Can Qualitas work on coal mines in this area?

Yes. Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene assessments on mines under the Mine Health and Safety Act, and Christo de Wet can hold the section 12(1) appointment for surface operations.

Do dairy processing plants need occupational hygiene assessments?

Yes. Typical needs are noise surveys for filling and packing lines, cold stress surveys for chillers, and chemical risk assessments for ammonia and cleaning chemicals.

Who arranges noise surveys for contractors at a power station?

Each contractor, as the employer, must assess its own employees' exposure. The station's noise zones help, but they do not replace the contractor's own risk assessment.

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN STANDERTON AND ERMELO

Standerton and Ermelo sit in the southern Mpumalanga Highveld, among coal mines and coal-fired power stations, with dairy, food processing and agriculture alongside. Qualitas has carried out occupational hygiene assessments in Standerton.

We do dust and silica monitoring, noise surveys, heat stress surveys, chemical monitoring and cold stress surveys for employers in Lekwa and Msukaligwa.

REACH OUT

Worker cutting steel with an angle grinder as sparks fly

WHERE WE WORK AROUND STANDERTON

Standerton

Ermelo

Bethal

Morgenzon

Carolina

Amersfoort

Coal and anthracite mines. 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.

Coal-fired power stations and their maintenance contractors: coal and fly ash dust, noise, heat and asbestos in older insulation.

Dairy and food processing: noise, cold rooms, ammonia refrigeration and cleaning chemicals.

Engineering, transport and agricultural services in Standerton, Ermelo and Bethal.

THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE

Coal dust and respirable silica, fly ash, noise from mills, fans and mobile plant, heat in boiler areas, cold in dairy stores, ammonia, and asbestos in pre-2008 plant.

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.