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In our endeavours we ensure:
- Matters affecting health and safety are accorded a high level of priority;
- Adequate precautions are taken to prevent injuries, incidents and damage; and
- The provisions of all relevant legislation as well as our internal Health & Safety Management System are complied with.
To achieve our goals we:
- Train our employees in occupational health and safety issues in order to ensure competence in the workplace.
- Are aware of the potential hazards implicit in our work activities fortuitously the risk of fire.
- Are aware of our scope of authority in terms of Occupational Health and Safety control.
- Manage occupational health and safety to acceptable standards.
- Enforce health and safety measures with discipline in the workplace.
- Protect the public and other persons from health and safety hazards associated with our work.
Health Clinics
Several health clinics are operated by the company's divisions to provide occupational health care to employees.
The health clinics provide the following services:
Occupational Health Care
Medical surveillance programme: Audiogram, Spiromrty, Vision Screening, Physical examination.
- Pre employment medicals on new employees.
- Periodic medicals on existing employees.
- Employee medicals on interdepartmental relocations
- Exit medicals on employees who are leaving the company
- Biological monitoring of chemicals on employees who are exposed to hazardous chemicals i.e. Toluene.
- In-service training of "First Aiders" regarding checking of First Aid boxes and how to cope in emergencies.
- Weekly walkabout in plants to identify health hazards.
- Management of COID cases - injuries on duty.
- Management of Occupational Diseases.
- Organising External Occupational Health Service provider every two years to conduct a hygiene survey.
- Regular hygiene inspections of Ablution facilities.
Wellness programme
- Yearly flu vaccination and vitamin provisions
- Optometrist free vision screening on all employees when requested.
- Blood donation service for employees who are interested in donating blood.
Primary Health Care
- Management of minor ailments.
- Management of Chronic disease.
- Management of emergencies and referrals to Hospital.
- Counselling of employees with health and social problems.
- Providing Health education as the need arises.
- Ordering of medication on a monthly basis.
HIV/AIDS
The company acknowledges the gravity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and seeks to minimise the social, economic and developmental consequences to the company and its employees through our HIV//AIDS policy. We are dedicated to protecting our employees by providing a non-discriminatory environment within the workplace in respect of employees affected by HIV/AIDS. The purpose of our HIV/AIDS policy is to provide transparency with regard to our commitment to HIV/AIDS in the workplace and the well being of HIV positive employees and employees living with AIDS.
A risk assessment at divisional level was conducted and established that HIV/AIDS could have a moderate impact on our business. Risk assessments will be conducted on an ongoing basis to evaluate the potential of
an increase of HIV/AIDS.
On World's AIDS Day in 2008, our Cape Town based operations arranged for a local community clinic to come on site to do voluntary HIV/AIDS tests and to distribute information about the disease. Staff members were given HIV/AIDS ribbon T-shirts. Posters and large red ribbons were erected in the various factories and the HR department encouraged testing throughout the week leading up to World AIDS Day by distributing booklets and information cards. During this period, SA Litho sponsored Ubuntu, a half way house for HIV/AIDS affected babies.
At the larger divisions there is access to voluntary counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS.
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