Safety File
Construction safety files
A safety file has to be on site and up to date from day one. We compile it for your project and keep it inspector-ready until the handover.
In short
A construction safety file is the record the Construction Regulations 2014 require on every site: the health and safety plan, risk assessments, legal appointments, method statements, inspection registers and training records. Siyakhatala Safety compiles and maintains safety files for contractors and clients across the Western Cape.
What's included
- Health and safety plan and site-specific risk assessments
- Legal appointments with competency proof
- Method statements and safe work procedures
- Fall protection plan where people work at height
- Inspection registers for scaffolds, ladders, excavations and equipment
- Induction, training and medical fitness records
- Incident register and investigation records
Most safety files fail an inspection on the same few gaps: an expired medical certificate, a missing appointment letter or an inspection register that stopped being signed. We check the file on every audit and tell you what is missing before an inspector does. At completion the client receives one consolidated file for the whole project.
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Safety file: common questions
Who must keep the safety file?
The principal contractor opens and keeps the safety file on site. Every contractor must provide its own information for it, and the client must make sure it is kept.
Can you take over a file someone else started?
Yes. We audit the existing file, list what is missing, and bring it up to date.
How fast can you prepare a safety file?
It depends on the scope of work and how quickly the contractor can supply appointments and certificates. Tell us the start date and we will plan backwards from it.
Where we work
Safety file across the Western Cape
From our office in Brackenfell we cover Cape Town and the Western Cape, and work countrywide by arrangement.