Safety: Occupational Health and Safety Made Easy

Health & Safety Compliance Made Easy

Companies that need to comply with health and safety legislation need to bear in mind that although it sounds daunting and expensive, it could end up saving you and your company a lot more in the end. Non-compliance to the health and safety act could have far reaching consequences that many companies aren't even aware of.

An easy way of ensuring compliance would be to make use of a company who specializes in the health and safety field as they can not only ensure compliance but also offer advice and answer questions that may arise.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS Act 85 of 1993) is governed by Legislation and acts as a guideline to ensure that minimum requirements are met.

It consists of the OHS Act as well as Regulations to ensure that all requirements are met and that companies know what is expected of them.

Ultimately, employers carry all responsibility in ensuring compliance with the OHS Act and should incidents / accidents occur, it would be the employer who takes responsibility; unless the employer is able to prove otherwise. At the end of the day, the OHS Act is there to protect the well-being of employees due to the fact that past experience has shown many employers not taking the health & safety concerns of employees seriously enough. Health and safety for a company consists mainly of two parts, the first one being the health and safety administration and the second part being the physical part which will include safety audits, person-job assessments, toolbox talks, etc.

If you own a company but are not sure if you need to comply, or even if you are unsure of the first step to take in ensuring compliance, contact a company specializing in the health & safety field, they will be able to guide you and ensure that you are helped onto the right track.

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