Safety Officer (Mining)

The Safety Officer Mining has a legal responsibility with 2.17.1 appointment in terms of the Minerals Act. The incumbent is responsible for coordinating and conducting safety inspections, incidents/accident investigations, monitoring legal compliance and implementing safety initiatives in the workplace. The incumbent is also responsible to provide a safety and risk advisory and reporting service to the business area to ensure a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.

Safety Inspections and reporting
Implement and ensure maintenance of safety systems, standards and procedures • Safety internal and external audits
Safety systems training
Safety database maintenance
Safety audit reports
Incident investigations and inquiries
Accident / incident reports
Safety and Risk initiatives
Legal compliance and audit reports
Analysis reports
Accident control register
Monitoring of emergency preparedness programmes
Check compliance to safety systems
Check corrective actions status