Concrete Resurfacing and Overlay SWMS

For concrete finishers, floor coating contractors and builders who prepare and resurface concrete floors and slabs. It follows the work from site set-up and silica assessment through shot blasting, priming, mixing, spreading and curing.

Grinding or shot blasting the concrete to prepare the floor is the normal start of an overlay job and can release respirable crystalline silica dust, so the contaminated or flammable atmosphere item (WHS Regulation s 291(l), item 11) is ticked; untick it if the floor needs no mechanical preparation. A SWMS is required by law for high risk construction work (s 299). Tick any other item that applies, such as a fall of more than 2 metres.

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What Is Covered In Our Concrete Resurfacing and Overlay SWMS?

The job steps run in the order the work is done, from pre-start checks to finishing up. The hazards and controls include:

• Respirable crystalline silica dust from blasting and grinding
• Noise and vibration from preparation machines
• Caustic cement burns to skin and eyes
• Solvent and primer vapours
• Slips on wet, primed and new surfaces
• Electric shock from leads on wet floors
• Entanglement and kickback of walk-behind machines
• Manual handling of heavy bags and drums
• Kneeling and bending strains
• Slurry and wash water entering drains

High Risk Construction Work

These high risk construction work items (WHS Regulation 2011 (Qld) s 291) are already ticked because they are part of this work. Tick any others that apply to your job:

• Is carried out in an area that may have a contaminated or flammable atmosphere

Licences, Training and Competency

• General construction induction training card (white card)
• Site induction
• Crystalline silica training for workers who may be involved in or exposed to high risk processing of concrete (WHS Regulation s 529CD), with records kept
• Competency in the shot blaster, grinder or scarifier and its dust extraction, shown by training or supervised experience
• Respirator fit testing for every worker who wears a tight-fitting respirator
• Training in the overlay product system, including mixing ratios and cure conditions
• First aider on site

Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)
• WHS Regulation Chapter 8A: Crystalline silica (ss 529B-529CD)
• Managing respirable crystalline silica dust exposure in construction and manufacturing of construction elements Code of Practice 2022
• Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work Code of Practice 2021
• Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2021
• Managing Risks of Plant in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021
• First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice 2021

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word document (12 pages), laid out on A4 landscape pages
• Business, client, job and document details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• The high risk construction work checklist, worded as WHS Regulation s 291, and the construction project question (s 292)
• A worker and health and safety representative consultation record
• Qualifications, plant, PPE, hazardous chemicals, safety equipment, permits, references and emergency arrangements filled in for this work
• A 5 x 5 risk matrix, and job steps with initial and residual risk scores and the people responsible
• Implementing, monitoring and review requirements, an additional controls log, revision history and a worker sign-on sheet

Review and adjust it for your site, your plant and the way your crew does the job, and talk it through with your workers before work starts. If you have any trouble downloading this SWMS, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading this SWMS.