by iohsol_admin | Sep 27, 2022 | Occupational Health and Safety
The 5 Steps of a Health and Safety Risk Assessment Health and safety risk assessment is an important part of your occupational health and safety (OHSS) management plan. When proper assessments are implemented, hazards are uncovered. Risk areas are identified, and you...
by iohsol_admin | May 12, 2022 | Blog, Occupational Health and Safety
Failure to Arrange a Health Risk Assessment Could Prove Costly Most of the more established companies in South Africa are members of a group medical aid scheme and contribute to their employees’ monthly premium payments. However, while these schemes provide...
by iohsol_admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Occupational Health and Safety
Many South Africans have been working from home following the lockdown restrictions. However, others have been less fortunate and have lost their jobs. The unemployed are probably hoping to find jobs when the pandemic eventually subsides, and the homeworkers are...
by iohsol_admin | Mar 31, 2021 | General, Occupational Health and Safety
The Purpose of Health and Safety Risk Assessment Throughout the long history of paid employment, the vast majority of employers have been free to adopt a somewhat indifferent attitude to their workers’ welfare. Not only did they pay wages that were barely...
by iohsol_admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog, Occupational Health and Safety
For most of the country’s history, there has been no attempt by successive governments to introduce legislation concerning Health and Safety Management in South Africa’s workforce. In all fairness, much the same can be said of every industrialised nation...
by iohsol_admin | Jan 29, 2021 | Blog, Occupational Health and Safety
Understanding Health and Safety Risk Assessment While, at one time, few employers showed much concern for the welfare of their workers and even fewer were likely to accept responsibility for injuries or disease caused by their working conditions, that has since...
