OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE IN VANDERBIJLPARK AND VEREENIGING
The Vaal Triangle grew around steel, and its steelworks, foundries, engineering shops and chemical plants still employ thousands. These are some of the most exposure-intensive workplaces in Gauteng.
Qualitas carries out occupational hygiene surveys for employers in Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging and Meyerton: metal fume and dust monitoring, noise surveys, heat stress surveys and LEV tests.
WHERE WE WORK IN THE VAAL
Vanderbijlpark
Vereeniging and Duncanville
Meyerton
Sebokeng and Evaton
Sasolburg
Steel production and rolling, and the contractors who maintain it: metal fume, dust, heat, noise and work in confined spaces.
Foundries, forges and heavy engineering in Vereeniging and Duncanville.
Refractory installation and furnace relining, where respirable crystalline silica is the main risk.
Chemical and gas plants along the Vaal, and the transport firms that serve them.
Shutdown and maintenance contractors, who must assess their own employees' exposure even on a client's site.
THE HAZARDS WE MEASURE HERE
Iron oxide and manganese fume from steelmaking and welding, silica from refractories, radiant heat from furnaces and hot steel, noise from rolling mills and scrap handling, and solvent and chemical vapours.
INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
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.
- Noise surveys and noise zoning, Hazardous chemical agent monitoring, Lead exposure monitoring, Asbestos surveys and inventories, Local exhaust ventilation (LEV) testing, Heat and cold stress surveys, Vibration surveys, Illumination surveys, Indoor air quality surveys, Ergonomics risk assessments, Hazardous biological agent assessments, Facilities inspections, Occupational health risk assessments
Start with a free Compliance Gap Analysis checklist to see which assessments your site needs and which are overdue.
OUR SERVICES IN THE VAAL TRIANGLE
- We are a maintenance contractor on a steel plant. Whose job is our exposure monitoring?
Yours. The Occupational Health and Safety Act places the duty on each employer for its own employees. The plant may set conditions, but the contractor must assess and monitor its own people's exposure to noise, fume and heat.
What is a noise zone, and who decides where it goes?
An area where the noise level is at or above 85 dB(A) must be demarcated as a noise zone, and hearing protection must be worn in it. A noise survey by an approved inspection authority measures the levels and maps the zones.
Does relining a furnace with refractory brick need dust monitoring?
Cutting and removing refractory releases respirable crystalline silica, so a risk assessment is required and air monitoring usually follows. The work is often short, so plan the monitoring before the shutdown starts.
How do we get a quote for a site in Vanderbijlpark or Vereeniging?
Send the form below with your site location, WhatsApp us or call 082 649 6599. Tell us what happens on site and roughly how many employees work there, and we will quote you upfront.
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REQUEST A QUOTE
Need an occupational hygiene assessment in Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging or Meyerton? Contact us for an obligation-free quotation, WhatsApp us or call 082 649 6599.
