Tunnelling & Underground SWMS
Tunnelling is one of the highest-risk activities in Australian construction. The model WHS Regulation classifies tunnelling, shaft sinking, and underground work as High Risk Construction Work under multiple Reg 291 categories: confined space (Cat. 6), use of explosives (Cat. 7), ground instability risk (Cat. 14), and pressurised environments in compressed-air tunnelling. State infrastructure regulators (Transport for NSW, Major Road Projects Victoria, TMR Queensland, MRWA) all apply additional contract specifications on top of the base WHS Regulation. This category covers TBM (earth-pressure balance and slurry) drives, conventional drill-and-blast, New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) and sprayed concrete lining (SCL), ground support installation (rock bolts, shotcrete, spiling), microtunnelling and pipe jacking, and shaft sinking. Each SWMS references the relevant state WHS Regulation, codes of practice, and AS/NZS standards (explosives, ventilation, ground support).
7 SWMS in this category
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🚇Drill-and-Blast Tunnelling SWMS
Drill, charge, blast, muck-out cycle in hard rock tunnelling. RCS at the 0.05 mg/m³ WES (transitioning to lower WEL Dec 2026), DPM, blast vi…
🚇Microtunnelling & Pipe-Jacking SWMS
Microtunnel boring with remote-control MTBM in shafts. Confined-space jacking pit, bentonite slurry handling, ground settlement on shallow d…
🚇NATM / Sprayed Concrete Lining Tunnelling SWMS
New Austrian Tunnelling Method and SCL — sequential excavation with primary support and shotcrete lining. Soft-ground face stability, settle…
🚇Shaft Sinking SWMS
Vertical shaft excavation by drill-blast, raise bore, or shaft sinking jumbo. Stagework, ground support, hoisting safety, confined-space cla…
🚇Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Operations SWMS
TBM operations — cutterhead intervention, segment ring building, conveyor and gantry safety, hyperbaric face intervention. Specialist scope …
🚇Tunnel Ground Support (Bolting/Mesh/Shotcrete) SWMS
Ground support installation — rock bolting, mesh, fibre-reinforced shotcrete, lattice girders. Working under unsupported ground, shotcrete r…
🚇Tunnelling SWMS
CIH-reviewed Tunnelling & Underground SWMS for major infrastructure contractors — TBM, drill-and-blast, NATM/SCL, microtunnelling, shaft sin…
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