Formwork Code of Practice 2016 - WorkSafe.qld.gov.au

1 Formwork code of Practice 2016 Formwork code of Practice 2016 (PN11965) Page 2 of 54 This Queensland code of Practice was been approved by the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Minister for Racing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and commenced on 31 March 2016. This code was varied by the Minister for Education and Industrial Relations on 1 July 2018. PN11965 The State of Queensland 2020 Copyright protects this document.

2 The State of Queensland has no objection to this material being reproduced, but asserts its right to be recognised as author of the original material and the right to have the material unaltered. The material presented in this publication is distributed by the Queensland Government as an information source only. The State of Queensland makes no statements, representations, or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this publication, and the reader should not rely on it.

3 The Queensland Government disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including, without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages and costs you might incur as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way, and for any reason. Formwork code of Practice 2016 (PN11965) Page 3 of 54 Contents 1 Introduction 6 What is Formwork ? .. 6 Who has health and safety duties in relation to Formwork activities? .. 6 What is involved in managing risks associated with Formwork activities?

4 7 Information, training, instruction and supervision .. 8 2 Design 10 Safe design of buildings in relation to Formwork .. 11 Build-ability .. 11 Materials traditional Formwork .. 12 Formwork systems .. 13 Safe Formwork design and certification .. 13 Modular proprietary system design .. 15 Documentation .. 15 Design variations .. 17 On site coordination and verification .. 17 3 Coordination and administration 18 Work program .. 18 The work environment.

5 18 Entry and exit .. 19 Material storage .. 19 Rubbish storage and removal .. 20 Lighting .. 20 Safe work method statements .. 20 4 Work systems 21 Formwork erection traditional systems .. 21 Foundations .. 21 False deck .. 22 Erecting frames .. 22 Installing bearers .. 23 Fall protection from the Formwork deck .. 23 Laying formply on the deck .. 25 Cantilevers .. 26 Penetrations .. 27 Working areas for steel fixers and others .. 28 Formwork erection modular Formwork systems.

6 29 Stripping Formwork .. 29 Safe work method statement .. 29 Certification prior to stripping .. 30 Exclusion zone .. 30 Drop stripping .. 30 Crane and load handling systems .. 31 Loading materials during Formwork construction .. 31 Access for persons slinging loads .. 31 Lifting gear .. 32 Lifting Formwork materials .. 32 Formwork code of Practice 2016 (PN11965) Page 4 of 54 Lifting lugs .. 33 Use of stair tread systems and ladders .. 33 5 Falling objects 34 Preventing objects from falling.

7 34 Perimeter containment screening .. 35 Building step-ins .. 37 Gaps .. 37 Prior to lifting .. 38 6 Special requirements for wall and column forms 38 Bracing for wind loading .. 38 Access platforms .. 38 Lifting methods .. 39 7 Requirements for slip forms, jump forms, self-climbing and crane lifted vertical Formwork .. 40 Access and egress .. 40 Working platforms and penetrations .. 41 Trapdoors .. 41 Trailing screens and platforms .. 42 Climbing the form.

8 42 Ventilation and amenities .. 43 Engineering issues .. 43 Emergency issues .. 44 Appendix 1: Dictionary 45 Appendix 2: Sample engineer s certification letters 47 Appendix 3: Construction checklist 49 Appendix 4: Sample structural (pre-pour) certificate 51 Appendix 5: Defects commonly found in Formwork systems 52 Appendix 6: Perimeter screen handover checklist 53 Formwork code of Practice 2016 (PN11965) Page 5 of 54 Foreword This Formwork code of Practice 2016 is an approved code of Practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (the WHS Act).

9 An approved code of Practice is a practical guide to achieving the standards of health, safety and welfare required under the WHS Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (the WHS Regulation). From 1 July 2018, duty holders will be required to comply with either an approved code of Practice under the WHS Act or follow another method, such as a technical or industry standard, if it provides an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety to the standard required in the code . A code of Practice applies to anyone who has a duty of care in the circumstances described in the code .

10 In most cases, following an approved code of Practice would achieve compliance with the health and safety duties in the WHS Act, in relation to the subject matter of the code . Like regulations, codes of Practice deal with particular issues and do not cover all hazards or risks which may arise. The health and safety duties require duty holders to consider all risks associated with work, not only those for which regulations and codes of Practice exist. Codes of Practice are admissible in court proceedings under the WHS Act and WHS Regulation.