Featured Issue 4 2019
FEATURES
Featured Issue 4 2019
Our monthly features are designed to cover the core areas of interest within the safety, health, environment and quality industries.
The changing face of OHS
Moves by the Department of Employment and Labour to employ an additional 500 occupational health and safety (OHS) inspectors are likely to have far-reaching...
Safetember all about heights
The annual Safetember campaign returns with a focus on preventing falls from heights – the second most-common cause of fatal accidents in the construction...
The future of work: shaping a human-centred workplace
“The focus of occupational health and safety (OHS) should be on insights, not incidents.” This was among the observations made at the 2019 Saiosh...
Stealing the sands of time
Sand builds the world around us – but it is running out. Worse, much of it is being mined illegally, not only in South...
Slip and fall prevention – need to know
Slips, trips and falls are among the most common causes of accidents in the workplace and could lead to serious injury, or even death....
Reaching safety’s tipping point?
Having spent a month in Canada, where he attended three conferences addressed by experts in health and safety, Mathew Goncalves has come to believe...
Insurance risks and cyber crime
South Africa’s legal professionals have become major targets in cyberattacks that have seen billions of rand lost to criminals each year Hack attacks, ransom...
What Chernobyl taught the world
Occupational health and safety officers can learn a lot about safety from the newly released HBO mini-series on the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear...
Selecting PPE the right way
As every occupational health and safety officer knows, it is not just about providing personal protective equipment (PPE). Businesses need to invest in the...