Product Overview

This Concrete Machinery (Mixers Agitators and Pumps) SWMS is a site-ready Safe Work Method Statement designed to identify hazards and implement controls for concrete mixing, pumping and agitation tasks, supporting strong WHS compliance on Australian worksites. It is a comprehensive document that brings together multiple concrete machinery operations into one easy-to-use SWMS, covering all key stages of concrete mixing and pumping activities.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes specific risk controls for:

• Safe positioning and operation of agitator trucks during filling, loading and unloading at batch plants and construction sites
• Controlled cement mixing processes, including manual handling of bags, additives and admixtures to minimise dust and strain injuries
• Operation of fixed and portable concrete mixers, including guarding, isolation, start-up and shut-down procedures
• Grout pumping operations, including hose management, pressure control, exclusion zones and emergency depressurisation
• Use of mobile concrete batching machines, including setup, calibration, stability, traffic management and refuelling
• Operation of mortar mixers for bricklaying and rendering works, including loading, cleaning and maintenance controls
• Prevention of over-tilting and overturning of cement mixers, including load limits, ground conditions and mechanical restraints
• Use of planetary mixers and rapid concrete mixers, including high-speed mixing hazards, guarding and noise control
• Operation of self-loading concrete mixers, including loading bucket use, travel on slopes and interaction with pedestrians and plant
• Use of table vibrators and other vibration equipment for concrete compaction, including noise, vibration and hand–arm exposure
• Management of concrete splashes, wet cement burns and contact with skin and eyes, including PPE and hygiene controls
• Traffic management and spotter use around concrete trucks, pumps and mobile batching units on active construction sites
• Lock-out/tag-out, cleaning, blockages and maintenance of mixers, agitators, pumps and associated equipment

Who is this for?

This SWMS is designed for concrete contractors, civil and commercial builders, formworkers, pump operators, batch plant operators, and site supervisors responsible for concrete mixing, pumping and agitator operations.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

This document was researched and developed to align with:

• Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Plant in the Workplace – guidance on safe use, guarding and maintenance of concrete mixers, agitators, pumps and batching equipment
• Code of Practice: Managing Noise and Preventing Hearing Loss at Work – controls for high-noise concrete mixing, pumping and vibration activities
• Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks – guidance for managing manual handling risks when lifting cement bags, hoses and equipment
• Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace – handling of cement, admixtures and chemical additives used in concrete production
• Code of Practice: Construction Work – overarching WHS requirements for concrete operations on construction sites
• AS 1379 – Specification and supply of concrete – requirements related to production, transport and delivery of concrete
• AS 2550.15 – Cranes, hoists and winches – Concrete placing equipment – guidance for the safe operation of concrete placing booms and related plant
• AS/NZS 4024 series – Safety of machinery – principles for machinery guarding and emergency stop systems on mixers and pumps
• Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Work Health and Safety Regulations 2017