TA-DM-01 · Demolition & Strip-out
Demolition and Strip-out - Master Task Analysis
All demolition works - soft strip, internal demolition, structural demolition, asbestos and services management, dust control, working at height and mechanical demolition where a task-specific TA is not in place.
What you get
One editable Word document covering demolition and strip-out - master task analysis for Demolition & Strip-out: the task broken into steps, the hazards at each step, the controls, and a 5 by 5 risk matrix with residual ratings. Site fields and a crew sign-on are built in.
A Task Analysis is also known as a JSA (Job Safety Analysis) or JSEA. It covers each step of the job, the hazards and the controls.
The steps and hazards it covers
| Step | Hazards |
|---|---|
| Plan, prepare and confirm competency | Workers without the required training, competence or authorisation performing the task - incidents arising from lack of skill, competency or authorityDefective or unsafe plant, powered equipment, leads or attachments failing in useWorking on other people's sites, occupied premises or around the public |
| Prepare the demolition plan and structural assessment | Unplanned or premature collapse from demolishing without an engineered plan or sequence - workers and public killed or crushedSurrounding structures, neighbours or members of the public affected by collapse, throw or debris |
| Survey for asbestos and hazardous materials and remove before demolition | Disturbing asbestos, lead paint or synthetic mineral fibre without knowing - respiratory disease and contamination |
| Isolate services and prove dead | Electrocution, gas explosion or flooding from live power, gas, water or comms in the structure |
| Soft strip and internal demolition | Struck by falling linings, ceilings and fixtures; cuts; dustSharps and biological hazards - needles, broken glass, vermin and bird or bat droppings in derelict buildings |
| Structural demolition top-down | Removing load-bearing structure brings down more than planned - uncontrolled collapseTemporary support (Acrow props) incorrectly rated, spaced or plumb - support fails and load drops |
| Control dust and silica | Respirable crystalline silica and hazardous dust from breaking, crushing and loading concrete and masonry - silicosis and respiratory disease |
| Work at height on and removing the structure | Falls through weakened floors, off edges, through openings or fragile roofsFacade or cladding removal at height by rope access or swing stage - suspension failure and falls |
| Mechanical demolition with plant | Workers struck or crushed by excavator, high-reach or grab; plant through floorsFalling debris striking workers and the public; debris dropped uncontrolledMobile crusher processing demolition material - entanglement, draw-in and ejected material |
| Hot works, fuel and hazardous substances | Fire from hot works and fuel; fumes from cutting coated or galvanised steel |
| Manual handling through the work | Handling demolished materials, fixtures and salvage - strain, cuts and crush under shifting debris |
| Demobilise, secure and hand over | Public or children entering a partially demolished structure; unstable structure left overnightTrips, protruding bars and fixings, contaminated loads and uncontrolled waste on completion |
Each hazard comes with its control measures, an initial and residual risk rating and the person responsible, ready to check against your job.
Preview the first 6 pagesSee the layout, the work screening table and the sign-on block
Preview pages are watermarked. The highlighted fields are the ones you complete for your site. This is the Demolition & Strip-out Master; the task documents in the pack follow the same structure.
How to use it
Read it against the actual job. Delete the hazards that are not there, add the ones that are, fill the site fields, then brief the crew and get every name on the sign-on. A document nobody has read is a piece of paper. One the crew helped finish supports worker consultation and records the agreed work method. Engagement under HSWA ss58 to 59 is an ongoing process of seeking and considering workers’ views, so the signed page is evidence of part of it rather than the whole duty.
About Demolition & Strip-out Task Analysis
This is the Master for Demolition & Strip-out, covering the general activities within its stated scope. The trade covers soft strip and structural demolition, asbestos and lead, services isolation, exclusion zones, loadout.
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Where it sits in the law
New Zealand does not require a document of this name. The duty is to manage risk so far as is reasonably practicable (HSWA s36) and to engage workers on it (ss58 to 59). Use a Task Analysis to plan the work, identify the hazards and communicate the controls to your crew. That is also how you evidence both duties.
WorkSafe names “a task analysis, safe work method statement (SWMS), job safety analysis or equivalent planning document” as the same thing done under different headings, and Site Safe titles one of its own SSSP forms “Task Analysis (TA) and Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)”. So if the paperwork you have been sent asks for a TA, a SWMS or a JSA, this is the document it means, written to the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Only the name changes; the hazards, controls and ratings are the same either way.
Where this sits in your SSSP
A Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) covers the whole job: who is on site, how hazards get reported, what happens in an emergency. A Task Analysis covers one task inside it. They are not the same document. Site Safe’s SSSP pack runs to ten forms, and the Task Analysis is Form 10, filed behind the plan itself.
So a main contractor who asks which SSSP pack you are using, and then asks for a TA covering demolition and strip-out - master task analysis, has asked you for two separate things. This is the second one. Keep it with your SSSP for the job and bring it to the pre-start briefing, because the value is in the crew having read it before the work starts.