The OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 85 OF 1993 enforces that the employer must provide a safe and healthy working environment. The employer must also send employees for Health and Safety training. Absolute Health Services provides accredited health and safety training courses that teach about health and safety hazards in different workplace environments; how to […]
Why is Firefighter Training Important in the Workplace?
Conducting workplace firefighter training with employees is essential for them to gain skills such as spotting dangers, completing a fire risk assessment, taking action to prevent fires, and finally understanding how to respond in an emergency caused by a fire. All of these are essential abilities that enable employees to react confidently and appropriately when […]
5 Steps to executing an accurate risk evaluation in health and safety
What is risk evaluation? Risk evaluation in health and safety is most commonly referred to as conducting or performing a ‘Health and Safety Risk Assessment”, or sometimes also referred to as HIRA – Hazard Identification Risk Assessment. Risk evaluation or assessment is a process of determining the hazards and their accompanying risk, of an incident […]
What are the 5 steps of a risk assessment?
Before we discuss the 5 steps of a risk assessment it is important to understand what a health and safety risk assessment is. A risk assessment can be defined as an inspection of the work environment to identify hazards that could potentially cause workplace risk to employees, machinery, structures, or the environment. A risk assessment [...]
Implementing control measures following your risk evaluation
After completing your risk evaluation of the health and safety hazards in the workplace you will have to conduct a risk analysis whereby you identify and separate your major risks from your minor risks. A risk analysis would assist you in actioning hazard control measures and ensuring that areas of high risk receive quick and [...]