Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

Regulations

Guideline for a Mandatory Code of Practice

Occupational Health Programme (Occupational Hygiene and Medical Surveillance) on Personal Exposure to Airborne Pollutants

Part A : The Guideline

3. Objectives of the Guideline
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3.1 The objective of this guideline is to enable the employer at every mine to compile a COP, which, if properly implemented and complied with, would protect and improve the health of employees at the mine, by monitoring and reducing their exposure to airborne pollutants.

 

3.2 This guideline provides guidance of a general nature on the required format and content for the COP and details sufficient technical background to enable the drafting committee at the mine to prepare a comprehensive and practical COP for the mine. It sets out the two components of an occupational health programme namely:
3.2.1 Occupational hygiene; and
3.2.2 Medical surveillance.

 

3.3. Where an employer is required, in terms of Regulation 9.2(2) or in terms of its risk assessment, to establish and maintain a system of occupational hygiene measurements in respect of airborne pollutants, this guideline should assist the employer in doing so.