Principal contractors and subcontractors in South Africa

Where is the construction site?

Draft a South African construction safety file: site-specific health and safety plan, appointments, registers and risk assessments. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source
BUILDINGWORK AREASTOREEXIT

ePlan fills in

  • Company registration
  • CIDB grading
  • Province
  • Permit check

How it works

Construction health and safety file, from one answer

  1. Enter the site address and the work in your contract.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan checks the permit thresholds and builds the file index, appointments and risk tables.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the safety file free, then download it to sign and keep on site.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Construction health and safety file and 2 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Construction health and safety file

  1. Construction work permit or notification
  2. Site-specific health and safety plan
  3. Appointments, including 16.2
  4. Risk assessments and safe work procedures
  5. Fall protection plan
  6. Registers and inspection checklists

Modeled on: Construction Regulations, 2014 (GN R84), regulation 7

Next · 2

Method statements by activity

  1. Work steps
  2. Hazards and controls
  3. Competent person
Next · 3

Fall protection plan

  1. Risk assessment of work at height
  2. Procedures
  3. Rescue plan

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

R13 million

contract value (or CIDB grade 6), over 180 days or over 1,800 person-days is where the client must apply for a construction work permit
Source: Construction Regulations, 2014, regulation 3(1)

Questions

Construction health and safety file: what people ask

Who must keep a safety file?

The principal contractor must provide a site-specific health and safety plan and open and keep a health and safety file on site, under regulation 7 of the Construction Regulations, 2014.

Source: gov.za

When is a construction work permit needed?

When the work will exceed 180 days, involve more than 1,800 person-days, or the contract is worth R13 million or more or CIDB grade 6. The client applies to the provincial director at least 30 days before work starts.

Source: gov.za

What is a 16.2 appointment?

Section 16(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act lets the chief executive officer assign duties to a person under their control. The CEO stays responsible for those duties.

Source: gov.za

The rules this door follows