Sabita Health and Safety Seminars
To further the effectiveness of the bituminous industry’s Health and Safety initiatives, Sabita started hosting seminars in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg during 2012, which were aimed at key safety personnel within member organisations. The focus was to allow the sharing of best practice amongst members, challenges facing the industry as well as provide an opportunity to showcase HSE services and tools available from Sabita.
The events were structured to allow input from delegates in order to provide practical solutions aimed at improving the safety and health of workers exposed to the many work-zone and traffic conditions. It also created networking opportunities as delegates were encouraged to participate in the discussions designed to maximise industry improvement through “learning from experiences”.
Since then, these seminars have become an annual event on the bituminous industry calendar with the main objective to tackle relevant issues as it impacts the industry. The table below details some of the presentations dealt with in the various regions. For more details or a copy of a presentation, please email Lorraine Wagner on lewagner@sabita.co.za or telephone 021 5312718.
HSE Seminars 2016 – “Safety at the Core”
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Cape Town |
Durban |
Gauteng |
| Keynote address by Rhys Evans of Alco-Safe: Substance Abuse, understand the problem, manage the risk – | ||
| HSE as a contractor
Gary Hirst (Power Construction) |
Incidents and Lessons learnt
Priya Rungasami (Much Asphalt ) |
Incidents and Lessons learnt
Peter Greyling – Much Asphalt |
| Safety vs Operations in Transport
Abdul Agherdien (Colas SA) |
HSE safety principals for construction –
Sheldon July (Aqua) |
HSE Best Practises
Cassie Smit (Tosas) |
| Air Quality : Our quest to comply
PJ Hendricks (More Asphalt ) |
How to enhance safety as leaders
Kalay Govender (Much Asphalt) |
The importance of DSTI
Steyn Malindi (Grinaker LTA) |
| Overcoming environmental challenges
Adelaide Martin (Much Asphalt) |
HSE back to basics
Zayne Tucker (Colas SA) |
Emergency Preparedness
Ivan van Rooyen (Tosas) |
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PPE Screening by Anton Ferreira |
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| Guides, Tools and Services available from Sabita | ||
HSE Seminars 2015
Theme: “Working safely is everyone’s business”
| Durban – 15 September | Gauteng – 16 September | Cape Town – 17 September |
| Keynote Address: *Green Accounting, paving the road towards carbon compliance – Maryna Storie |
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| * Health & Safety at EThekwini Municipality – Segran Moodley | * Individual Risk Assessment – Cassie Smit | * Incidents & Lessons Learnt – Candice Adams |
| * The SAFETY CART – Sandra Wakeford | * HS & E as a contractor – Kobus Stadler/ Midah Masemola | Overcoming HSE Challenges – PJ Hendricks |
| * Safety and Much Asphalt – Priya Rungasami | * Incidents & Safety in the Workplace – Caroline Marais | What’s new on the International front |
| * HSE Best Practices and Work Zone Safety Training – Jaco Steyn | ||
| *Updates on Legislation, Policies and Acts impacting industry – Anton Ferreira | ||
| *Guides, Tools and services available from Sabita – Lorraine Wagner | ||
*Presentations available on request.Â
 Presentations 2014 – “Working Safely – Every time”
| 1. Adv. Raynard Looch | OHS Liability |
| 2. Anton Ferreira | Risk Assessment v Hazard & Effects Management |
| 3. Much Asphalt | The danger of complacency in Safety |
| 4. National Asphalt | Importance of Training – |
| 5. SACPCMP Official | The Registration of Safety Officials |
| 6. SANRAL Official | Traffic Management in Construction Zones |
Presentations 2013 – “Beyond Compliance – A fresh approach”
| Rob Spreadbury | FEM – an industry overview |
| Colas SA | Workzone Safety |
| Much Asphalt | Life beyond OHSAS 18001 |
| Sabita | Delisting of Mobile Asphalt plants: implications for industry |
| Johanna Maloba | Environmental Challenges |
| Jaco Steyn | Safety Files |
| Anton Ferreira | Reclaimed Asphalt/Waste management |