From canaries to ultra-connectivity SHEQ Management 17th Feb 2023 Featured Issue 1 2023 In the beginning, there was the canary: these little finches would warn miners of dangerous gases underground. If the birds stopped singing, the miners had to return to the surface quickly. Such crude and ina... Read More...
iBlow10 breathalyser: no contact, no fuss SHEQ Management 15th Feb 2023 Featured Issue 1 2023 Angus MacArthur, director of Alcohol Breathalysers, highlights how the iBlow10 – a high-speed, no-contact alcohol breathalyser – is ideal for testing drivers at roadblocks and workers entering industrial site... Read More...
Conquer hearing loss! SHEQ Management 13th Feb 2023 Featured Issue 1 2023 Situational awareness and hearing protection specialist Octave10 is offering a cost-effective and improved solution for effective communication in all noisy environments. In 2013, the Department of Mineral R... Read More...
Selecting SHEQ software SHEQ Management 7th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 Safety leaders can’t afford to waste their time with paper pushing exercises. Digitisation for its own sake isn’t the correct course either, though. Here are some steps to follow before committing to a spec... Read More...
Knowledge is power SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health has been rightly placed front and centre of the workplace refocus. More than 30% of adult South Africans suffer from some sort of mental health issue, affec... Read More...
Supply chain disaster planning SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 Steve Dombroski, supply chain vertical lead at QAD*, explains why companies and manufacturers must prepare for the impacts of climate change, unforeseen events like natural disasters, and other unavoidable su... Read More...
Lending a SHEQ hand SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 In the mining and industrial sector, progressive operations in remote locations across Africa rely on key partnerships to help them navigate and overcome numerous logical and practical obstacles. We discover ... Read More...
Greater safety and savings SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 Jared Kangisser, CEO of onboarding solutions provider KBC Health and Safety, explains how the mining industry can gain great savings and improve safety standards by outsourcing its onboarding processes. The ... Read More...
Do away with drugs SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 Workplace drug testing policies are the result of legal requirements for employers to ensure that the workplace is safe and without risk of harm to their employees. Ilse Britz, national business unit manage... Read More...
Training towards a greener tomorrow SHEQ Management 6th Feb 2023 SHEQ Management Handbook 2023 While the renewable energy sector already provides thousands of jobs across South Africa, many more positions are available. However, the skills and qualifications required for these jobs are either in shor... Read More...
