Thermal heat-resistant gloves for asphalt
Class 5 hearing protection
Steel cap safety boots with heat-resistant soles

Legislation, Codes of Practice & Australian / OSHA Standards

  • AS 1742.3: Manual of uniform traffic control devices - Traffic control for works on roads
  • WHS Code of Practice: Construction Work
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Civil Road Works & Traffic Management Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)

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