Bollard / Speed Bump / Tactile Paving Install SWMS
Bollard, speed bump, and tactile paving installation covers core drilling for bollard fixing, traffic-calming installation, DDA-compliant tactile indicator surface install per AS/NZS 1428.4, and pedestrian zone setup.
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Bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation covers the installation of bollards, speed bumps and tactile paving — installing traffic-calming speed bumps, tactile ground surface indicators and bollards in roads, car parks and pedestrian areas. The defining hazards are any road and pedestrian traffic, the manual handling, the fixing and adhesives, and the kneeling work. This document is written on the basis that bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation is carried out with the traffic, manual-handling, fixing and posture controls in place.
Bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation is carried out as construction work in connection with the construction requirements, with the road and pedestrian traffic managed, the manual handling managed, the fixing and adhesives managed, and the kneeling work managed. Where the work is on or adjacent to a road or involves powered mobile plant movement, it is high risk construction work. The traffic, the manual handling, the fixing, and the postures are the considerations. This document coordinates the traffic, manual-handling, fixing and posture controls so the bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation is carried out safely.
Hazards identified
9 hazards covered, sorted by priority.
Being struck by road traffic and managing pedestrians
Musculoskeletal injury handling speed bumps and materials
Skin and respiratory exposure to the fixing and adhesives
Musculoskeletal injury from kneeling and awkward postures
Silicosis from respirable crystalline silica drilling the pavement
Being struck working in live traffic and pedestrian areas
Service strike when drilling and fixing into the pavement
Injury from the power tools for fixing
Injury to and from pedestrians and the public
Control measures
Hierarchy-of-controls order: elimination → substitution → isolation → engineering → administrative → PPE.
- 1Engineering: manage the road traffic with a traffic management plan and traffic guidance scheme, accredited traffic controllers, signage, barriers and speed reduction, separating the workers and plant from the live traffic, because working on or near a live road is a serious hazard.
- 2Engineering: use mechanical aids — excavators, cranes, pipe layers and lifting equipment — and team lifting for the heavy pipes, barriers, panels, rolls and materials, and manage the manual-handling and awkward-posture hazard with the hierarchy of controls for hazardous manual tasks.
- 3Administrative: manage the paints, line-marking materials, sealers, solvents and fuels to their safety data sheets, with ventilation, skin protection and ignition-source control where flammable.
- 4Administrative: manage the kneeling and awkward postures with technique and kneeling aids.
- 5Engineering: control the respirable crystalline silica from drilling the pavement at the source with on-tool extraction or water, never dry-cutting uncontrolled, with respiratory protection.
- 6Engineering: manage working in live traffic and pedestrian areas with the traffic management, exclusion and high-visibility clothing.
- 7Administrative: obtain the essential services information before excavating — through Before You Dig Australia for underground assets and the Look Up and Live information for overhead assets — and locate, identify and avoid or isolate the services, because striking a gas, electrical or water service can cause explosion, electrocution or flooding.
- 8Administrative: use the power tools for fixing safely, and manage the pedestrians and the public.
- 9Administrative: where the work is on or adjacent to a road or involves powered mobile plant movement, prepare a SWMS for the high risk construction work before it commences.
- 10Administrative: all workers must hold a valid White Card (General Construction Induction Training, CPCCWHS1001), with the plant tickets, traffic control accreditation, confined space, and other competencies required for the work.
- 11Administrative: conduct a pre-start toolbox talk covering the day's work, identified hazards, the traffic and plant movements, required PPE and emergency procedures, and record attendance in the consultation section.
- 12Administrative: consult workers and any health and safety representatives on the work and its risks, record the consultation, and keep this document available at the workplace.
- 13PPE: high-visibility clothing to AS/NZS 4602.1, eye protection, hearing protection where required, gloves appropriate to the task, and Class I or Class II safety footwear with protective toecap to AS/NZS 2210.3.
- 14Administrative: review and update this SWMS whenever the work scope changes, after any incident or near miss, when a worker or health and safety representative raises a concern, when new hazards are identified, or at minimum every 12 months.
- 15Administrative: confirm the work is completed safely, the excavation, plant and area are left in a safe condition, and the site is secured.
Applicable Codes of Practice
The general construction work duties for the civil road work, including the SWMS and principal contractor duties.
The separation of workers and plant from live road traffic, traffic guidance schemes and traffic control.
The control of the manual handling and awkward postures of the work, including pipes, barriers and materials.
The control of respirable crystalline silica from cutting, profiling and milling asphalt, concrete and rock.
The risk management process and hierarchy of controls applied to the hazards of the work.
High-Risk Construction Work triggered
The work is carried out on or adjacent to a road in use by traffic other than pedestrians, which is high risk construction work requiring a SWMS and a traffic management plan before the work commences.
The work is carried out in an area in which there is movement of powered mobile plant, which is high risk construction work requiring a SWMS before the work commences.
This is civil construction work that, in the circumstances described, is high risk construction work — involving on, in or adjacent to a road, railway, shipping lane or other traffic corridor in use by traffic other than pedestrians; in an area at a workplace in which there is movement of powered mobile plant — so a SWMS must be prepared before the work commences, kept readily accessible, reviewed as necessary, and given to the principal contractor if one is appointed. The work is carried out in connection with the relevant construction, excavation, traffic, plant and other requirements, with the controls for the specific hazards applied. A failure in this work can cause a fatal trench collapse, traffic, plant, fall, gas or other serious injury, and breaches of the relevant legislation and the primary duty of care under the model WHS Act are actively enforced, with offence categories running from failure-to-comply through to reckless conduct, and the most serious breaches carrying imprisonment for individuals. Body-corporate maxima are substantial and indexed; the current maximum follows the prevailing schedule of the responsible regulator.
Who this is for
- →Crews installing speed bumps, tactile paving and bollards.
- →Civil, road furniture and traffic-calming contractors.
- →Civil and road services businesses.
- →Councils and PCBUs requiring traffic-calming and tactile paving.
- →PCBU safety managers and supervisors coordinating the traffic, manual-handling and fixing controls.
What you receive
- ✓Editable Microsoft Word document (.docx) fully compatible with Microsoft Word 2016 and newer, Google Docs, and LibreOffice Writer.
- ✓Title page with editable fields for PCBU name, ABN, site or project address, work description, principal contractor details, and document revision date.
- ✓Hazard register with the bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation hazards — each with a documented consequence, inherent risk rating on a 5x5 likelihood-consequence matrix, hierarchy-of-control measures, and residual risk rating.
- ✓Speed bump and tactile paving prompts referencing the construction and traffic Codes of Practice, a traffic section, a manual-handling and fixing section, and a posture and services record.
- ✓Licensing and competency prompts for the plant, traffic control, confined space and other work, and a plant pre-operational and inspection checklist where relevant.
- ✓Worker consultation record per the model WHS Act consultation duty and a worker sign-on register (blank, expandable).
- ✓Applicable legislation and Codes of Practice schedule pre-populated for the model WHS jurisdiction with a state-variance reference table covering the harmonised states, plus Victoria.
- ✓Emergency procedure template and a revision log.
Worked example
A crew is engaged to install speed bumps and tactile paving in a road and pedestrian area. The road and pedestrian traffic are managed with a traffic management plan and traffic control, and pedestrians managed. The speed bumps and materials are handled with mechanical aids and team lifting. The fixing and adhesives are managed to their safety data sheets. The kneeling and awkward postures are managed with technique and kneeling aids. The respirable crystalline silica from drilling the pavement is controlled at the source with on-tool extraction or water. Working in live traffic and pedestrian areas is managed with the traffic management, exclusion and high-visibility clothing. The underground services are located before drilling and fixing. The power tools are used safely, and the pedestrians and public managed. Where the work is on or adjacent to a road or involves powered mobile plant movement, a SWMS is prepared for the high risk construction work. The speed bumps and tactile paving are installed, and the records retained.
Related legislation
- Model Work Health and Safety Act — primary duty of care; the duty to consult workers; the reckless-conduct offence; and notifiable-incident provisions, as enacted in each jurisdiction.
- Model Work Health and Safety Regulations — the construction work, excavation, plant, traffic, confined spaces and falls provisions, and the Section 291 high risk construction work and SWMS duties, as enacted in each jurisdiction.
- The construction work, excavation work, confined spaces and falls Codes of Practice, the traffic management guidance, and the relevant standards such as AS 5100 for bridges and AS 4678 for retaining structures, are called up by the relevant safety legislation for the civil road work.
- Essential services information is obtained through Before You Dig Australia for underground assets and the Look Up and Live information for overhead assets before excavating; plant operation, traffic control and confined space work require the relevant licences, accreditations and competencies.
- Victoria operates under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017, with the construction, excavation, plant and high risk construction work provisions applying in place of the model instruments.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main hazard in this work?
The hazards are the road and pedestrian traffic, the manual handling, the fixing and adhesives, the kneeling work, and the silica from fixing into the pavement. These are managed with the traffic, manual-handling, fixing and posture controls.
Is this work high risk construction work?
Where the work is on or adjacent to a road or involves powered mobile plant movement, it is high risk construction work requiring a SWMS before the work commences. The work triggers the traffic-corridor and powered-mobile-plant high risk construction work categories where those conditions apply.
What is tactile paving?
Tactile paving is the installation of tactile ground surface indicators that provide a detectable warning and directional surface for pedestrians, including people with vision impairment, installed in roads, car parks and pedestrian areas. It is installed with the traffic, manual-handling, fixing and posture controls.
How is the kneeling work managed?
Installing tactile paving and speed bumps involves prolonged kneeling and awkward postures, which cause musculoskeletal injury, so they are managed with technique and kneeling aids. Managing the kneeling and awkward postures controls the musculoskeletal hazard of the work.
Who installs speed bumps and tactile paving?
Bollard, speed bump and tactile paving installation is carried out by competent crews in connection with the construction requirements, with the traffic, manual-handling, fixing and posture controls, and a SWMS for the high risk construction work where it applies. The work is carried out with the traffic, manual handling and fixing managed.