Legal compliance audits is not a Sheq service
Rudy Maritz unpacks some pitfalls of legal compliance audits, versus Sheq compliance audits. Legal compliance audits delay some health and safety files, and block some contractors from vendor...
View ArticleWe need a construction safety culture
Statistics give us different views of construction safety culture. Bill Coetzee asks whether safety is in the eye of the loss data beholder. Some indicators of the state of safety in industry could be...
View ArticleHow to manage sexual harassment complaints
There is no generally accepted signage against sexual harrassment. (Dimitri Natshin /Shutterstock). Sexual harassment is unfair discrimination, regulated by the Constitution, Employment Equity Act, and...
View ArticleHow to develop PPE policy and management
Pieter Lotz consults employers in Limpopo province on health and safety management. Effective selection, issue, use, and management of personal protective equipment, requires a detailed PPE policy. The...
View ArticleHow to spot risk tolerance at work
David Broadbent unpacks the large role of risk tolerance in workplace health and safety. Major incidents are rare, but they migrate to sites where managers and workers have a high risk tolerance,...
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