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Health & Safety: a Huge Concern...
The Contruction industry has a poor Health & Safety record globally, and South Africa is no exception.
Construction Health & Safety has had a long struggle to improve H&S within the industry.
However, construction continues to contribute a number of fatalaties & injuries, and there is a high level of non-compliance with the Health & Safety Regulations in South Africa.
Global H&S Performance of constuction sector:
- 60 000 Fatal accident - one every ten minutes
- one in every six work - related fatal accidents occurs on a construction site
- in industrialized countries, more than 25% to 40% of work - related deaths occur on construction sites, despite the sector only employing between 6% to 10% of total employment.
- about 30% of construction workers suffer from back pains or other musculoskeletal disorders, and
- there is a 50% higher incident rate for non-fatal accidents among workers aged 15 - 24 years.
"The South African construction industry needs a 'shift in mindset' to become more health & safety concious - and improve a situation where at least two workers die in site accidents every week"
Phumudzo Maphata, Manager of Construction Health & Safety within the National Department of Labour.
Health & Safety Training and Competence
We see that there is a need for Training regarding Health & Safety, not only in the construction industry, but in all industries that employ workers.
Training that will promote Health & Safety:
- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- Construction Regulations for Managers/Supervisors
- Legal Compliance for Managers/Supervisors
- Incident Investigation
- Safety Representative
- OHSA for Managers/Supervisors
- Fall Protection: Working at Heights
- Mines Act