For
centuries, men have put themselves in danger’s way to develop and improve
societies through building cities and mining for natural resources. This has
contributed to industrialisation and modernization of society to better improve
the productivity in numerous work environments, including ones that were once
considered to be extremely dangerous.
Even
though the addition of machinery has helped decrease the levels of
dangerousness in work environments, such as construction and mining industries,
there is still no 100% guarantee of safety and no hazard risk to workers trying
to earn an honest living.
Sadly,
in South Africa, there are high levels of unemployment and uneducated workers,
who apply to work in dangerous work environments to earn an honest living and
be able to provide for their families. They become employed in construction and
mining industries with little to no experience or knowledge beforehand, and
with little knowledge of what to do if they are faced with a hazard.
Fortunately,
society has become a lot more aware of potential dangers that these hard
workers are putting themselves into, and so try to decrease the levels of
ignorance in others, especially in organizations employing these men. One such
organization that has been able to formally express their concerns and share
their knowledge of hazardous factors is Pinpoint Health and Safety. They have
recognized the lack of knowledge and skills in workers being employed to work
in these dangerous environments, the lack of safety precautions within the work
environment itself, as well as the shortage of Health
and Safety Consultants in South Africa
who are trying to make a difference to the lives of workers at risk.
As
a result of this recognition, Pinpoint Health and Safety has been actively
helping organizations become more aware and conscious about the levels of
safety in the environments they put their workers into. They have been making a
difference one step at a time by providing South Africa with Health and Safety
Consultants with proper training and skills to be able to analyse a workplace
for potential hazards and provide organizations with safety
inspections to be able to
guarantee a basis of safety to workers who will be in that environment.
Not
only has Pinpoint Health and Safety been able to increase public awareness of
potential dangers that hard workers are faced with in these environments, but
they have been able to raise the standards of organizations employing these
workers by providing them with a service that looks out for the best interests
of the workers being put at risk.
Pinpoint
Health and Safety has also been able to make a difference to the level of
preparation of workers before being put into a hazardous environment. They have
provided workers with training packages, which allow them access to necessary
knowledge and skills, as well as safety precautions and preparations, so every
worker is completely ready to be put into the work environment prior to
entering it. By doing this, they not only eliminate potential hazards and risks
that the workers may experience without having prior knowledge, but they also
help increase the organization’s productivity levels and decrease safety
hazards in the workplace. But, most importantly, by providing the uneducated
workers with the training and preparation, they have given these workers a
guarantee of safe return back home to their families, whilst beforehand this
may not have been a guaranteed possibility.
What
Pinpoint Health and Safety has been able to achieve is not only the improvement
of health
and safety standards in work
places, but has also been able to make a change in the lives of every hard
worker putting themselves in danger to make an honest living. They have started
out small-scale in Cape Town, but have received high success levels to be able
to expand themselves to 7 more branches around South Africa, trying to
encourage high safety standards in businesses, educating workers, and in doing so,
help improve the skill levels, knowledge, and all-in-all, livelihoods of every
worker that is prepared to work in a dangerous environment. In doing this,
Pinpoint Health and Safety have taken on the responsibility to show these
organizations the society’s growing recognition, concern and compassion towards
the hard workers, who are potentially putting their lives in danger to help the
country grow and develop. Pinpoint Health and Safety have received their
success as a result of their increased efforts to reduce society’s ignorance
towards health and safety regulations, and as a result of this, have improved
productivity levels of businesses, increased the levels of education of
workers, and most importantly, have increased the health and safety standards
in businesses all over South Africa, without meeting which businesses involved
in construction are no longer permitted to operate.
Pinpoint
Health and Safety
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