Pool Excavation SWMS
Excavation of in-ground swimming pool void using excavator and bobcat, including site setout, dial-before-you-dig service location, soil retention, spoil management and trucking, dewatering if required, formation of pool floor base.
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Excavation of in-ground pool voids using excavators and bobcats, including DBYD service location, soil retention, spoil trucking, dewatering and pool floor formation. This work triggers High Risk Construction Work duties under WHS Regulation 2025 Schedule 1, requiring a SWMS before work commences.
Hazards identified
3 hazards covered, sorted by priority.
Worker engulfment, crush fatality
Run-over or crush injury fatality
Electrocution, explosion, flooding
Control measures
Hierarchy-of-controls order: elimination → substitution → isolation → engineering → administrative → PPE.
- 1Obtain DBYD plans; pothole and hand-expose services before mechanical excavation within 500mm.
- 2Batter, bench or shore excavations >1.5m per AS 5100 and geotech advice.
- 3Establish exclusion zones with spotter; ticketed plant operators only; reversing alarms operational.
Applicable Codes of Practice
Mandatory controls for trench collapse and service strikes
Mobile plant operation and exclusion zones
High-Risk Construction Work triggered
Pool voids routinely exceed 1.5m, creating collapse and engulfment risk requiring shoring or battering.
Excavators, bobcats and tipper trucks operate on site with workers on foot nearby.
SWMS mandatory before HRCW starts; on-site copy required; breaches attract Cat 1–3 penalties.
What you receive
- ✓Editable DOCX SWMS aligned to WHS Regulation 2025
- ✓State-specific legislation schedule (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT, ACT)
- ✓Hazard and risk register with residual risk scoring
- ✓Worker sign-on register and SWMS review log
Related legislation
- WHS Act 2011 (Cth model)
- WHS Regulation 2025 — Part 6.3 Construction Work & Schedule 1
- Work Health and Safety (Excavation Work) Code of Practice