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Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act requires and there by ensures that the employer provides and maintains a work environment that is free of OHS risks and at all times is a safe environment for employees.
JH offers comprehensive health, safety, and environmental consultancy services to our clients in order for them to comply with all aspects of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) and relevant regulations.
Health and Safety Consultancy Services Offered:
1.Risk Assessments:
JH will perform thefollowing risk assessments, – Baseline – Issue-Based and Continuous RiskAssessments on construction sites, factories, office buildings, retail stores,warehouses, etc. To ensure that safe work procedures are established andcommunicated to employees. JH shallappoint a Risk Assessor, according to the applicable regulations, who shall beresponsible to do risk assessments which shall form part of the health andsafety plan and file of the client, and shall include but not be limited to thefollowing:
All risk assessmentswill be performed in accordance with relevant internal procedures as per therequired needs of the client.
2.Incident / Accident Investigations:
All incidents,whether a near miss or an actual reportable event should be investigated. Nearmiss reporting and investigation allow you to identify and control hazardsbefore they cause more serious incidents. Incident investigation is a tool foruncovering hazards that either were missed earlier or have managed to slip outof controls planned for them. It is useful only when done with the aim ofdiscovering every contributing factor to the incident to “foolproof” thecondition and/or activity to prevents future occurrences. In other words, yourobjective is to identify root causes and not just to apportion blame. We at JHcan offer our clients this service (and more…) when appointed as theirconsultants or when the need should arise.
3.Health & Safety Auditing:
A health and SafetyAudit is an audit that focuses on some or all aspects of health and safety. Itis a review performed to determine whether health and safety regulations, otherapplicable legislation and company policies (and sometimes recognized goodpractice) are adequately implemented and complied with.
4.Method Statement /Safe Working Procedures Development:
A work methodstatement sometimes referred to as a safe work method statement or SWMS or asafe work procedure, is a part of a workplace safety plan. It is predominatelyused in construction to describe a document that gives specific instructions onhow to safely perform a work-related task, or operate a piece of plant orequipment. In many countries, it is the law to have work method statements, orsimilar, in place to advise employees and contractors on how to performwork-related tasks safely. The statement is generally used as part of a safetyinduction and then referred to as required throughout a workplace; they shouldoutline all the hazards that are likely to be encountered when undertaking atask or process and provide detailed guidance on how to carry out the tasksafely. A work method statement is prepared for each task on a particularworksite; the group of work method statements is then packaged and included inthe overall Safety Plan. This plan is typically submitted at the beginning of aproject for approval by the client or their representative.
5.Gap Analysis:
A Safety, Health, andEnvironmental (SHE) Gap Analysis is a tool that you can use to prepare yourcompany for an inspection and to significantly improve its overall safetyprogram. A SHE Gap Analysis allows companies to gain an understanding of thecurrent state of their SHE program and identify gaps between the desired stateand the current state. This evaluation will allow you to determine if yourprogram is meeting its goals and objectives and where gaps are identified,provide you with an action plan for achieving them. JH SHE Gap Analysis’includes but is not limited to:
6.Evacuation Plan / Procedure Development:
Nobody expects anemergency or disaster – especially one that affects them, their employees, andtheir business personally. Yet the simple truth is that emergencies anddisasters can strike anyone, anytime. You and your employees could be forced toevacuate your company when you least expect it. JH help you, theemployer/client, plan for that possibility. The best way to protect yourself,your workers, and your business is to expect the unexpected and develop awell-thought-out emergency action plan according to your companies individualneeds to guide you when immediate action is necessary. The evacuationplan/procedure can include the following but is not limited to:
7.QMS / SHEQ System Development & Implementation:
After completion ofthe Risk Assessment, JH shall develop a health, safety and environmental planto satisfy legal requirements as well as specific client needs. The health,safety and environmental plan shall include but not be limited to thefollowing:
8.Safety File Development:
JH will provide theclients with a safety file specific to their needs, whether this is a genericfile that you as the client want to build yourself or a comprehensiveclient-specific file. The files can include the following but are not limitedto:
ANNEXURES/ADDENDUMS:
9.Fall Protection Plan Development:
JH creates for ourclients at all Protection Plan (FPP) that brings all the information about aworksite and safety together. This is to prevent injuries and falls at heightif there is a risk of a worker falling. By using an FPP you can make the workarea safe for anybody working at heights, and the people working on the sitewill know of all the hazards and the rescue procedures. All working at heightssites and work must have an FPP before any person is allowed to work at heights,and it must be ensured that everyone understands the procedure in the FPPaccording to the OHASA and the Construction Regulation Section 10: FallProtection Plan means a documented plan which includes and provides for but isnot limited to:
