Why does a new project need a baseline risk assessment?

A baseline risk assessment identifies the health hazards a project will create before work starts, so controls can be designed in rather than added later. The Construction Regulations, 2014 require the client to prepare one for construction work.

How hot does it get for outdoor workers in Musina?

The Limpopo valley is one of the hottest parts of South Africa, with summer temperatures that often pass 40 °C. Heat stress surveys measure conditions and set work-rest regimes.

Do logistics depots need a noise survey?

Often, yes. Trucks, forklifts, compressors and reversing alarms in yards and warehouses can push exposure over 85 dB(A).

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN MUSINA AND MAKHADO

Musina and Makhado form South Africa's northern gateway: the Beitbridge border post and its freight traffic, diamond and coal mining in the Vhembe district, large-scale agriculture, and the Musina-Makhado special economic zone planned for energy and metallurgical industry.

Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene surveys for these employers: dust and noise surveys, heat stress surveys, diesel exhaust and chemical assessments, and baseline risk assessments for new projects.

REACH OUT

Worker cutting steel with an angle grinder as sparks fly

WHERE WE WORK AROUND MUSINA

Musina

Beitbridge border area

Makhado (Louis Trichardt)

Thohoyandou

Alldays

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Diamond and coal mining and new mine developments. Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene assessments on mines under the Mine Health and Safety Act (29 of 1996), and can hold the section 12(1) occupational hygiene appointment for surface operations.

Freight, logistics and border services around Beitbridge: diesel exhaust, noise, manual handling and heat.

Agriculture, citrus, tomato and game farming: pesticides, heat and packhouse work.

New projects in the Musina-Makhado special economic zone, which need baseline risk assessments during design and construction.

THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE

Respirable dust and silica, diesel exhaust, noise from mobile plant and processing, pesticides, and extreme heat in the Limpopo valley.

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.