Rebar Impalement Protection Safe Work Procedure
Editable Word safe work procedure for Queensland sites: finding exposed reo and star pickets, capping and covering bar ends, protecting people at slab edges, shift checks and what to do if someone is impaled.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits concreters, steel fixers, builders, civil and landscape crews and anyone who leaves reinforcing steel or pickets exposed. It turns the construction fall rules and the Formwork code into steps a crew can follow, and is honest about what the law does not say about caps.
What Is Included In Our Rebar Impalement Protection Safe Work Procedure?
- Procedure with an approval sign-off
- Finding every exposed bar, starter bar and picket before work starts
- Controls in order: remove, cover, protect, barricade
- Edge protection and mesh over forms, from the Formwork code
- Working at height above steel and harness fall distance
- Shift, weather and pour inspections
- If someone is impaled: call 000, do not pull them off
- Notification and keeping the site as it is
- Records, training and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (other duty holders), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): ss 32 to 38 (risk management, with s 36 the hierarchy), s 39 (training), s 43 (emergency plans), ss 78 and 79 (falls)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld), construction work only: ss 306A, 306C(3), 306D and 306I(7)
- Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld): s 133 (employer’s report)
- Formwork Code of Practice 2016: section 7.2 (working platforms and penetrations)
- Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice 2021: section 10; Scaffolding Code of Practice 2021: section 3.5.1 (fall hazards when erecting or dismantling a scaffold, including vertical reinforcing steel and exposed starter bars)
- First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (6 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.
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How to use it
From download to site in three steps
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Make it yours
Open it in Microsoft Word or Excel. Add your logo, business details, site and job information, and adjust it to how the work is done.
Brief your crew
Talk it through with the workers doing the job, have them sign on, and keep it on site. Review it whenever the job or conditions change.
What format is it?
Microsoft Word. Edit it in Word, or free in Word for the web, and add your own logo and business details.
How do I get it after I pay?
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
What if it isn't right for my job?
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