Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)Guideline for a Mandatory Code of PracticeOccupational Health Programme on Thermal StressPart A. The Guideline3. The Objectives of the Guideline |
| 3.1 | The objective of this guideline is to enable the employer of every mine to compile a COP, which, if properly implemented and complied with, would protect and improve the health of employees at the mine through monitoring and by reducing their exposure to thermal stress. It provides guidance of a general nature on the required format and content for the COP and it details the sufficient technical background to enable the drafting committee at the mine to prepare a comprehensive and practical COP for their mine. |
| 3.2 | It sets out the two components of an occupational health programme, namely: |
| 3.2.1 | Occupational hygiene; and |
| 3.2.2 | Occupational medicine. |
| 3.3 | Where an employer is required in terms of regulation 9.2(2) of the MHSA or in terms of risk assessment, to establish and maintain a system of occupational hygiene measurements in respect of thermal stress, this guideline should assist the employer in doing so. |