Safety doesn’t happen by accident

“Every accident is a notice that something is wrong with men, methods, or material. Investigate, then act”. The author of this piece of advice may be “Unknown”, but it is a timely reminder that workplaces must be secure and employees must be alert at all times. AlcoNCP is no exception. Compliance officer Dineshree Pillay took some time to lay out the minimum Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements to Laduma. The only thing to remember is that safety first is safety always. Workplaces must be secure, and employees must be alert at all times. “Specific PPE will be required for certain high-risk areas or high-risk jobs. For example, ear plugs will be needed if you're entering high noise zones such as maize offloading, or boiler house. If you’re doing work in areas where you could be exposed to hazardous chemicals such as sulphuric acid, you need to wear appropriate acid-proof overalls or suites, face shields and acid-proof gloves. It's also important to note that people who wear glasses are required to wear over specs when working in plant areas.

“When you’re working at heights you’ve got to have a safety harness.” Dineshree also pointed out the responsibility of AlcoNCP when it comes to visitor and contractor safety. representative to ensure whoever they bring on site, is safe and has the appropriate PPE, whether it be reflectors, reflector jackets, hardhats and goggles. We also have and safe accompanied by someone from AlcoNCP.” Referring to two recent incidents in which a plant operator injured his eye and another in which an employee sustained minor burn wounds, Dineshree said there’s been far too many of these.

“We see people are rushing a lot of the time, there is a lot of pressure and people do tend to take shortcuts. This is a reminder, we cannot take shortcuts. It will take you maybe a minute or two longer to do a risk go and get the right PPE and do the ”According to Dineshree a lack of knowledge is the reason lockout procedures aren’t followed correctly.“It is a lack of and also maybe the risk perception. If you’ve done something for maybe many years or if you’ve done it over and over again and nothing happened, you tend to feel that nothing is going to happen. There has therefore been a lot of training and trying to change the way people think. “We always say one lock, one life.

Every person that has to work in an area where they could be exposed to hazardous equipment, equipment starting, or hazardous material from lines must follow the lockout procedure. “When we started rolling out the lockout training, we found there were people who didn’t understand that every person needed to lockout or why. Slowly the thinking is starting change, and people are beginning to understand why it is so critical. “We have used our toolbox talks to re-enforce the lockout procedure.”

Our minimum PPE requirements if you’re entering client areas include safety boots, hard hats, reflective vests or overalls and safety glasses.