by jaco | Jul 9, 2026 | Blog
If you are running risk assessments for work at height on a South African site, you already have all of the raw material for a compliant Fall Protection Plan (FPP) — you may just not have joined the dots yet. Construction Regulation 10 (CR10) of the Construction...
by jaco | Jul 6, 2026 | Blog
Construction Regulation 17 — Suspended platforms — is the longest and most detailed regulation in the Construction Regulations 2014, running to roughly four and a half pages against the one- or two-line treatment given to sections like tunnelling or stacking and...
by jaco | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog
Not All Anchor Points Are Equal — And the Difference Could Cost You Your Compliance Certificate Walk around any commercial building in South Africa and you will find anchor points installed on rooftops, façades, and plant decks. Some are engineered and certified. Some...
by jaco | Jun 27, 2026 | Blog
If you manage or supervise construction activity in South Africa, the term “competent person” will appear throughout your safety file, your fall protection plan, and any correspondence with a Department of Employment and Labour inspector. Yet it is one of...
by jaco | Jun 27, 2026 | Blog
There is a dangerous assumption embedded in how fall protection anchor points are installed across South Africa: that if an anchor holds under a pull-out test, it is fit for purpose. This assumption is wrong — and in a fall arrest event, it can be fatal. Pull-out...
by jaco | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog
The Standards That Govern Fall Protection Anchor Points in South Africa Anchor points are the foundation of every fall arrest and fall prevention system. A worker’s life depends on them holding — and yet, across South Africa, incorrectly installed, under-rated,...
