Contractor safety isn't optional — it's your legal duty under the OHS Act. Learn how to vet, induct, and monitor contractors on your South African site. You can run the tightest ship on your own payroll — trained staff, clear procedures, a safety culture you're proud of — and still get caught out the moment a contractor walks onto site. A subcontractor with no valid Letter of Good Standing. A crew doing hot work with no permit. A "specialist" who's never seen your site's emergency procedure. That's not a hypothetical. It's how most contractor-related incidents actually happen, and it's why contractor safety management deserves its own system, not an afterthought bolted onto your main OHS programme. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and the Construction Regulations, the responsibility doesn't stop at your own employees. If you're the client, principal contractor, or mandatary on a site, you carry legal duties for t...