Think HCS compliance only applies to factories? OHS Act Reg 5 & 6 covers your office cleaning cupboard too. A manager's guide to staying compliant.   When most South African managers hear "Hazardous Chemical Substances," they picture a heavy industrial plant — smokestacks, tankers, men in full-body chemical suits. So they relax. "We're just an office. We don't deal with that stuff." I need to stop you right there. That bottle of commercial-grade surface cleaner under your kitchen sink. The tin of paint left over from the last office refresh. The diesel can in the maintenance shed. The gas cylinder feeding your canteen stove. Every single one of those is a Hazardous Chemical Substance under South African law, and every single one of them falls under the same legal obligations as a chemical plant. Handled wrong, these "mundane" items are directly responsible for fires, poisoning, explosions, and fines that start at R100,000. And here's th...