The hazards each trade's SWMS cover

The hazards SWMS cover most

The share of all SWMS bought that cover each hazard, after the ones almost every SWMS covers.

1. Hazardous chemicals76%
2. Electricity75%
3. Adverse weather74%
4. Fire and explosion74%
5. Heat stress73%
6. Falls from height68%
7. Falling objects61%
8. Cold stress59%
9. Respirable crystalline silica53%
10. Crushing and entrapment53%

Almost every SWMS also covers: Emergencies (98%), Mobile plant and vehicles (94%), Personal injury, property damage or environmental incident (93%), Environmental contamination (93%), Unauthorised access (92%), Slips, trips and falls (92%), Manual tasks (91%), Serious injury or fatality (86%).

By trade

For each trade, the share of its SWMS bought that cover each hazard, leaving out the hazards almost every SWMS covers. A SWMS listed for more than one trade counts in each.

How we worked this out

We counted every sale of each SafetyDocs SWMS on the SafetyDocs store, 69,682 in all, and the hazards each SWMS covers in its hazard table. A hazard's share is the SWMS sold that cover it, divided by all SWMS sold in that group. Trades with fewer than 100 SWMS sold are left out.

Using this data? Please cite SafetyDocs, "The hazards each trade's SWMS cover", https://safetydocs.app/en-AU/templates/hazards-by-trade.