With more businesses and homes resorting to gas-based solutions, the Free State Department of Employment and Labour will be conducting inspections on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) installations, storage, filling and exchange sites across the province.
In light of the country’s energy crisis, with a number of businesses and homes resorting to gas-based solutions, the Department of Employment and Labour in the Free State announced that it will be conducting inspections on Liquefied Petroleum Gas installations, storage, filling and exchange sites across the province.
Labour department spokesperson, Cebisa Siyobi, confirmed that the inspections will be led by the department’s Inspection and Enforcement Services branch. The branch has a mandate is to enhance occupational health and safety, compliance and awareness in the workplace in line with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Pressure Equipment Regulations, of 2009.While gas solutions are considered safe, if incorrectly used it is also known to cause extreme mishaps such as fire, explosion and poisonous fumes resulting in fatalities and damage to property.
“This risk must be managed through ensuring that there is requisite compliance from all gas users to prevent potential harm and fatalities,” the labour department said in a statement.
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