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General-SWP-Template

The Safe Work Procedure (SWP) outlines the process for safely conducting a specific task, including risk assessments, required materials, and personal protective equipment. It details steps to minimize hazards, emergency procedures, and reporting requirements for incidents. The document is subject to annual review and is authored by Mohd Khairi bin Bahrun, Site Safety Supervisor.
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General-SWP-Template

The Safe Work Procedure (SWP) outlines the process for safely conducting a specific task, including risk assessments, required materials, and personal protective equipment. It details steps to minimize hazards, emergency procedures, and reporting requirements for incidents. The document is subject to annual review and is authored by Mohd Khairi bin Bahrun, Site Safety Supervisor.
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Safe Work Procedure (SWP)

1. General Information
Purpose To safely carry out [name of task]
Scope Who does the SWP applies to?
Risk Assessment Completed? Yes No
Location of Risk Assessment
Materials/Equipment Required for
Procedure
Procedure Written by:

2. Before Commencing Procedure


List specific health hazards and risks (e.g. working alone or in isolation) that you
have considered before the activity/job/task(s) has begun

3. Safe Work Procedure


Step by step process of how to conduct the task incorporating controls to minimize
risk of hazards. Images can be used.

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4. Post Procedure
List things to consider like disposal, hazardous waste, clean up etc.

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5. Personal Protective Equipment
List the PPE that will be used as part of this procedure and associated requirements
for care and maintenance (if applicable)

6. Incidents/Accidents
List the information for the person who will be contacted in the event of an
incident/accident

Contact Name
Contact Number
For UBCV Staff, Faculty and Student-Staff we will call
604-822-4444
First Aid (Contact)
For UBC V Students we will call 604-822-2222
For Offsite locations, we will call [insert phone number]
Are specialized First Aid Yes, explain:
Procedures required? No
Are exposure control plans Yes
required to be followed? No
Centralized The CAIRS system will be used to report and document
Accident/Incident incidents that occur as a result of carrying out this
Reporting System (CAIRS) procedure

7. Emergency Procedures
Based on the hazards and risks, identify the potential emergencies that could occur
and the steps to take to address it

Potential Emergency Situation Steps to address the Emergency


e.g. Serious life- Contact 999 for immediate assistance and then Site
threatening injury Security (012-3456789)
Eg. An item catches on fire Follow the steps in the Emergency Response Plan []

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8. Immediately Reportable to HSE Dept.
Identify if there is a reasonable risk for any of the following immediately reportable
incidents to occur while carrying out this procedure
Yes No
Fatality ☐ ☐
Serious Injury – life threatening or permanently impairing ☐ ☐
injury
Major release of a hazardous substance ☐ ☐
Fire or explosion that had a potential for causing serious ☐ ☐
injury to a worker
Major structural failure or collapse ☐ ☐
Diving related (decompression illness or over-pressurization) ☐ ☐
Blasting (resulting in serious injury or an unusual event) ☐ ☐

9. Type of Safe Work Procedure


Yes No
Is the SWP to be broadly used? (ie. applicable across an
entire unit/department/building and not localized to one ☐ ☐
particular unit or work group)

10. Review
No, review is not necessary
Yes, review
The risk of an immediately
There is a potential that this task could
reportable incident (listed above) is
result in an immediately reportable
minimal AND this SWP is identified is
incident AND/OR this SWP will be
not to be broadly used across a unit or
broadly used across a unit or
department.
department.
No further review is required though
Submit the SWP to the applicable Joint you may still request the SWP to be
Occupational Health and Safety reviewed by a knowledgeable person,
Committee for their review and local safety team, Joint Occupational
comments followed by the Health and Safety Committee, Safety
Administrative Head of Unit. and Risk Services and/or intra-
department safety advisors.
The [name of JOHSC] [Name of person], Click or tap here to
Joint Occupational Health [title] has enter text.
and Safety Committee Click or tap reviewed this safe
has reviewed this safe to enter a work procedure
work procedure and date. and provided their
provided their comments comments
(Optional)
Identify the Department
(s), Unit(s) or work
group(s) to whom this
safe work procedure
applies

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[Name of person], [title]
Click or tap
has reviewed this safe
work procedure and
here to enter
provided their comments text.

This Safe Work Procedure will be reviewed annually or whenever deemed necessary
by the responsible departmental representative.

11. Version Control


Version Author Date Summary of
Changes

Prepared By:
Name : Mohd Khairi bin Bahrun
Role : Site Safety Supervisor
Doc. Ref. No : SWP/24/001
Revision : 001
Date Publish : July 2024

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