CASE STUDY. Four killed in Ballito construction site collapse

On $18$ May $2024$ four construction workers were confirmed dead and two more are still

buried under the ground after an embankment collapsed at a construction site in Ballito,

KwaZulu$-$Natal on Saturday morning construction worker who was trapped beneath tons of

soil for hours the result of a massive landslide at a worksite in Ballito, KwaZulu$-$Natal was

found alive on Saturday afternoon. Medics worked had to free him as he was still trapped.

Four other men died in the accident in which parts of a hillside collapsed in Zen Drive in the

coastal hamlet.

IPPS Medical Rescue Services spokesperson Samantha Meyrick said they were conducting

the search with other agencies, but the mission had to be called off due to multiple collapses

of the embankment. The eThekwini fire department was also dispatched route with suitable

equipment to continue with the recovery of the deceased", she said.

QUESTION $1$

In South Africa, both the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Mine Health and Safety Act stipulate the legal safety responsibilities

of employees in an organisation. Briefly explain five $(5)$ general safety responsibilities of

employees in relation to the Ballito construction case study.