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Health & Safety

Induction/Orientation Course
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OBJECTIVE
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 Ensure legal compliance

 Ensure health and safety dangers are

explained and understood

 Ensure employees / contractors understand

their roles and responsibilities
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POLICIES
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• SHE Policies

• Smoking Policy

• Aids Policy

• PPE Policy
OHS ACT NO 5 OF 2003
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• To ensure for a Healthier and Safer Workplaces

• Ensure Employers and Employees understand their roles and

responsibilities as stipulated in the Act.

• Must be regarded as the minimum compliance requirement.

• Stipulates penalties for any person who contravenes or fails

to comply with Act
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• Unsafe Acts

• Unsafe Conditions

• Inevitable
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EXAMPLES OF UNSAFE ACTS

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• Not wearing P.P.E where required

• Not following rules and procedures
• Removing of machine guards
• Not following Safe Working Procedures
• Horseplay/planks
• Using defective tools and equipment
• Operating without authority or outside scope of training /
competencies
• Wearing of incorrect P.P.E
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EXAMPLES OF UNSAFE
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CONDITIONS
• Spillages
• Defective tools and equipment
• Poor housekeeping
• Inadequate ventilation
• Inadequate guards or barriers
• Inadequate or improper protective equipment
• Inadequate or excess lights
• Poor stacking and storage practices
• Defective vehicles / cranes / trucks etc.
EFFECTS OF LOSS
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• Loss of Life
• Loss of Limb
• Loss of Material
• Loss of Property
• Loss Contracts
• Loss of Income
REPORTING OF INJURIES AND INCIDENTS
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• Injuries • Incidents
• Immediate Supervisor – Report all incidents
• First Aider – Anybody
• Same Shift
– Same Shift or as soon
as possible
• NB! Failure to report and injury
or incident on the same shift
can lead to corrective action
being taken against employee
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INJURY / INCIDENT
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INVESTIGATION
Injuries • Incidents
 Safety Officer
 Site Manager - Safety Officer
 Resp. Supervisor - Site Manager
 SHE Representative - Resp. Supervisor
 Injured - SHE Representative
 Reason - Person involved
 Fact Finding not blaming • Reason
 Prevent re-occurrence – Fact Finding not blaming
 To correct – Prevent re-occurrence
– To correct
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 Construction Vehicles
 Earth moving machines
 Cranes / Trucks
 Other
 Power Tools
 Grinders
 Magbase drills
 Other
 Dust
 Generated by moving vehicles
 Other
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 Noise
 When using machinery such as
grinders etc.
 Working at Heights
 Erecting of steel
 Weather conditions
 Rain
 Lightning
 Extreme heat
 Stacking and storage
 Poor stacking and storage
 Poor barricading
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• Man-Machine interface
• Moving machinery on site

• Participants to name a few

more hazards in the work area
and to note accordingly
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 Must be conducted and approved by the supervisor prior to any work

commencing

 Risk Assessment must be discussed and signed-off by all person

involved with that particular job that they understand the risks
associated with the job.

 When a risk/s that is not on the Risk Assessment document are

identified during the “work in progress” process; the work must be
stopped, the Risk Assessment document updated accordingly and must
be re-discussed with all persons involved and signed off accordingly.
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
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EQUIPMENT
 All employees shall wear the required PPE and when required

 Employees shall reported any defective PPE

 Corrective action shall be taken against Employees who fail to

wear the required PPE

 Ensure that you wear the correct PPE for the job you are doing

 If you are not sure ASK!!!

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VEHICLES
16 / TOOLS / CONDUCTING WORK ETC.

• Only appointed/trained/authorised persons are

allowed to operate Cranes or construction vehicles

• Only use or work with equipment for which you have

received trained on

• Work inside your scope of authority – i.e. Crane

operator operates crane, erector erect steel and not
other way around

• Inspect equipment before use and report any

defects immediately and remove from service until
repaired
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VEHICLES
17 / TOOLS / CONDUCTING WORK ETC.
(CONT)

• 100% tie-down shall be maintained at all times when

working at heights

• All work and height work shall be supervised at all

times, no work will be conducted without the
supervisor being present

• Ensure all barricading is maintained or erected when

required

• Ensure work permits are obtained when required, prior

to the work commencing.
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AUTHORIZATION / USING OF
EQUIPMENT / VEHICLES / TOOLS /
CONDUCTING WORK ETC. (CONT)
• Do not use unsafe tools or equipment

• Listen to your supervisors’ instruction before

starting any work

• Do not take short cuts – ZERO tolerance will be

applied and persons found working unsafe will be
dealt with severely
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General Warning Compulsory

General Information

Prohibitory Fire
DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES
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• Responsible for own health and safety as well as persons

who may be affected by his/her acts of omission
• Assist employer to maintain a healthy and safe work
environment
• Follow instructions
• Report all unsafe conditions
• Report any incident / injury on the same shift
• Attend training provided
• Take care of PPE issued to him/her
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RIGHT AS AN EMPLOYEE
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• The right to refuse to work when your Health and Safety is

placed under jeopardy
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DUTIES OF EMPLOYER
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• Identify Risks & Hazards

• Manage and control
• Provide Appropriate training
• Duty to inform
• Enforce
• Comply with legislation
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EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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• Sound the alarm and evacuate the area

immediately.

• Proceed to your assembly point (don’t run) and

stay there.

• A Head count will be conducted by the

Evacuation Marshall.

• Wait for further instructions from your Manager

before proceeding back to your workplace.
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NB! ZERO – TOLERANCE

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RULES
• Being under the influence of drugs or alcohol while on duty

• Not wearing correct PPE as and when required.

• Not following lawful instructions.

• Not following Safety rules and guidelines.

• Operating equipment without being trained, authorised and appointed to do so.

• Not reporting an injury or incident on the same shift

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PERSONAL HYGIENE
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• Do not eat with dirty hands

• Wash hands before smoking

• Wash hands before and after using the toilet

• Shower daily
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
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• Do not litter on site

• Do not through stompies / cigarette buts on the ground

• Dispose of waste in the correct bin Plastic in Plastic bin,

paper in paper bin etc.

• Do not dispose diesels, oils etc. via toilets, sinks etc.

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ENVIRONMENTAL
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MANAGEMENT
• Types of pollution are
• Air Pollution.

• Water Pollution.

• Noise Pollution.

• Land Pollution
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• Causes of Air Pollution

• Smoke from factory chimneys

• Exhaust fumes
• Smoke from fires
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• Causes of Water Pollution

• Factories dispose their waste into water bodies or rivers

• People bath or wash cloths in water bodies
• People dispose of liquid waste in drains toilets or sinks
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• Causes of Noise Pollution

• Traffic / vehicles
• Loud music
• Machines that are used within factories such as grinders punches etc.
• Generators etc.
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• Causes of Land Pollution

• Traffic / vehicles oils spills etc.

• Waste generated and hazardous waste by people
• Disposing waste any where and not at waste dumps
• Deforestation of our land
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CLIENT “CARDINAL RULES”

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• Rule Description

• Consider your safety First

• Always be pro-active
• Be sober
• Ensure you have a permit to work