Safety Adherence Technology (Pty) Ltd t/a SAT was established in 1999 to develop an invention that resulted in the adherence to provisions and requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993, by means of an interactive electronic safety system, which, with regards to safety is more effective and cost efficient than conventional standby practices.

S.A.T. assist in rendering a comprehensive standby service, as stipulated in the Occupational Health and Safety Act no 85 of 1993 with reference to standby duties, to ensure the health and safety of personnel performing hazardous and/or dangerous work.

Employers deploy Standby's to fulfil the above required actions and functions. This is a cumbersome and to a large extent an inefficient method, but the best available, until S.A.T. developed a digital, interactive electronic safety surveillance and record – keeping system, which operates from a single control room per area.

Strategically placed scanners, various types of cameras, relay the movements and activities of workmen to monitors in the control room and record entries and exits from confined spaces. The system is real-time, but activities are also recorded and stored to be studied later, should an incident occur. The system is both preventative and corrective in nature and is much more efficient and cost effective than the system of "standby's".

The invention provides interactive safety surveillance, continuous control, inspection and training of workmen with regards to wearing correct protective apparel, safe behaviour, such as a behaviour based approach to safety, analyses of trends, identification of hazards, proposals to engineer these hazards out and sensors which may also be provided to detect the presence of dangerous and noxious gases, i.e. CO, O2, LEL every hour or two hours according to specifications. This does not replace the primary and legal responsibility of the client.

These services are based on comprehensive safety and quality manuals, training modules and comprehensive policies and procedures. The management infrastructure includes emphases on strong financial and administrative systems based on technological utilization.