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When safety goes right
Building a workplace where good habits are noticed before incidents force attention. Occupational health and safety is often discussed only when something has gone wrong. A person is injured, a near miss is reported, an inspector arrives, a complaint is raised, or a client asks for evidence. The conversation then becomes urgent, uncomfortable and reactive. […]
Slips, trips and falls in the workplace
Have you ever almost slipped, tripped or fallen? Most people have had a moment where they nearly slipped on a wet floor, tripped over a cable, missed a step, or lost their balance while carrying something. Often, people laugh it off and carry on. However, in the workplace, a near miss of this nature must […]
Do you know your company’s emergency evacuation and duress procedures?
When the emergency plan is in the file, but the workplace is not ready. Many South African workplaces have an emergency plan somewhere in the safety file. The plan may have been drafted during an audit, copied from a previous template, placed in a folder, and updated only when someone asks for it. Evacuation diagrams […]