Assignment Anna, Sethiena and Edeen is three young ladies who work as employees for Steel
123 (Pty Ltd in the coke plant. Coke is produced by igniting bituminous coal under
reduced oxygen conditions in oven batteries specifically designed for this process. The
process generates volatiles such as coke oven gas, tar, ammonium sulphate, benzol,
loluoi and naphtha.
From the 1st of April 2021, the employer of Steel 123 (Pty) Ltd requires that Edeen be
responsible for the dry distillation process. Since Sethiena have a diploma in Safety
Management, she is responsible for the quality of the coke that is generated. Anna is
responsible to regulate the pollution and re the emissions from the coke oven.
On the 3'' of April 2021, Sethlena was required to come in early to prepare for a risk
assessment that would be conducted that day. Whilst she was standing in the building
teady for the risk assessment, a portion of a 50 m stack at one of the operation's coke
batteries failed and fell onto the coke battery control room where Sethlena was
working Sethiena died instantly. Sethlena's spouse, John, who married out of
communily of properly Is traumatised by Sethena's
death and also extremely
concerned about the household
linances as Sethiena was the sole breadwinner.
1-1 Make recommendations to the owner of Steel 123 (Pty) Ltd about the PPE that
must be supplied to Anna, Edeen and Sethiena respectlvely to protect them in
their departments
12 Assume that Sethiena did not die as a result of the incident. She now wants to
claim compensation. What are the essential elements that must be proved before
compensation may be awardad ie Sutivana in terms of COIDA.​