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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 […]
The risk of treating contractors as visitors
Why contractors must be managed as part of the workplace risk profile, not simply signed in and left to work. Many workplaces manage contractors as if they are ordinary visitors. They arrive at reception or security, sign a register, receive an access card or visitor sticker, and are allowed onto site. From an administrative point […]