Tag: safety
Health, safety and environment create new job opportunities
By Eloise Nolte, MD of College SA
Never before in history has there been such a heightened awareness around why our health and environment are...
What are the safety risks of working at height?
SADLY, work carried out at height is responsible for more fatalities and injuries than any other construction activity. Let’s look at what working at...
Damen Shipyards receives award for pioneering Occupation Qualification apprentices
DAMEN Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) has been honoured to receive an award from the higher education and training establishment Northlink College. The award is...
Smart way to make machine interventions safer
Increase workplace safety with a world-class Lockout/Tagout solution from a single supplier.
Easily de-energise machines during maintenance to prevent accidents related to moving machine parts...
Afrox plants certified to FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Standard
Pieter Moolman, Afrox product manager for Packaged Special Gases, discusses the success of a two-year project to certify the Western Cape and Gauteng gas...
Problem with lime-scale in our water
SCALE, which is initially made up of Calcium and Magnesium crystals that have come out of solution in the water flow, due to pressure...
Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners
IN 2020 alone, despite COVID-19, mining contributed R361.6 billion to South Africa’s gross domestic product, a share of over 8%. The industry employs 451 000 people.
But...
Programme instills safety behaviour for all employees
EPIROC Southern Africa, which includes South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe, has joined the list of Epiroc entities around the world in collaborating...
Low level of OH&S compliance still a concern
THERE are many industries that have maintained an impeccable track-record in terms of complying with occupational health and safety (OH&S) legislation. The formal mining...
Enhancing safety with mobile solutions
Networking people, plants and systems, using data as efficiently as possible – that is the purpose of enterprise mobility solutions. Smartphones or tablets enable...
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