Tag: fatalities
‘Struck by’ accidents account for >32% of SA’s total – FEM
EVERY year, about 2.78 million workers, globally, die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases, while an additional 374 million workers suffer from non-fatal occupational accidents. This is according to the United...
What are the safety risks of working at height?
SADLY, work carried out at height is responsible for more fatalities and injuries than any other construction activity. Let’s look at what working at height is, and the safety risks that...
SA’s Billion-Rand Road Transport Industry Plagued by Fatalities, Accidents and Injuries
South Africa’s Road Transport Hauliers Industry is worth billions of Rand but is plagued by daily fatalities, accidents and injuries. The need for this industry to tighten its Occupational Health and...
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Cape Chamber welcomes Western Cape inter-governmental dispute amidst investor uncertainty
Mr Jacques Moolman, President of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
The private sector is facing a new epidemic of uncertainty prompted by Government...
