Safer and healthier workplaces through adequate maintenance

Regular maintenance has an important role in eliminating workplace hazards and providing safer and healthier working conditions. Lack of maintenance or inadequate maintenance can cause serious and deadly accidents or health problems.

Accidents happen due to faulty electrical installations (cables, plugs, equipment)

• shock and burns, fires, ignition of potentially flammable or explosive atmospheres

Accidents happen because lifting equipment is not inspected and not maintained regularly

• lifting chains are dirty/corroded and fail, causing heavy load to fall

Accidents happen as a result of lack of maintenance of working and walking surfaces and traffic routes

• uneven, potholed, sloped or slippery surfaces cause `fork-lift truck accidents, slips and trips

Dust poses a potential health risk to workers in woodworking industry, quarries.

Maintenance of dust control equipment is crucial in all dust producing processes to prevent exposure of workers to dust

• ventilation ducts must be kept free from blockages and repaired if damaged
• filter units need to be maintained regularly according to manufacturer’s recommendations