Do government offices need occupational hygiene assessments?

Yes. The Occupational Health and Safety Act applies to the state as an employer. Older offices commonly need an asbestos inventory, and indoor air quality and lighting are frequent complaints.

Is grain dust in a mill or silo a legal concern?

Yes. Grain and flour dust are hazardous chemical agents that can cause asthma, and fumigants used in storage are highly toxic. Both need a chemical risk assessment.

How often must a hospital review its biological agents risk assessment?

At least every two years under the Regulations for Hazardous Biological Agents, 2022, and sooner if work or the agents involved change.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein is the Free State's capital and its centre for manufacturing, logistics on the N1, healthcare and government, with grain and food processing drawing on the farms around it. Qualitas has carried out occupational hygiene assessments in Bloemfontein.

We do noise surveys, chemical monitoring, biological agent risk assessments, indoor air quality and ergonomics assessments for employers across Mangaung.

REACH OUT

Worker cutting steel with an angle grinder as sparks fly

WHERE WE WORK AROUND BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein

Hamilton and East End

Hilton and Bloemspruit

Botshabelo

Thaba Nchu

Brandfort

Manufacturing and engineering in Hamilton, East End and Hilton: welding fume, solvents, noise and extraction systems to test.

Hospitals, clinics and university laboratories: hazardous biological agents, laboratory chemicals and fume cupboards.

Grain, milling and food processing: flour and grain dust, fumigants, noise and cold rooms.

Government and office buildings: indoor air quality, lighting and asbestos inventories for older buildings.

Transport and distribution on the N1 and N8: noise, diesel exhaust and manual handling.

THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE

Welding fume and solvents, grain and flour dust, fumigants, biological agents in healthcare, noise in factories and mills, and asbestos in pre-2008 buildings.

Interior of a large industrial warehouse with overhead cranes

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

Foundry workers in protective gear pouring molten metal

WHY QUALITAS

Qualitas Occupational Consulting is a Department of Employment and Labour Approved Inspection Authority (AIA) and a SANAS-accredited (ISO/IEC 17020) inspection body for asbestos, lead, noise and hazardous chemical agents, and applies the same quality system to all its assessments.

Every assessment is led by Christo de Wet, an occupational hygienist registered with the Southern African Institute for Occupational Hygiene (SAIOH), with 15 years of experience.

We work nationwide, and Qualitas has also carried out assessments in Botswana and Kazakhstan. Travel is quoted upfront.

You receive a professional, audit-ready report that stands up to inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour.