Safety Officer - Illovo Sugar Mill Sezela - Sezela
(2026-01)
Legal Compliance & Policy: Develop safety policies, ensure legal compliance with OHSA and Construction Regulations.
Risk Management: Conduct HIRA, inspections, audits, and incident investigations. Training & Awareness: Conduct inductions, toolbox talks, arrange training.
Emergency Preparedness: Equipment checks for fire extinguishers, first aid kits, PPE. Documentation & Reporting: Maintain incident registers, permits, SHE files.
Daily Site Duties: PPE compliance, site monitoring, safety meetings. Scope of work includes fabrication and installation of East/West Steam Pipe, Side wall and Spiller Table, Juice Heater, and Pan Floor renewal.
- Develop safety policies - Draft and update health & safety policies, procedures, and programs
- Ensure legal compliance - Make sure the workplace meets OHSA, Construction Regulations, and other relevant laws
- Risk assessments - Identify hazards and conduct HIRA - Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment
- Inspections & audits - Carry out daily/weekly site inspections, equipment checks, and formal safety audits
- Incident investigation - Investigate all accidents, near-misses, and dangerous occurrences. Compile Annexure 1 reports for DoL
- Corrective actions - Recommend and track fixes for hazards and non-compliance issues
- Inductions - Conduct safety inductions for all new employees, contractors, and visitors
- Toolbox talks - Run daily/weekly safety talks on site-specific risks
- Training coordination - Arrange first aid, firefighting, SHE Rep, and job-specific training
- Equipment checks - Ensure fire extinguishers, first aid kits, eye wash stations, and PPE are available and serviced
- Record keeping - Maintain incident registers, inspection checklists, training records, MSDS files
- Permits - Issue and monitor permits for hot work, confined space entry, working at heights
- SHE files - Compile and maintain contractor safety files and project-specific safety files
- PPE compliance - Monitor that everyone wears correct PPE and enforce it
- Site monitoring - Check housekeeping, signage, barricading, scaffolding, and machinery guards
- Meetings - UGR and safety talk
Safety Officer - Tongaat Hullet Amatikulu - Amatikulu
(2024-01 - 2025-06)
- Re – build & fabricate the new Pan 1 on the factory V1 line
- Restructuring and installation of diffuser new plate
- Restructuring of the boiling tanks from the boilers (1, 3 & 4)
- Installation of valves and servicing of the drag chain. Enlargement of the electrical cable racks
- Fitting of gear – box and pumps
- PTW: Issue Hot Work, Confined Space, Height Work permits if welding/cutting on V1 line above pans
- JSA/TBT: Do Job Safety Analysis + Tool Box Talk. Cover steam release, burns, asbestos from old insulation, falling objects
- Energy Isolation/LOTO: Verify V1 line is fully isolated, drained, depressurized, cooled <50°C. Lock out steam, condensate, vent valves. Double block & bleed
- Atmosphere testing: If line enters confined space/pan, test O2 >19.5%, no steam/hot spots
- PPE check: Heat-resistant gloves face shield, apron, safety shoes, helmet, and goggles. Add respirator if removing old lagging/asbestos
- Insulation removal: Ensure wetting method + disposal as per hazardous waste rules if asbestos/old ceramic fibre is present
- Cutting/Welding: Fire watch + extinguishers/foam/DCP near pan floor. Remove combustibles. Check hot work area 10m radius
- Height safety: Guardrails, safety nets, full body harness + double lanyard for work >1.8m on pan structure
- Steam trap/condensate lines: Confirm they are also isolated. V1 lines hold condensate that can flash
- Material check: Verify new pipe, flanges, gaskets are rated for V1 line temp/pressure - usually 110-120°C saturated steam
- Welding quality: Ensure welders are qualified, WPS followed, NDT done before boxing up. No leaks = no blowouts later
- Hydro test/Pneumatic test: Witness test at 1.5x design pressure. Barricade area during testing
- Insulation: Check new insulation is dry. Wet insulation on hot V1 line causes corrosion + steam bursts
- Final inspection: All bolts torqued, supports welded, expansion loops/bellows installed correctly for thermal growth
- Line walk: Remove all tools, scaffolding, and debris. Confirm no isolation blinds left inside
- Steam blowing: If required, barricade + warning sirens. Nobody in line of sight during blow
- Hand over: Close PTW only after operator confirms line is leak-free at low pressure first
Safety Officer - Prommac (Sasol Secunda) - Secunda
(2023-08 - 2023-09)
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Changing valves and servicing of drag chain putting a new chain
- Installation of new bellow on a stack
- Servicing of pumps and installing new motors
- Cutting and installation of new pipelines
- Inspections: Walk the site, check for hazards like loose wiring, blocked exits, missing PPE
- Compliance: Make sure company follows OSHA/local safety laws + company policies
- Training: Run safety drills, toolbox talks, train new hires on PPE and emergency procedures
- Incident reports: Investigate accidents/near-misses, figure out root cause, file reports
- PPE checks: Ensure everyone has right gear and actually uses it
- Emergency prep: Maintain fire extinguishers, first aid kits, evacuation plans
- Risk assessment: Spot potential dangers before work starts
- Safety meetings: Lead with management + workers to push safety culture
- Documentation: Keep logs of inspections, training, incidents for audits
- Improve systems: Recommend changes when you see unsafe practices
Safety Rep - Amatikulu Sugar Mill (Tongaat Hullets) - Amatikulu
(2022-10 - 2023-02)
- Maintenance Work, Restructuring the Conveyor Belt for Sugar to the Refinery
- Giving the potential hazards associated with conveyor belt including entanglement, slips and falls, safety training is in critical component
Safety Officer - Assamang Manganese
(2020-04 - 2021-08)
Fabrication and Installation of pipe-lines from the Pump house to the furnace. Identification and assessment of hazards, risks and control measures for furnace 5 rebuild. Conducting ongoing review of operations to identify potential hazards and implement control measures. Improving workplace safety and employee productivity by transitioning from manual safety procedures.
- Fabrication and Installation of pipe – lines from the Pump house to the furnace
- Identification and assess hazards, risks and control measures for a specific operation on the rebuild of furnace 5
- Conducting an ongoing review of operation to identify potential hazards, risks and control measure that should be implemented to reduce the risks
- Improving workplace safety & employee's productivity by transitioning from manual safety procedures
- Daily inspections: walk the site, check PPE, housekeeping, machine guards, and fire exit
- Enforce roles: stop unsafe work immediately, make sure workers follow safety procedures, permit, lockout / tagout
- Incident report: record incidents, near misses, first aid cases and do initial investigation and take pictures and statements
- Toolbox talks: safety briefings before shifts, cover hazards for that day's work
- PPE and equipment checks: issue PPE, check expiry dates on fire extinguisher, test alarms, inspect scaffolding / lifting gear
SHE Advisor - Illovo Sugar Mill (Eston) - Eston
(2019-12 - 2020-05)
SHE Advisor to S & N Project for the Illovo Sugar Mill re-heater Project. Created safe environment by ensuring necessary equipment availability. Organized workload to prevent harm during work duties. Identified hazards before they cause incidents. Conducted training, inductions, toolbox talks, and emergency drills. Conducted regular safety audits, inspections, and checklists. Promoted safety culture and advised management.
- Felicia Sibisi, ID No: 970114 1221 089) has been at site in the capacity of a SHE ADVISOR to S & N Project for the Illovo Sugar Mill re-heater Project which was a very good success
- Create a safe environment by making sure they have all the necessary equipment
- Organizing their workload so that no harm will come to them or anyone during work – duties
- Risk spotter identify hazards before they cause incidents, walk site review task, check equipments
- Training, run inductions, toolbox talks, emergency drills, teach stuff how to work safely and use PPE correctly
- Audit and inspections, do regular safety audits, checklists, equipment inspection, track findings and follow up
- Safety culture, push safety as mindset, advise management, encourage reporting, reward safety behaviour
