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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Facilities
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Facilities The employer and user of machinery should evaluate the risk attached to any condition or situation which may ... -
Provincial Inspectors (PCIs) and Specialists contact numbers
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Health and Safety Committees
Tinus Boshoff This section in particular requires consultation between the employer and the committee with a new method to initiating, developing, promoting, maintaining and ... -
Functions of Health and Safety Representatives
Tinus Boshoff Facilities assistance and training: It is the employer’s duty to ensure that Representatives are properly empowered to perform their duties as health ... -
Specific forms of unfair labour practice
Specific forms of unfair labour practice Nicolene Erasmus Promotion Employees can be promoted on the basis of regular evaluations, with promotion to a higher ... -
Different types of risk assessments
TInus Boshoff For the purpose of this article we will focus on three types of risk assessments: Baseline risk assessments (Baseline HIRA) Issue based ... -
HIRA Methodology
Tinus Boshoff HIRA methodology There are no fixed rules about how the risk assessment should be under taken. The following steps could be used ... -
Sources of Hazards
Hazards may arise from The workplace environment e.g. insufficient lighting Equipment/Plant e.g. a noisy engine which has not been insulated Substances e.g. explosive fumes ... -
A health and safety system or programme generally includes the following elements
A health and safety system or programme generally includes the following elements: For more information contact Tinus Boshoff [email protected] Element Important aspects SHE policy ... -
Summary of OHS ACT Regulations
Summary of the OHS Act Regulations Twenty-four sets of regulations form an inseparable part of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. These regulations ...
