Earthing SWMS

SWMS Earthing

Safe work method statement SWMS for cutting conduit: 

• Provides critical WHS information and safety instructions for workers to undertake earthing in electrical without risk to health and safety

• Ensures workers can identify hazards and manage risks involved with electrical earthing

• Provides workers with information, instruction, and training for earthing electricity

Grounding SWMS

SWMS document for electricity earthing focuses on hazard identification, risk assessment and control procedures per best practice guidelines for how to write a SWMS. 

• Electrical grounding safety for how to install earthing per an electrical work risk assessment

Earthing SWMS Content 

SWMS are specific to a process with the SWMS content of the earthing SWMS addressing the health and safety issues relating to: 

• WHS Consultation 

• Risk assessment of workplace

• Health and safety planning

• Environmental hazards in the workplace

• Implementation of controls for electrical earthing

• Health and safety information for employees

• Pre operational checks on equipment, e.g. earthing tools

• Electrical testing equipment, e.g. portable appliance tester for electrical earthing testing

• Insulated tools for earthing of electrical installations

• Electrical safety isolation procedures for electrical equipment 

• Working near live electrical equipment requires electrical safety isolation procedures

• Contact with energised electrical equipment resulting in electrocution and electrical shock

• Electrical spotter to warn persons working in the vicinity of energised electrical equipment, e.g. electrical hazards

• Electrical earthing of an electrical installation per safety procedures for working on electrical equipment

• Incomplete electricity earthing requiring control measures for electrical hazards 

• Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace 

• Hazardous manual handling tasks 

• PPE requirements for earthing of electrical installations 

• Health and safety training for workers 

• Workplace housekeeping 

• Legislative and regulatory requirements 

• Monitoring compliance in the workplace 

• Includes risk matrix table      

WHS Reporting Requirements 

WHS Record keeping and reporting obligations for compliance with WHS legislative requirements for a SWMS require a person conducting a business or undertaking PCBU to maintain WHS records. 

A PCBU must retain health and safety records for an earthing SWMS, which would include: 

• Risk assessment form template to record unidentified hazards, potential risks and specific control measures

• Change control management form for the communication of controls to be implemented for identified hazards 

• SWMS Sign off sheet for high risk construction work activity to which the safe work method statement relates 

Ready to Use Earthing SWMS

Save time and money with the SWMS template for earthing electricity. 

SWMS Compliance with Legislative and Regulatory Requirements is simple 

• We embed the business details and logo you supply in the safe work method statement for ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation 

• We email you the ready to use safe work method statement SWMS 

All you have to do is 

• Complete the principal contractor details or PCBU details 

• Specify the workplace address to which the SWMS relates

• Nominate your contact person 

• Complete WHS/OHS forms used in the workplace, e.g. risk assessment form

Safety Toolbox Talks 

• An earthing SWMS makes for an excellent toolbox talk topic at an electrical hazards toolbox talk