Do clothing factories need occupational hygiene assessments?

Yes. Typical needs are a noise survey, an illumination survey for sewing and inspection, a dust assessment and an ergonomics assessment for repetitive work.

Is cold stress a concern in Harrismith?

In winter, yes. Outdoor yard work, unheated warehouses and cold stores in the Eastern Free State can create cold stress, which the Physical Agents Regulations, 2024 require employers to assess.

Do truck workshops need a spray booth test?

Where vehicles are spray painted, the booth must be examined and tested at intervals not exceeding 24 months.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN HARRISMITH

Harrismith sits halfway between Johannesburg and Durban on the N3, South Africa's busiest freight route, with a growing logistics hub and the Maluti-a-Phofung special economic zone at Tshiame, home to textile, food and component manufacturers.

Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene surveys for these employers: noise surveys, diesel exhaust monitoring, cold stress surveys, dust and chemical assessments, and ergonomics assessments.

REACH OUT

Worker cutting steel with an angle grinder as sparks fly

WHERE WE WORK AROUND HARRISMITH

Harrismith

Tshiame

Phuthaditjhaba (QwaQwa)

Kestell

Warden

Bethlehem

Truck stops, freight depots and the Harrismith logistics hub: diesel exhaust, noise, manual handling and vehicle workshops.

Textile and clothing factories in Tshiame and Phuthaditjhaba: fibre dust, noise, lighting and repetitive work.

Food processing and manufacturing in the Maluti-a-Phofung special economic zone.

Engineering and vehicle repair workshops: welding fume, solvents and spray painting.

THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE

Diesel exhaust, noise from trucks, forklifts and sewing floors, textile dust, solvents and paint in workshops, and cold in Eastern Free State winters.

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.