health and safety

at grok we believe that successful companies are those that embrace their rights as employers and exercise their management responsibility to run their business in the most efficient way.

by implementing a dedicated Health & Safety management system, your organisation will benefit by creating a tool for managing the upside and downside of risk, enhanced business opportunities, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, reduced business interruption and compensation insurance costs, reduced lost workdays and turnover of personnel, increased productivity and improved product-service quality along with improved employee health status and higher morale.

grok drives the management of Health & Safety in your workplace to ensure compliance with laws and regulations but more so to ensure a healthy and safe workplace. our range of services include the implementation of comprehensive Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems as well as Contractors Vetting, Health and Safety File Management and all relevant compliance based training.

Section 8 (2) (e) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act [Act 85 of 1993] requires that employers “provide [1] information, [2] instructions, [3] training and [4] supervision. This includes:

Supervisors need to be trained to manage Health and Safety

Management to understand their roles and responsibilities

Managers and committee members to be skilled in HIRA

Investigators to be versed in incident investigation

Information, instruction & training in dangers, hazards & risks

SHE Rep to be trained to perform their functions

First Aiders to possess a “Certificate of Competency”

Fire Teams to be trained in prevention, protection and reaction