ISO 45001 OHS Management
Software for South Africa.
The flagship standard requires meticulous field execution. SHEQ24 digitises the South African OHS Act, giving your safety officers the tools they need while providing the C-Suite with impenetrable legal cover against Section 16(1) prosecution.
The OHS Act ↔ ISO 45001 Compliance Matrix
How the SHEQ24 architecture simultaneously satisfies Department of Labour inspectorate mandates and global ISO 45001 auditing parameters.
Built for South Africa's High-Risk Industries
ISO 45001 is mandatory for suppliers to major South African mining houses, construction groups, and manufacturing conglomerates. SHEQ24 is engineered for the specific hazard profiles of these environments.
Mining & Extraction
MHSA compliance integration, stope inspection workflows, fall-of-ground risk assessments, and mandatory Mine Health & Safety Act reporting.
Construction & Civil
CIDB contractor vetting, scaffold inspection registers, permit-to-work systems, and Section 37.2 principal contractor safety file management.
Manufacturing & Engineering
GMR2 engineering appointments, pressure vessel statutory inspections, machine guarding audits, and COID Annexure 1 auto-generation.
Zero Compromise OHS Workflows
Engineered specifically for the harsh realities of South African mining, construction, and manufacturing environments.
Dynamic HIRA
Baseline, issue-based, and continuous risk assessments managed dynamically for specific operational contexts — not static Excel sheets updated once a year.
Incident & COID Reporting
Log injuries on duty (IOD) instantly from the frontline. The system generates OHS Act Annexure 1 reports automatically for Compensation Fund submission within the seven-day deadline.
Contractor Management (Sec 37.2)
Principal contractors upload their mandatory safety files directly to the portal for your vetting before they touch a spanner on site. Expired documents automatically block site access.
Legal Appointments
Track 16(1), 16(2), and 8.2 appointments with automated expiry alerts and legally binding digital acknowledgement signatures. GMR2 appointments for engineering environments included.
Occupational Health Surveillance
Securely track entry, periodic, and exit medicals. Ensure operators are physically certified for high-risk work via POPIA-compliant field-level encryption.
Facing a DoL inspection or ISO 45001 surveillance audit?
Our OHS specialists have helped South African mining, construction, and manufacturing companies achieve ISO 45001 certification while satisfying DoL inspectorate requirements simultaneously.
Fortify Your OHS OperationWhy South African Businesses Choose ISO 45001 Over OHS Act Compliance Alone
The South African Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 sets the legal minimum. ISO 45001:2018 sets the operational standard. The distinction matters enormously when a Section 16(1) director faces personal criminal liability following a workplace fatality — because the DoL inspector does not ask whether you had a policy; they ask whether your system was functioning.
ISO 45001 introduces a risk-based thinking framework that the OHS Act alone does not mandate. Where the Act requires a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA), ISO 45001 Clause 6.1 demands that the organisation also identify opportunities for improvement — a subtle but legally significant distinction that shifts the organisation from reactive compliance to proactive safety governance. SHEQ24's digital HIRA platform operationalises this requirement with baseline, issue-based, and continuous risk assessment workflows aligned to OHS Act Section 8.
For South African mining operations subject to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), construction companies operating under the Construction Regulations, and manufacturers governed by the General Machinery Regulations (GMR2), ISO 45001 provides the integrating architecture that ties all these sector-specific obligations into a single, auditable management system. SHEQ24 is the only South African platform built to satisfy all three simultaneously — including Section 37.2 contractor management with automated safety file vetting and expiry tracking.
The practical consequence: when your ISO 45001 certification body conducts a surveillance audit and your DoL inspector arrives unannounced in the same quarter, SHEQ24 produces the same evidence trail for both. One system. Zero duplication. Absolute legal cover from the factory floor to the boardroom — including OHS Act-compliant incident management with automatic Annexure 1 generation and COID documentation, structured audit management workflows mapped to ISO 45001 Clause 9.2, and a digital permit to work system for high-risk activities.
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How SHEQ24 maps to ISO 45001 across the PDCA cycle
The most comprehensive OHS management system for South Africa. Every ISO 45001 clause — from leadership appointments to IOD reporting — is natively mapped to the OHS Act.
Stop managing OHS compliance via spreadsheets.
Deploy a system that creates an immutable, legally defensible evidence trail from the factory floor to the boardroom — satisfying both the DoL inspector and your ISO 45001 certification body.