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It is well recognized that modifying employee behaviour and attitude is vital to the successful health and safety approach of any organisation” says KBC Business Unit Leader for Richards Bay, Barbara Moscicki. “Our company inspires people to change their mindsets around health and safety issues in the workplace – and our commitment to innovation means that we are continually looking for new and better ways to protect our clients from health and safety risks”.
South African contractors can now comply with increasingly-stringent health and safety legislation and speed up contractor prequalification by taking advantage of a new electronic Contractor Passport system developed by Johannesburg-based KBC Health and Safety.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a control against the effects of workplace hazards. PPE’s purpose is to minimize injury to people in the event that other controls fail.
Where does PPE fall in the larger picture of safety management?
KBC Health and Safety, in partnership with Andre Arendse and Safe Hands Soccer, have developed a unique training programme incorporating experiential soccer lessons with themed classroom-based training, which is aimed at the mining, engineering, construction and manufacturing industries.
ONE OF THE KEY principles embodied in the draft amendments is that the client of any construction work being carried out will primarily be responsible for Occupational Health and Safety. South African health and safety specialist, KBC Health & Safety, held a Richards Bay Safety Forum in November 2010, during which the draft amendments were a main topic of discussion amongst industry role-players was how they would be affected by the changes.
The implementation of the latest amendments to the Construction Regulations of 2003, which are expected to be promulgated by May, could have a positive effect on safety in the construction industry, training company KBC Health & Safety operations director Norman Harman tells Engineering News.
South African contractors can now comply with increasingly-stringent health and safety legislation and speed up contractor prequalification, by taking advantage of a revolutionary new electronic Contractor PassportTM system developed by Johannesburg-based KBC Health and Safety.
