South African Occupational Health and Safety Legislation is applicable to all businesses across all business sectors. Health and Safety Legislation is provided for in Section 8(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), Act 85 of 1993 that stipulates: "EVERY EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE AND WITHOUT RISK TO THE HEALTH OR SAFETY OF HIS/HER EMPLOYEES"
The importance of complying with Health and Safety Regulations can not be overstressed enough. Compliance allows an organisation to identify potential risks in the workplace, avoid unnecessary incidents and injuries. Non-compliance with Health and Safety Regulations hold dire consequences for companies and may lead to fines, penalties, damage to property, and accidents or severe injuries.
SAFCON Group strives to make a positive difference in our client's mindset towards Health and Safety by providing them with a sound Health and Safety Management System and assistance with implementation of systems. In this regard, SAFCON Group provides a wide range of Health and Safety services to businesses to ensure full compliance with the health and safety regulations. SAFCON Group develops, implements and maintains your organisations' Occupational Health and Safety Programme through our extensive knowledge and experience.
Companies across the nation are finding that it is extremely beneficial to outsource specialized work such as risk management to well-established expert firms such as SAFCON Group, because quality increases while costs decrease. We can act your entire risk management department, or as an extension of your existing program, working closely with you.
We keep abreast of current regulatory requirements and the latest risk management technology and concepts to help you accomplish your goals for better risk management. In addition, we provide special research for our clients when needed and offer assistance in any type of developmental projects. With SAFCON Group, you have a dependable firm that has a wide variety of resources and services, literally a phone call or email away.
Over and above our main services, SAFCON Group can also facilitate and assist with the following services;
*Placement of Safety Officers *Development of Health and Safety Specifications *Workplace Inspections *Internal Audits *Toolbox Talks *Safety Meetings *Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments *Emergency Response Plans *Inspection Checklists/ Registers *Contractor and Sub-Contractor Management *Legal Appointments *Training *Investigations *Emergency Response Plans *Health and Safety Plans *Traffic Management Plans *Fall Protection Plans *Risk Management Policies *Procedures *Assessment of Contractor Safety Files
A sound health and safety system forms part of an organisation's management system and ensures the overall safety of employees within the workplace. This system enables the organisation to plan for any accidents or ill health that may affect employees and establishes a line of persons responsible for managing and monitoring incidents. The health and safety system cements best practices, policies and procedures
SAFCON Group provides qualified on-site safety officers to clients as and when required. The responsibility of the Safety Officer is mainly to evaluate and monitor health and safety hazard on-site and to develop strategies to control and mitigate risks on site. AN on-site Safety Officer is also qualified to conduct safety and environmental audits, perform workplace inspections, and conduct safety training programmes.
A health and safety system should be under constant review to ensure the identifiecation of gaps in policies and procedures and also to ensure that the system evolves and improves. This enables the organisation to learn from past experience and forms the basis of overall compliance with the Health and Safety Act. Data gathered from health and safety audits may form part of company reporting to bolster public and investor confidence.
An agent is a person acting as a representative of your organisation with the health and safety duties of your client imposed on them. This not only includes management and oversight of health and safety policies, procedures and systems but also includes ensuring the health and safety of any persons entering the organisations premises or sites.
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The purpose of site compliance is to ensure that all hazards are identified and that associated risks are controlled, monitored and regularly reviewed throughout the entire life-cycle of the construction project. South African Legislation clearly stipulates the required documentation for a site and although this may be a minefield, SAFCON Group's thorough approach and expertise will ensure that there are not unexpected risks on your site.
Hazard identification involves evaluating anything from a situation, to an item, to a thing that has the potential to cause harm to any individual or a number of individuals. SAFCON Group is experienced in identifying hazards and risk factors and in analysing and evaluation the associated risk. Once a hazard has been identified. SAFCON Group will proceed to determine ways in which to eliminate the hazard or control the risk where it can not be eliminated.
A gap analysis not only promotes safety but also serves to identify and eliminate incidents that may hamper organisational performance. SAFCON Group will undertake a gap analysis of your organisation in consulting with key personnel. During this consultation current policies, procedures and training programmes will be discussed and reviewed. Base on the outcome of these discussions a priority action plan will be formulated for implementation.
A legislation audit is designed to identify areas of non-compliance in the organisation's operations and to provide a holistic look at any risks associated with these operations. SAFCON Group's audit will provide the organisation with recommendations on how to effectively address any possible risks and outline the most appropriate corrective measures to be taken.
It is now more important than ever that an organisation provides their workforce with superior quality personal protective equipment. SAFCON Group is committed to supplying quality local and international brands and to delivering the best total cost solution to our customers.