Sandblasting Machine Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)

$96.80

The Sandblasting Machine Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) features:

  1. Instant download
  2. Acceptance Guaranteed
  3. Easy to edit Microsoft Word format so you can add your logo and site specific details
  4. Complies with latest legislation

Specifically, the Sandblasting Machine Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) covers:

  1. Operational guidelines, with a step by step approach to safe work
  2. Possible hazards that may be encountered
  3. Step by step safety procedures to follow
  4. Before work starts – Guidelines and Checks
  5. And more. Please check details below
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Safe Work Method Statement Template for Sandblasting Machine

The Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) Template has been especially designed to provide a comprehensive, suitable and easily adaptable framework for your sandblasting project. It has been carefully prepared with all the crucial elements needed for creating a safety plan that complies with Australian WHS regulations.

  • Pre-filled and Comprehensive: This template comes partially filled in to guide you through the steps required for documenting your work methods. Its comprehensiveness ensures no crucial aspect is left behind, making it perfectly suited for your project’s requirements.
  • Fully Editable and Customisable: Presented in a Microsoft Word format, this SWMS can be effortlessly edited and customised to suit your specific job needs without any complicated formatting or conversion issues.
  • Project Scope and Details: It features fields for outlining the specifics of your project including its scope, helping maintain clear, concise communication about what the project involves and hopes to achieve.
  • Machinery Checklist: The template includes a helpful checklist to identify any high-risk machinery on site so these can be carefully managed to prevent harm and accidents.
  • Staff Training Record: There’s provision for recording staff training which aids in ensuring everyone involved is equipped with appropriate skills for safe operation within their roles.
  • Risk Ratings: Lets you record before and after risk ratings, highlighting the effectiveness of control measures implemented.
  • Legislative References: To ensure compliance with Australian legislation, even offering resources for cross-referencing legislative requirements as they change over time.
  • PPE Requirements: Provides a list of Personal Protective Equipment required for the job, promoting worker safety through correct PPE use.
  • Risk Assessment Matrix: An integral part of any WHS scheme is risk mitigation. This SWMS includes a robust risk assessment and detailed matrix to help you identify, evaluate and control potential hazards.
  • Requirements Checklist: To ensure nothing important is missed, there’s a checklist to validate that all SWMS requirements have been attended to in the process of implementation.
  • Sign off Page: For added accountability, a section has been allocated for workers and responsible persons to formally acknowledge and validate their understanding of the associated risks and controls by signing off.
  • Easy to Use & Customise: Navigating your way around this SWMS template is a breeze. Its easy-to-use format means even if you’re not familiar with Word, you can still customise it to best suit your needs.
  • Suitability: It is suitable for large contracts and Tenders including tier 1 contractual work.
  • Quick Delivery by Email: We respect your time and ensure speedy delivery of the template via email so you can get started with planning as soon as possible.

Please note that while this template serves as a strong foundation, it should be adapted based on the unique circumstances and needs of the task at hand. Despite its comprehensiveness, each different job site will bear its own set of risks that need to be addressed individually. Hence, making sure your final SWMS is tailored specifically towards them is crucial.


The Sandblasting Machine Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:

  • 1. Preparation
    • Dust inhalation
    • Trips and Falls' hazards
  • 2. Equipment Check
    • Machinery malfunction
    • Unplanned machine start
  • 3. Setting Up Work Area
    • Slippery surfaces
    • Inadequate lighting
  • 4. Loading Sand
    • Manual handling injuries
    • Dust inhalation
  • 5. Operating Machine
    • Noise exposure
    • Exposure to flying debris
  • 6. Manual Sandblasting
    • Skin exposure to abrasive materials
    • Eye injury
  • 7. Pausing Work
    • Unattended machinery
    • Unsecured work area
  • 8. Cleaning the Work Area
    • Hand injuries from cleaning
    • Fall injury during cleaning
  • 9. Unloading Sand
    • Manual handling injuries
    • Dust inhalation
  • 10. Removing Protective Gear
    • Contact with residual abrasive materials
    • Tripping over gear
  • 11. Machine Maintenance
    • Injury from machinery parts
    • Electrical shock
  • 12. Waste Disposal
    • Exposure to hazardous waste
    • Heavy lifting injury
  • 13. Document Review
    • Distraction leading to mistakes
    • Misinterpretation of information
  • 14. Debriefing Team
    • Miscommunication
    • Fatigue causing lack of focus
  • 15. Packing up Equipment
    • Tripping over equipment
    • Manual handling injuries
  • 16. Leaving Site
    • Slips
    • trips and falls
    • Vehicle-related incident

Each Safe Work Method Statement has specific content that is referenced to, but not limited to a number of authorities such as Codes of Practice, Regulations, Australian Standards or the Act.

The Sandblasting Machine Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) references:

Ordering only takes a few minutes. Upon ordering completion, a link will be sent to your email address to download your documents, then add your company logo to the top of the header and you’re finished.

Your document will be delivered in editable Microsoft Word format. This PDF sample is just for preview

Frequent Questions

Safe Work Method Statement Template FAQ’s

What format is a BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template delivered in?

Because every SWMS needs to be edited to suit on-site specifics, it makes sense to deliver our Safe Work Method Statements in Microsoft Word Format for easy editing.

How many pages long is each Safe Work Method Statement Template?

It depends entirely on the nature of the risks associated with the SWMS Template, however on average the documents are between 7-15 pages in length. Each Safe Work Method Statement is comprehensive in nature and is easy to use.

What are before and after risk ratings?

Before and after risk ratings are simply this: When you initially start to do a job, like say drill a hole in a wall, there will be a level of risk, which for this example let's just say is a level 2 (before). The idea is that then you would implement some type of control measure to reduce the risk, and in this case we would implement the control measure of wearing safety glasses to protect the eyes. This now would bring the risk of an injury down to a level 1 (after). Here you can see how the SWMS has a before and after risk rating for each step of a job, task or process.

Why do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates have before and after risk ratings?

Before and after risk ratings are a simple and effective way to clearly show how, and how much a certain level of risk has been brought down for a certain step in a job task or process. Another reason also is that many larger contractors now like to see before and after risk ratings, so it makes sense to include them in our Templates.

Are the SWMS Templates pre-filled?

Absolutely. Every Safe Work Method Statement Template is pre-filled, high quality and comprehensive in order to help save you as much time, and deliver as much quality information as possible when conducting your own on site safety.

Do the Safe Work Method Statement Templates come with a Risk Assessment?

Yes. Each Safe Work Method Statement comes with it's own built in Risk Assessment which is part of the working document. The SWMS is straightforward, easy to use and has a risk calculator to work out the risk level and likelihood of the risk occurring.

Does each SWMS Template have the required PPE already suggested?

Yes, each SWMS Template has a range of PPE recorded, as well as picture icons of different PPE items that you can add/remove as you need to for the requirements of the job task.

What Should be Included in a Safe Work Method Statement?

If you're going to be doing any high risk construction work, you'll most likely not only need a Safe Work Method Statement, but you'll also need to make sure your SWMS has a number of checks and balances in order for the document to be accepted in your construction site safety. Purchasing a safe work method statement template can help save you quite a lot of time rather than starting from scratch. Also, just remember that even though every BlueSafe Template is highly comprehensive and pre-filled, your SWMS Template should be adjusted to suit any noticeable risks that are specific to the task you are performing.

Your Safe Work Method Statement must:
  • List or show the different types of construction work that is high risk
  • Clearly explain the workplace health and safety hazards as well as the risks that arise from the works
  • Explain in detail how each risk will be managed, maintained and controlled
  • Explain how each control measure will be implemented in order to reduce each risk
  • Describe how each control measure will be monitored an how often the control measures will be reviewed
  • Consider any additional factors that may impact the level of risk involved with the safety of the construction site such as weather, wind etc.
  • Be made available and accessible to read by employees and applicable personnel at any time.
  • Every SWMS should be easy to understand and written in plain language
  • Every BlueSafe Australia Safe Work Method Statement Template is straightforward and easy to use. They also have what's called 'before and after risk ratings', which basically means there's a built in risk assessment that is used in the process of using the document. This allows you to asses the initial risks and give them a score, and then assess the risk and give an 'after score' once the listed control measures are implemented. All our documents are comprehensive, pre-filled and easy to use. You can even download a sample below and see an example.
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